Bre Loeschke

Position:
Backstroke/Individual Medley
Class:
Senior
High School:
Irondale
Hometown:
New Brighton, Minn.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:24.57	Non-ISU
100 Free	0:55.02	Non-ISU
200 Free	1:58.18	Non-ISU
100 Back	0:54.55	2013 Big 12 Championships
*200 Back	1:56.82	2013 Big 12 Championships
100 Breast	1:11.15	Nebraska-Omaha (2013-14)
200 IM	2:03.73	2013 Big 12 Championships
400 IM	4:42.93	Non-ISU

*Iowa State School Record

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 First-Team: 200 Backstroke (2013)
All-Big 12 Second-Team: 100 Backstroke (2013, 2015). 200 Backstroke (2014, 2015)
Academic All-Big 12 first team (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15)
CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2013, 2014)
Most Improved Swimmer (2012-13)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014)

2014-15 (Senior)
Established herself as one of the best backstrokers in Iowa State history … capped her Cyclone career as the school record holder in the 200 backstroke (1:56.82) and the second-best performer in the 100 backstroke (0:54.55) … currently holds five of the top-20 times in the 200 backstroke in program history, including the two fastest times ever recorded by a Cyclone … clocked an NCAA ‘B’ cut qualifying time (1:58.87) in the 200 backstroke and was part of the team’s fastest 400 medley relay squad (3:43.24) on the season … reached the podium at the Big 12 Championships in the 400 medley relay (third, 3:43.24), 200 backstroke (fourth, 1:58.87) and 100 backstroke (fifth, 0:55.41) … also competed in the 200 IM (15^th, 2:06.22) and 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:43.70) at the conference championship meet … tallied 34 top-five performances, including seven event wins (four individual, three relay) on the season … ended her career with six times on ISU’s all-time top-performers lists in the 100 backstroke (second, 0:54.55), 200 backstroke (first, 1:56.82), 200 IM (eighth, 2:03.73), 200 medley relay (fifth, 1:41.40), 400 medley relay (third, 3:41.81) and 400 medley relay (fifth, 3:43.24).

2013-14 (Junior)
Competed in the 200 medley relay (4th, 1:41.41), 400 medley relay (3rd, 3:41.31), 100 backstroke (9th, 55.35), 200 backstroke (4th, 1:59.10) at the Big 12 Championships … tallied four top-five times on this season’s top performers list for the Cyclones, including 100 backstroke (Big 12s, 55.31), 200 medley relay (Big 12s, 1:41.40), and 400 medley relay (Big 12s, 3:41.81) this season … earned two all-time top performances in 200 medley relay (4th, 1:41.40) and 400 medley relay (3rd, 3:41.81) … tallied 34 top-five performances (20 individual and 14 relay) including first-place in the 100 backstroke and 200 IM against UNI.

Sophomore (2012-13)
Set new school record in 200 backstroke (1:56.90) at Big 12 Championships … also competed in the 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:44.28), 100 backstroke (fifth, 54.55) and 200 IM (ninth, 2:03.73) at the Big 12 Championships … took sixth in 50 free (25.03) at the Last Chance meet … has six first-place finishes in the 200 backstroke … took first in the 100 backstroke three times on the season … sits first in both 100 and 200 backstroke for the Cyclones … second in the 200 IM.

Freshman (2011-12)
Competed in the 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:45.86), 200 free relay (Exh., 1:37.90), 200 IM (35th, 2:10.24), 400 medley relay (Exh., 3:53.52) and 200 back (11th, 2:01.96) at the Big 12 Championships … posted two first place finishes on the season … won 200 back at South Dakota … touched the wall first in 100 back at Nebraska-Omaha … finished fourth in the 200 back at TYR Invitational … finished the campaign with 13 top-three finishes … second on the Cyclones in the 100 and 200 back.

High School
Swam at Irondale High School for coach Colleen Vinji … five-year letterwinner and five-year all-conference recipient … three-time team MVP … Irondale school record holder in the 100 back … seventh in the 100 back at 2010 state championships … competed in 2009 state championships in 100 back … placed 14th in the 100 back at 2008 state championships … also competed in the 200 back, finishing 32nd … finished 23rd in the 100 back at 2007 state championships … member of Great Wolf Swim Team under coach Dave Bentz … two-time Minnesota short course state champion in the 100 and 200 back … member of winning 200 medley and 400 medley relay squads at 2011 short course state championships … took fifth in the 50 free and 200 IM and seventh in the 400 IM at 2011 short course state championships … finished fourth in the 100 back and sixth in the 200 back at 2010 Minnesota Long Course Championships … club teammate of current Cyclone Katie Vollhaber.

Personal
Daughter of Susan Cheney and Thomas Loeschke ... born March 6 ... majoring in child, adult and family services.