Mary Brinkoetter

Position:
Backstroke, Individual Medley, Freestyle
Class:
Senior
High School:
Saint Teresa
Hometown:
Decatur, Ill.

2005-06: Named First Team All-Mid-American Conference . . . Academic All-MAC . . . earned Judy Cress Memorial Scholarship . . . logged a season best in the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.36 at the MAC Championships . . . also performed well at the MAC meet with a top mark of 4:28.45 in the 400 IM and in the 200 back (2:04.43) . . . was a member of the 800 Freestyle relay that captured a time of 7:37.00 at the MAC which was the second best time in the BSU record books.

2004-05: Second Team All-Mid-American Conference . . . Academic All-MAC . . . turned in a school-record clocking of 2:03.26 in the 200 back to finish second at the MAC Championships . . . also placed fourth in the 400 IM (4:26.85) with the third-fastest clocking in school annals, seventh in the 200 IM (2:08.02) and was a member of the seventh-place 800 free relay team that clocked in with the second-fastest time in the BSU record books at 7:37.09 . . . her time of 2:07.30 in the 200 IM prelims was a career-best effort . . . logged 19 top three efforts on the year, including five first-place clockings . . . also recorded career-fast times in the 200 free (1:56.05), 1000 free (10:46.04) and 50 back (29.11).

2003-04: Placed 15th at the MAC Championships in the 200 back (2:07.89) . . . scored career-best times of 5:17.18 in the 500 free and 1:00.30 in the 100 back . . . logged season-bests of 2:02.93 in the 200 free, 2:16.57 in the 200 IM and 4:44.30 in the 400 IM . . . earned 10 top three finishes, including a pair of first-place clockings . . . competed on two top relay teams.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport athlete -- swimming, cross country, track & field -- at Saint Teresa . . . high school swimming coach was her mother, Pat Brinkoetter . . . also coached by Jason Hodgson at the Decatur Swimming Club.

PERSONAL: Majoring in biology . . . born Feb. 7, 1985, in Decatur, Ill. . . . daughter of Jim and Pat Brinkoetter . . . has one brother, Matt . . . has one sister, Maggie.