2006-07: A breaststroke specialist, Kyle made his first career appearance at NCAAs after scoring for the second straight year in both breaststroke events at Big Ten Championships. He swam NCAA `B[apos] times in both breaststroke events and was on both medley relay teams that also swam `B[apos] times at Big Ten[apos]s. At NCAAs, Kyle swam in both breaststrokes and both medley relays, with a tie for 23rd in the 200 breast being his best finish. Both medley relay teams also finished 20th. Kyle hold the school records in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and last year had the top times on the team this year in both breaststroke events and the fifth-best time in the 200 IM. Has finished in the top five in every breaststroke race he swam during the year except for Big Ten[apos]s and NCAAs. He had three first place finishes, four second place finishes, eight third place finishes and four fourths.
Meet-by-Meet Highlights: Placed third in the 200 breast, sixth in the 200 IM and was on the third place 400 medley relay team in the season-opening meet vs. West Virginia....Finished third in both the 100 and 200 breast and was on the third place 400 medley, the fourth place 200 medley and the sixth place 200 free relays teams at the Clemson/Virginia/Virginia Tech/Penn State quad-meet....Came in third once again in the 100 breast and also finished fourth in the 200 breast and was on the second place 400 medley relay team and the third place 200 medley relay team at the Purdue Duals....Picked up points for Penn State in the 100 breast (5th place, 2nd in the prelims), 200 breast (3rd place) and as part of the 400 medley relay team (3rd place) at the Bell Grand Prix, also swimming his best times of the year in both breaststroke events at the BGP....Placed fourth in the 50 free and was on the first place 200 medley relay team in the dual meet vs. West Chester....Won the 200 breast and was part of the first place 200 medley relay team in the dual meet vs. Rutgers....Placed fourth in the 200 breast, fifth in the 100 breast, 12th in the 200 IM and was on the 200 and 400 medley relay teams that both finished second at the Shamrock Invitational....Placed ninth in the 100 breast and 12th in the 200 breast and was also a part of the fifth place 200 and 400 medley relay teams at Big Ten Championships.
2005-06: After competing in both freestyle and breaststroke events during his freshman season, Kyle concentrated mainly on the breaststroke events as well as the 200 IM during his sophomore season while only swimming in freestyle events sparingly. This paid off as he swam his four fastest career times in the 100 breaststroke as well as two of his three fastest times in the 200 IM. He also saw extensive time on several medley relay teams. At the Big Ten Championships, he picked up points for the Nittany Lions in the 100 breaststroke with a ninth place finish and in the 200 breaststroke with a 13th place finish. He also swam in the 200 IM, on the 200 and 400 medley relay teams at Big Ten[apos]s. On the year, Kyle won five individual races and was a part of five first place relay teams.
Meet-by-Meet Highlights: Won the 100 breast and was part of the second place 200 medley relay team in the dual meet vs. Ohio State....Won the 100 breast in the dual meet vs. Kenyon....Part of the first place 200 and 400 medley relay teams, the fifth place 400 free relay team and also placed third in both the 100 and 200 breast and eighth in the 200 IM at the Shamrock Invitational....Finished second in the 200 breast, fifth in the 50 free and was part of the first place 400 medley relay team in the dual meet vs. Rutgers....Won the 200 IM and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team in the dual meet vs. St. Bonaventure....Placed third in the 100 breast, second in the 200 breast and was on the second place 200 medley and 200 free relay teams, picking up points for Penn State in all of those events in the dual meet at Florida....Picked up points for the Nittany Lions in the 100 breast (5th place), 200 breast (8th place) and as a member of the 400 medley relay team (5th place) and 200 medley relay team (7th place) at the Ohio State Invitational....Won the 100 breast and was part of the first place 200 medley relay team in the dual meet vs. West Chester....Finished seventh in the 100 breast and was on the fifth place 400 medley relay team and third place 200 medley relay team at the Auburn/Purdue/Virginia/Penn State quad meet....Was part of the first place 400 free relay team in the dual meet vs. LaSalle....Won the 200 breast, placed fifth in the 200 IM and was on the second place 400 medley relay team in the first dual meet of the year vs. West Virginia.
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2004-05: Miranda contributed to a first place finish in the 400 medley relay (3:24.92) and later in the season opener against WVU he won the 200 breaststroke (2:05.44). He took three events against St. Bonaventure, winning the 200 freestyle relay (1:26.18), 200 medley relay (1:36.17) and an individual win in the 100 breaststroke (58.01). Against Ohio State, Miranda participated in five first place finishes; the 200 medley relay (1:33.38), 800 freestyle relay (6:51.78), 400 medley relay (3:26.17), 400 freestyle relay (3:04.60) and one individual win in the 100 backstroke (51.29).
High School: Miranda competed in the Junior Nationals in 2003, placing fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07:02, and fifth in the 50 breaststroke in 30:06. In 2004, he placed twice in the Senior Nationals, taking 11th in the 100 breaststroke with 1:05:19, and 22nd in the 200 breaststroke with 2:24:64. He had his best finishes at the 2004 Colorado High School state championships, taking first place in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 56:25 and second in the 200 IM in 1:52:09. MIranda was also a High School Academic All American.
Personal: Kyle Miranda was born on August 18, 1985. His parents are John and Susan Miranda. He has two older sisters, Lauren and Josie. He is majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering.
Why I chose Penn State: 'I chose Penn State because of the great academics, great team and great coaches.'