Kyla Power Class: Junior Hometown: San Jose, Calif. High School: Valley Christian HS Height: 5-8 Event: Distance, Free Experience: 2L

AT SAN DIEGO STATE
2007-08: Swam the 10th-fastest time in SDSU history in the 500 freestyle ... Set personal records in four different events, including the 50, 200 and 500 free as well as the 200 backstroke ... Her mark in the 200 free was tops on the team, while her 500 free time was the Aztecs' second best of the season ... Captured the 50 free at Colorado College ... Topped that performance with another first-place finish and new lifetime-best against San Diego (Feb. 2) ... Was a member of the 200, 400 and 800 free relay teams that secured the Aztecs' top times of the season.

2006-07: Established the Aztecs' second-best time of the season in the 100 backstroke and the 200 backstroke as a true freshman ... Also notched the team's third-best mark of the season in the 100, 200 and 500 free as well as the 100 and 200 butterfly ... Captured the 400 IM at the double dual meet vs. Boise State and Northern Colorado ... Named to the Mountain West Conference all-academic team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Won four varsity letters as a swimmer at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif. ... During her prep career, was named team's most inspirational swimmer and MWV ... Also a team captain ... Team finished third at the sectional championships in 2005 ... Finished sixth in the 500 freestyle, 13th in the 200 IM and was a member of the sixth-place 400 free relay team at the 2006 Central Coast Section championship meet ... At the 2005 CCS meet, was fifth in the 200 IM, eighth in the 500 free, and was on the 200 medley relay team that placed sixth ... A two-time scholastic All-American ... Competed for the Valley Christian HS water polo team, earning two letters in that sport.

PERSONAL
Kyla Rosina Power was born April 26, 1988, in Olny, Maryland ... Daughter of Sue and Don Power ... Hobbies include reading, wakeboarding, movies and spending time with friends ... Favorite athlete is Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps .. Two-time MWC all-academic selection ... Majoring in English with career plans to become a high school English teacher.