Katrine Alcaide

2010 - Present

  • USMS All American Honors – 7 years, 19 Individual

  • USMS Top Ten Achievements – 60 Individual

  • NE LMSC Individual Records – 20 Current, 34 Lifetime

USMS Profile

Water activities started at a young age in our family, swimming in the lake by age 2. Raft tag, waterskiing you name it we were prunes every summer. And I say we because my sister Jessie and I have done pretty much everything swimming related together. 

Growing up my Mom taught Red Cross lessons for the Harpswell kids and we spent countless hours in the old and new Bowdoin pools. When ballet didn't cut it anymore, we turned to competitive swimming. I completed thousands of flip-turns in 9 seasons with Jay Morisette at Long Reach Swim Club in Bath, ME. 

A highlight of my Snaildarter career was swimming in a thunderstorm during the finals 100 free race at Ft Lauderdale Nationals, missing Olympic Trials by .28 of a second. I became a Black Bear at the University of Maine and held the 50 free record alongside Jay's men's record which was cool. 

A big thank you to my family for all the support and sitting in those warm pools!

I needed a couple years post college to give the shoulders a break and after a stab at sprint Triathlons Jessie pulled me back into swimming, this time for Masters in 2010. 

I'll swim in most any pool or familiar lake, but I'm not a huge fan of ocean swims, that's for fishing with my husband. 

Montreal Worlds in 2014 was certainly another highlight in terms of speed, winning my age group and having the 2nd fastest time for the 50 free, an overall exhilarating experience. 

Each meet I go to I look forward to the challenges, connecting with fellow swimmers I've met along the way, and definitely the laughs. These relationships have meant so much both in and out of chlorine. At meets both near and far you know you'll see someone you recognize. "FnGTs" was our LRSC motto: Fun and Good Times, I've certainly had and will!