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2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Hannah Brainard

  • Position
    Freestyle / Butterfly
  • Height
    5-4
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Hometown
    Gettysburg, Pa.
  • Highschool
    Gettysburg Area

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 FREE: 24.48 - at 2024 MAAC Championships (2/15/24)
100 FREE: 53.36 - at 2024 MAAC Championships (2/17/24)
200 FREE: 1:57.59 - at Magnus Invitational (11/18/22)
500 FREE: 5:20.20 - at Magnus Invitational (11/16/23)
50 FLY: 26.55 - at Magnus Invitational (11/18/23)
100 FLY: 59.10 - at 2024 MAAC Championships (2/16/24)
2023-24 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Competed in all 11 meets, including MAAC Championships
• Member of the record-setting 400 Freestyle relay at MAAC championships, finishing in third
• Place within the top-three in 21 events with seven of those times coming in individual events
• Swam three personal bests at the MAAC Championships (Feb. 14-17)
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team
2022-23 • FRESHMAN SEASON
•Competed in all nine regular-season meets in her freshman year
•Participated in the 800 Freestyle relay at MAAC championships, finishing in second
•Place within the top-five in 15 events, while finding the podium eight times
•Swam five personal bests at the Magnus Invitational (Nov. 17-19)
BEFORE CANISIUS
• Four-year varsity letter winner for Gettysburg Area High School
• Team captain during junior and senior seasons
• Earned All-State and All-Area honors, including several county titles, one district title and five Pennsylvania state medals
• Placed 6th in the 100 free and 7th in the 200 free at the Pennsylvania State meet her senior year
• Member of National Honor Society and Honor Roll recipient
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Matthew and Kelly Brainard
• Has two brothers, Jonah and Dakoda, and two sisters, Maya and Makenna
• Majoring in animal behavior ecology conservation
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'4"

  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Freestyle / Butterfly
    5'4"