2009-10 Men's Swimming

Brandon Barnds

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6- / 0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • High School:
    Shawnee

Summary

Biography

2009-10: Three-year letterwinner ... three-timeAll-America honoree ... is a three-time All-Bluegrass MountainConference (BMC) honoree.

2008-09: First-team all Bluegrass MountainConference honoree … participated in the NCAA DIIIchampionships in the 50 and 100 free and as a member of the 200 and400 medley relay and 200, 400 and 800 free relay teams …earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades as a member of the400 free relay team that finished 15th with a time of 3:04.00 atthe NCAA DIII championship … member of 400 medley relay teamthat set a school record (3:26.29) while finishing 17th at the NCAADIII championship … recorded an NCAA “B” cuttime of 20.92 while finishing seventh in the 50 free at the BMCchampionships … finished the 100 free with an NCAA“B” cut time of 45.77 … member of 200 free relayteam that finished fourth with an NCAA “B” cut time of1:23.26 and the 400 free relay team that finished with an NCAA“B” cut time of 3:02.83 at the BMC championships… claimed the 50 free with a time of 22.16 and was a memberof the 200 free relay team that won with a time of 1:26.82 in ameet against Johns Hopkins (1/31) … member of the 200 freerelay that claimed first place with a time of 1:25.31 at the FinisCollegiate Invite (12/15) … recorded a first-place finish inthe 50 free (21.89) and was also a member of the top-finishing 200medley and 400 free relay teams at the Franklin & Marshall QuadDual meet (11/22) … won the 50 free (22.24) in a dual-meetagainst DePauw and Centre … claimed the 50 free (22.68) and100 breast (1.03.12) in a meet against Transylvania (10/31)… also a member of 200 free relay team that finished with atime of 1:30.05 to place first against Transylvania … memberof the 200 medley relay that finished first (1:38.53) in a meetagainst Mary Washington (10/18).

2007-08: First-team all Bluegrass MountainConference honoree  … member of the 200 free relay thatfinished fourth and earned First Team All-America honors at theNCAA Championship meet (1:21.82) ... part of the relay team thatalso set a school record in the prelims of that event (1:21.55) ...also competed on the 400 free relay team that finished sixth at theNCAA Championships, claiming First Team All-America honors whilesetting a school-record time (3:02.53) ... member of 200 free relaythat recorded a second-place finish and NCAA “A” cuttime of 1:22.41 at the BMC championship … 400 free relaymember that finished first (3:09.79) in a meet against Wingate andMarymount (1/12) … member of the 200 free relay that tookfourth with an NCAA “B” cut time of 1:23.30 at the NikeInvitational hosted by Kenyon College (11/30) … member of200 free relay team that finished first (1:26.13) in a meet againstMary Washington (10/20).

2006-07: First-team all Bluegrass MountainConference honoree  … member of the second-placefinishing 800 free relay that touched in an NCAA "B" cut time of6:52.92 at the BMC championships.

High school: Earned four varsity letters inswimming and two in football at Shawnee Mission East …two-time All-American and all-league selection and four-timeAll-Sun Country swimmer ... member of three-time league championsand two-time state champion swim team … also member ofdivision champion football team.

Personal: Co-president of Ducks UnlimitedWashington and Lee chapter … volunteer at the RockbridgeArea Free Health Clinic … biology major.

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