Lauren Breunig

Position:
Sprint
Class:
Senior
High School:
Sauk Prairie
Hometown:
Mazomanie, Wis.

2006-07 (Senior):
Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 38th in the 200 free (1:48.56) and 30th in the 100 free (49.82) ... qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 IM ... earned all-Big 12 honors with fourth-place finishes and school-record times in the 200 IM (2:00.31) and 100 free (49.79) ... also earned all-Big 12 honors in the 200 free (fourth, 1:48.17) ... swam as a member of the 800 free relay (sixth, 7:25.69), 400 medley relay (fourth, 3:47.31), 200 free relay (third, 1:34.02) and 400 free relay (third, 3:24.89) at the Big 12 Championships ... recorded 22 first-place finishes on the season (18 individual, four relay) ... swam to four wins against Nebraska-Omaha (200 free, 100 free, 50 free, 400 medley relay) ... had three wins against Western Illinois/Illinois State (200 free, 100 free, 400 free relay), Iowa (200 free, 100 free, 200 IM), Missouri (200 free, 100 free, 200 IM) and Nebraska (200 free, 100 free, 200 IM) ... voted as team captain ... named team’s Most Valuable Swimmer.

2005-06 (Junior):
Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 41st in the 100 free (50.47), 28th in the 200 free (1:48.81) and 47th in the 200 IM (2:03.32) ... earned all-Big 12 honors after finishing fourth in the 100 free with a season-best and school-record 49.90 at the Big 12 Championships ... also competed in the 200 IM (sixth, 2:01.73), 800 free relay (sixth, 7:25.96), 200 free relay (fourth, 1:34.54), 400 free relay (third, 3:26.52) ... swam to a career-best 1:47.97 in the 200 free at the Big 12 Championships as well as anchoring the 400 medley relay (second, 3:44.29) ... recorded 12 first-place finishes on the season, including three wins against Nebraska-Omaha (400 medley relay, 50 free, 100 free) and South Dakota State (200 medley relay, 200 free, 400 free) ... academic all-Big 12 second team.

2004-05 (Sophomore):
Member of the third-place 400 medley relay (3:46.93) team at the Big 12 Championships ... also competed in the 100 free (ninth, 51.65), 200 free (11th, 1:51.49), 200 IM (12th, 2:03.34), 400 free relay (fifth, 3:27.17) and 200 free relay (fifth, 1:34.50) at the championships ... won seven races on the season ... voted the ISU Most Valuable Swimmer.

2003-04 (Freshman):
Competed in three events at the Big 12 Championships as a true freshman ... competed individually in the 200 IM (ninth, 2:03.08) and 200 free (12th, 1:51.08) and as a member of the 800 free relay (fifth, 7:28.52) ... first place in 11 races, including her first collegiate victory at Minnesota Invitational in 400 free relay (3:31.34) ... earned the Cyclone Relay Swimmer Award.

High School:
All-American her senior year in the 200 IM (2:03.89) and the 100 free (51.61) ... four-time MVP in high school ... 2001 and 2002 Division II Swimmer of the Year in Wisconsin ... set the Wisconsin Division II record in the 200 IM (2:03.89) in 2002 ... held school records in eight events: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 200 IM, 100 fly and 100 breaststroke ... won seven state titles ... competed for the Badgers Aquatics Club for eight years, including the 2002-03 USA Swimming Summer Nationals ... coached in high school by Kyle Raush and club by Jack Pettinger ... also played basketball and soccer in high school ... earned all-conference honorable mention honors in soccer her freshman year and all-conference second team accolades her sophomore year.

Personal:
Agricultural studies major ... born July 25, 1984 ... daughter of Charles and Kathleen Breunig.