Completed Event: Women's Swimming and Diving versus Arizona Christian on December 7, 2024 , Win , 150, to, 73
W Swimming
vs Arizona Christian
W 150-73
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2021-22 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
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Brunlehner, Maria
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Maria Brunlehner
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- Events:
- Sprint Free
- Hometown:
- Mombasa, Kenya
- High School:
- Sportschule Potsdam (Germany)
Bio
2024-25: Senior
2023-24: Junior
2021-22: Freshman
High School:
Personal:
- Added 2 top-10 school times.
- School record in 50 freestyle at WAC Championships (22.51)
- Placed 3rd in 100 Freestyle at CSCAA NIC (49.35)
- Placed 5th in 50 Freestyle at CSCAA NIC (22.62)
- 100 Freestyle – 2nd at 2025 WAC Championships (49.10)
- 100 Breaststroke – 3rd at 2025 WAC Championships (1:01.56)
- 200 Individual Medley – 3rd at 2025 WAC Championships (2:01.26)
- 400 Medley Relay – 1st at 2025 WAC Championships (3:38.50)
- 200 Medley Relay – 2nd at 2025 WAC Championships (1:39.40)
- 400 Freestyle Relay – 3rd at 2025 WAC Championships (3:21.80)
- 100 Freestyle – 2nd at 2024 Purdue Invitational (49.54)
- 200 Individual Medley – 2nd at 2024 Purdue Invitational (1:59.26)
- Named to Academic All-WAC team.
2023-24: Junior
- Named 2024 Academic All-WAC honoree.
- Added 11 GCU top-10 school times (including relays).
- Member of team Kenya for World Championships (set national record in 50 free and 4x100 mixed free relay).
- Took silver in CSCAA in 100 freestyle (49.08).
- Placed 4th in the 50 yard backstroke at CSCAA.
- WAC Champion in 100 free (48.79) with school record.
- First place school and WAC record in 100 breaststroke with time of 1:00.18.
- Placed first in 400 medley relay (3:37.93) at WAC Championships.
- Gold at WAC Championships in 200 IM (1:59.58).
- First place finish and school record in WAC Championships 200-yard medley relay.
- Named 2023 Academic All-WAC honoree.
- Holds 31 top-10 school times (including relays).
- Member of team Kenya for World Championships.
- Placed 4th out of 54 in 200 free relay at CSCAA.
- WAC Women's Co-Swimmer of the year.
- Gold in 800 free relay at WAC Championships (7:16.69).
- WAC Champion in 200 free relay (1:31.34).
- First place finish in WAC Championships in 100 breast (1:01.18).
- Placed first in 400 free relay (3:19.16) at WAC Championships.
- Gold at WAC Championships in 100 free (48.81).
- First place finish in 200 free relay at UNLV (1:32.74).
- Placed first in 100 free (51.06) and 200 IM (2:05.21) at UNLV.
- First place finish in 200 freestyle relay against CBU (1:33.76).
- WAC Swimmer of the week
- Placed first at midseason in 200 individual medley (2:01.33).
- First place at midseason 100 free (49.99).
- Won 200 free relay at Arizona (1:35.40).
2021-22: Freshman
- Named WAC Freshman of the Year.
- Won Lopey Freshman of the Year Award.
- Won five gold medals and two silver medals at the WAC Championships.
- Represented Kenya in the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Placed fourth in the 50 Y Free (24.22) and 100 Y Free (52.76) at LSU.
- Contributed to a fourth-place finish in the 200 Y Medley Relay (1:47.86) and fifth-place finish in the 200 Y Medley Relay (1:47.86) against the Tigers.
- Earned three second-place finishes at the LMU Invite in the 100 Y Free (51.68), 200 Y Free Relay (1:34.78) and the 400 Y Medley Relay (3:49.28).
- Claimed three relay wins in the 400 Y Free (3:29.87), 400 Y Medley (3:50.75) and the 200 Y Free (1:34.76) at Air Force.
- Won the 100 Y Free (51.96), placed second in the 200 Y IM (2:08.50) and third in the 100 Y Breast (1:06.37) against the Falcons.
- Finished second in the 200 Y IM (2:07.49), 100 Y Free (52.15) and the 200 Y Free Relay (1:34.39) at Washington State.
- Won the 100 Y Free (51.67), earned second in the 200 Y Medley Relay (1:47.09) and third in the 200 Y Free (1:54.46) and 400 Y IM (4:38.94) at Idaho.
- At the Miami Invitational, collected three individual wins in the 200 Y Free (1:30.63), 200 Y IM (1:59.54) and 100 Y Free (49.29) and set two GCU records in the 50 Y Free (22.66) and 100 Y Free.
- Contributed to three relay wins in the 400 Y Medley (3:40.54), 400 Free (3:20.65) and the 200 Y Free (1:30.63). Set two GCU school records in the 200 and 400 Free Relays.
- Earned three second-place finishes in the 200 Y Medley Relay (1:40.37), 100 Y Breast (1:01.39) and the 800 Y Free Relay (7:28.64) at Miami (Ohio).
- Claimed two victories in the 100 Y Free (49.68), setting a GCU school record, and the 200 Y IM (2:01.12), and finished second in the 200 Y Free (1:50.08) against NAU, ACU and OUAZ.
- Won the 400 Y Free Relay (3:34.08), earned second in the 200 Y Medley Relay (1:47.30) and 100 Y Free (52.38) and third in the 100 Y Breast (1:05.68) at California Baptist.
- Placed second in the 200 Y Medley (1:43.56) and 200 Y Free (1:34.54) Relays, and third in the 50 Y Free (23.88) and 100 Y Free (52.35) versus UNLV.
- Named WAC Champion in three relays: 800 Y Free (7:17.68), 400 Free (3:18.34) and the 200 Y Free (1:30.05).
- Named individual WAC Champion in the 200 Y IM (1:59.17) and the 100 Y Breast (1:01.05).
- Earned two silver medals in the 400 Y Medley Relay (3:39.13), and the 100 Y Free (49.41).
- Set GCU school records in the 400 Y Free Relay, 50 Y Breast (28.36) and the 200 Y Free Relay.
- Broke a 23-year-old WAC record in the 200 Y Free Relay at the conference championships.
- At the CSCAA National Invitational, won silver in the 50 Y Breast (28.25), 12th in the 100 Y IM (56.38), 13th in the 100 Y Breast (1:01.83).
- Set GCU records in the 50 Breast and 100 IM.
- Contributed to four relay finishes earning in fifth in the 400 Y Free (3:19.87), sixth in the 400 Medley (3:41.72) and seventh in the 200 Free (1:31.55) and 800 Free (7:22.62) Relays.
- Swam for Potsdamer Schwimmverein
High School:
- German Youth Championship Medalist
Personal:
- Hobbies include reading, learning languages, and sports.
- If she wasn’t a swimmer, Maria would play Water Polo.
- Favorite tv show is Jeopardy.
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