Dual sport Division II All-American Bryn Greenwaldt is transferring to Virginia as a graduate transfer to pursue a Masters of Accounting. Greenwaldt competed for three years with Division II Augustana University.
“I am just so immensely grateful not only for the opportunity to get to attend and compete at a University of Virginia’s caliber, but also for my teams, coaches, and family for supporting me through this whole process and getting me to a point where this is possible.”
Greenwaldt made history last month competing at the Division II NCAA Championships for both swimming and track and field. She became an All-American in both sports on the same day after finishing 8th in the high jump and less than an hour later finishing 8th in the 100 freestyle.
In addition, Greenwaldt is also a Division II record holder as she swam a 21.92 in prelims, becoming the first Division II swimmer to break the 22-second mark. She went on to win the NCAA title in finals with a 22.09.
Greenwaldt told SwimSwam that she will be swimming for the Cavaliers but plans to compete in track and field “in some capacity throughout the next 2 years.” The track and field transfer portal is not open currently which means she cannot directly discuss with the track and field coaches currently.
Greenwaldt’s Best SCY Times
- 50 free: 21.92
- 100 free: 49.03
- 100 back: 52.49
The Virginia women are coming off of their 5th consecutive NCAA title. The team was led by senior Gretchen Walsh as she won the 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 free, setting new NCAA records in the 100 fly and 100 free while she tied her record in the 50 free.
Greenwaldt helps fill a gap in the sprint group as Gretchen Walsh and Maxine Parker were both on the team’s NCAA winning 200 free relay. Parker just finished her fifth year and split a 21.56 on the 3rd leg of the relay. The team won that relay in a 1:24.45 touching over half a second ahead of Louisville (1:25.04).
Greenwaldt’s 50 free time would have been 5th on the roster this past season while her 100 back and 100 free times would have been 7th.
Its crazy impressive to graduate college in 3 years while being a dual sport student-athlete, wow!!
I bet the UVA science squad is excited to work on her starts.
I think I heard Ken Ono shout with joy.
She is definitely a great athlete…UVA reloading
This seems like a great get for them, especially because the meet will be tight next year.
UVA will win by 100+ as they normally do.
She needs to transfer and swim for Bowman
Do you just post same comment on every post?
I was fortunate to time a few times and get to see her swim in person. It’ll be most interesting to see how she continues to grow at UVA. She’s the exact opposite of Walsh as her underwaters sometimes didn’t even break the flags in her 100s which was shocking to me for how fast she was. It clearly works for her and her stroke is so powerful!
Just like Maxine Parker. She always has done her damage on top of the water.
My favorite story of the year. She’s the real deal, fearless
In 2011, Laura Barito from Stevens (D3) was NCAA Champion in the 50 Free and the 400 Hurdles
On the same weekend?
The same day! Not even over the course of the weekend. Prelims swim, got a ride to the track and field venue just in time for the high jump. Then back to the pool for finals.
Here’s the live recap we did with time stamps if you’re interested in just how hectic it was…
https://swimswam.com/bryn-greenwaldt-live-updates-as-she-competes-in-two-ncaa-championships-in-one-day/
I’m aware of that, I was referring to the division three athlete that was referenced in the original comment.