Amy Krakauer is in her first season as an assistant swimming coach at Colgate. She assists head coach Stephen Jungbluth in all aspects of the Raider swimming program; poolside, she focuses on coaching the breaststrokers.
Krakauer came to Colgate after completing a stellar four-year swimming career at Columbia. At the 2008 Ivy League Championship, she broke the school record in the 100 breast with a prelim time of 1:02.67, before going on to claim silver in the event. Her top time of 2:18.73 in the 200 breast ranks second on the Lions' all-time list. As a senior, Krakauer earned first-team all-Ivy recognition as a member of the winning 200 medley relay, and was second-team all-Ivy in the 100 breast and 400 medley relay.
In 2008, Krakauer was one of 77 women named a mid-major Division I honorable mention All-American by Collegeswimming.com. Krakauer, who served as a team captain as a senior, was a two-time academic all-Ivy selection. After exhausting her NCAA eligibility, Krakauer attempted to qualify for the Olympic Trials, but missed the 100-meter breast qualifying cut by less than a second.
Krakauer's coaching experience includes four years as a head coach with the Columbia Masters swimming program. She also spent two summers working at the Nike and West Point swimming camps as a lane coach and counselor.
Krakauer graduated from Columbia in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in economics and German.
