Brinley Horras

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Distance Freestyle
Class:
Junior
High School:
Ames
Hometown:
Ames, Iowa

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
200 Free	1:50.42	2024 Big 12s
500 Free	4:50.86	2021 Big 12s
1000 Free	10:01.95	Iowa (22-23)
1650 Free	16:44.99	2023 Big 12s

Awards and Honors
Big 12 Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 2, 2022; Dec. 14, 2022; Dec. 13, 2023)
All-Big 12 First Team: 1650 Free (2021)
All-Big 12 Second Team: 200 Free (2022); 500 Free (2021, 2022, 2023); 1650 Free (2022, 2023)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
2021 Kansas Classic All-Invite Team
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2020-21)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, F23, S24)

2023-24 (Senior)
Moved into No. 12 spot of the all-time points leaderboard with 607 points across her career...Tied for No. 20 spot in senior season points with 172...Finished 2024 Big 12 Championships in the No. 6 spot of career Big 12 Championship points with 130... 4:52.45 in Big 12 500 free finals was 17th fastest time in program history... 16:53.55 time in Big 12 1650 finals was 12th fastest time in program history... Set personal best time of 1:50.42 in the Big 12 200 free finals... Earned Big 12 Swimmer of the Week after one victory and one second place finish in the dual meet against Iowa... 13 top-three finishes across all competitions in 2023-24.

2022-23 (Junior)
Two-time Big 12 Swimmer of the Week honoree … Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors in the 500 free … top swimmer in the 500, 1000 and 1650 free … posted a PR against Iowa in the 1000 free with a first-place finish of 10:01.95 … collected 10 victories across the 200, 500, and 1000 free … recorded a PR at the Big 12 Championships in the 1650 free with 16:44.99 … second-fastest performer on the team in the 1000 free … No. 4 on the top performers list for the 1650 free … apart of the seventh-fastest team in the 400 free relay … holds the second-best time in the 800 free relay with her team … has the third-fastest time for a 1000 freestyler … holds the fourth-fastest time in the 1650 free ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Became only Cyclone to earn All-Big 12 honors in the 200, 500 and 1650 free in the same year … added five all-time top times through the 500, 1000 and 1650 free … posted 1650 free PR of 16:54.04 at the Big 12 Championships to place seventh at the meet and move to No. 9 all time … finished seventh in the 500 free (4:53.24) and eighth in the 200 free (1:51.07) at the conference meet … won 12 events, including a distance sweep against Iowa and Kansas … took the victory in the 1650 free, third in the 500 free and sixth in the 200 free at the Kansas Classic … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020-21 (Freshman)
Earned All-Big 12 First Team honors in the 1650 free and All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 500 free … fifth Iowa State swimmer all-time to earn 500 free All-Big 12 honors … placed third in the mile with 16:55.19 and seventh in the 500 free with 4:53.08 at the Big 12 Championship … touched first four times in dual action and totaled six top-five finishes … all-time top-20 performer in the 200 free (No. 17), 500 free (No. 4), 1000 free (No. 10) and 1650 free (No. 9) … holds top times in the 500 free (2), 1000 free and 1650 free … team member of the seventh-fastest all-time 800 free relay team.

High School
Holds the 500 free school record at Ames High … named to the All-State team three straight seasons … four-time state qualifier … 2018 200 free relay state record holder … swam for coach Dan Flannery at Ames High and for the ACAC swim team under coach Mike Peterson.

Personal
Has two sisters, Jazlyn, who swims for Iowa State, and Saylor … majoring in kinesiology.