Swimming

Dukes Kiera Molloy Makes Magic Despite Chronic Disease

By Ashleigh Shanley, Swimming World College Intern

She lunged for the wall the last few strokes of her 400 IM, looked up at the scoreboard and a huge smile broke out across her face. After being hospitalized for multiple weeks just three months earlier, Kiera Molloy had broken Duke University’s school record.

Molloy, who was a junior at the time, suffered from chronic pancreatitis, a disease that hospitalized her about 100 times since she was diagnosed at the age of 4. She was constantly in and out of the hospital during her time as a student athlete at Duke, but she never let her disease get her down.

During her time at Duke, Molloy broke three school records, the 400 IM twice and the 800 free relay, and was a member of the conference championship team her freshman, sophomore and junior year.

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