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Karima is a swimmer from the United States, a distance freestyler and a collegiate competitor, whose official competitive record spans 10 seasons, 11 years and 43 meets.
Her recorded career begins in 2004 in 2004 Pc Far Westerns, where she raced the 50 breaststroke in 33.88.
Her signature event is the 200 freestyle, her reference distance in freestyle, ahead of the 500 freestyle and 1000 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 40 meets and 112 recorded swims.
Her fastest 200 freestyle stands at 2:07.69, set in long course (50 m) at Long Course Senior State.
Her record includes national championships, in 2008 (Speedo Junior National Championship). A representative mark at that level is 17:14.77 in the 1500 freestyle, recorded in long course (50 m). She also appears in international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2005 and 2007, she came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2007.
Those meets span 27 different venues (Host-fast Swim Team, Tempe, Tucson and Long Beach…). She has raced for 5 clubs, led by Arizona State University, University of Hawaii, Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics and Catalina Foothills High School.
Latest competition: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, on February 19, 2014. She closes this record with 17 current event personal bests and 84 all-time PB improvements, across 124 verified official swims in competitions governed by USA Swimming.