2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Media ... - USA Swimming

Elaine Breeden
CLUB: Stanford Swimming (STAN-CA)
AGE: 23 DOB: Nov 18, 1988
HEIGHT: 5' 10 3/4" (179.7 cm)
HOMETOWN: Lexington, Ky.
RESIDENCE: Palo Alto, Calif.
BIRTHPLACE: Lexington, Ky.
COACHED BY: Lea Maurer
Career Highlights:
Finished third in the 100m fly and fifth in the 200m fly at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National
Championships ... Placed third in the 100m and 200m fly at the 2009 National Championships
… won the 200y fly and placed second in the 100y fly at the 2009 NCAA Championships …
earned a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics by competing in the prelims of the 400m medley
relay … also placed seventh in the 200m fly and 10th in the 100m fly.
Olympics History:
2008: Silver, 400m Med-R(pr); 7, 200m FL; 10, 100m FL
WUGs History:
2007: Silver, 400m MR; 7, 50m FL; 8, 200m FL; 10, 100m FL
Olympic Trials History:
2008: 1, 200m FL; 2, 100m FL
U.S. Nationals History:
2011: 3, 100m FL; 5, 200m FL ... 2009: 3, 100m FL/200m FL
NCAA History:
2009(Jr): 1, 200y FL; 2, 100y FL; 5, 200y IM ... 2008 (So): 2, 200y FL/200y MR; 3, 400y MR; 4,
100y FL ... 2007(FR): 1, 200y FL; 2, 100y FL; 3, 400y MR; 4, 200y MR; 5, 200y FR-R/200y IM;
9, 400y FR-R
NCAA History:
2010: 1st 100 Fl, 1st 200 Fl
2007 World Rankings:
37th, 100m FL; 28th, 200m FL
RECORDS:
Holds NAG (17-18) in 200y FL, set at 2007 CA Women's Pac-10 ... Former NAG (17-18) holder
in 200y FL, set at 2007 PC Cal Women vs. Stanford
NATIONAL TITLES:
100m Fly (1): ’05 SUM
200m Fly (1): ’05 SUM
ADDITIONAL HONORS:
General Accolades: Swam onto the All-time Top 25 Americans list in the 100m fly at the age of
14 while competing in Sydney at the 2003 Youth Olympic Festival
National Teams: Member of the 2009-10 National Team ... 2005 National B Team ... 2003
National Junior Team
Collegiate: 2008 ESPN the Magazine District VIII Second Team selection .... 2007 NCAA
Champion (200y fly) ... 2007 Outstanding Freshman Student-Athlete of the Year ... 11-time All-
American ... two-time PAC-10 Champion
High School: Three-time Kentucky State Swimmer of the Year (2003, 05, 06)
PERSONAL:
College: Stanford '10
College Major: Classics
Parents: Dan and Lenore … father is a contractor, and mother is a teacher
Sports Played Before Swimming: Tennis, volleyball, horseback riding, ice skating, gymnastics
Nickname(s): Lainey
Pet(s): One cat, Leonidas (Leo) ... one dog
Hobbies Outside the Pool: Reading, playing the piano, hiking, playing with her dog
FAST FACTS
USA Swimming
One-time Olympian (2008)
One Olympic Medal (1s)
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS
2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships
2011: Bronze, 400m MED-R; Bronze, 100m FL
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
2008: Silver, 400m MED-R (pr)
2007 World University Games
2007: Silver, 400m MED-R
2006 SC World Champs
2006: Silver, 400m MED-R (SCM) (pr)
TOP TIMES
Event Best Year
100m FL 57.46 Jul 09
200m FL 2:06.75 Jun 08
CAREER STATS:
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
National Champs - 3 Final, 100m FL; 5 Final, 200m FL; 5 Final,
400m FR-R; 3 Final, 400m MED-R
US Open - 16 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 100m FL; 1 Final, 200m
FL
Santa Clara - t3 Final, 100m FL; 6 Final, 200m FL
Oly Games - t10 Semi, 100m FL; 7 Final, 200m FL
TRIALS - 2 Final, 100m FL; 1 Final, 200m FL
08 SCSC GP - t3 Final, 100m FL; 4 Final, 200m FL
- t2 Final, 100m FL; 2 Final, 200m FL; 4 Final, 200m IM
NCAA - 4 Final, 100y FL; 2 Final, 200y FL; 9 Final, 200y IM; 5
Final, 400y FR-R; 2 Final, 200y MED-R; 3 Final, 400y MED-R
- 3 Final, 100y FL; 1 Final, 200y FL; 2 Final, 200y IM; 4 Final,
200y FR-R; 3 Final, 400y FR-R; 2 Final, 200y MED-R; 4 Final,
400y MED-R
WUGS - 7 Final, 50m FL; 10 Final, 100m FL; 8 Final, 200m FL;
2 Final, 400m MED-R
SCSC GP - 8 Final, 50m FR; 27 Final, 200m FR; t4 Final,
100m FL; 3 Final, 200m FL; 4 Final, 400m FR-R
SUM NATS - 7 Final, 100m FL; 7 Final, 200m FL
SC WORLD - 5 Final, 200m FL (SCM)
SUM NATS - 1 Final, 100m FL; 1 Final, 200m FL; 12 Final,
200m IM; 8 Final, 400m IM
WC TRIALS - 9 Final, 100m FL; 3 Final, 200m FL
OLY TRIALS - 9 Final, 200m FL; 15 Final, 200m IM
SPG NATS - 2 Final, 200m FL; 16 Final, 400m IM
US OPEN - 9 Final, 100m FL; 2 Final, 200m FL; 17 Final,
200m IM
SUM NATS - 4 Final, 100m FL; 4 Final, 200m FL
SPG NATS - 4 Final, 100m FL; 9 Final, 200m FL; 23 Final,
400m IM