Dual Sport All-American Bryn Greenwaldt Transferring To Virginia As Grad Transfer

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.

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Big Mike
11 hours ago

I bet the UVA science squad is excited to work on her starts.

tavoswim
14 hours ago

She is definitely a great athlete…UVA reloading

Last edited 14 hours ago by tavoswim
PCB
16 hours ago

This seems like a great get for them, especially because the meet will be tight next year.

Jason G
Reply to  PCB
16 hours ago

UVA will win by 100+ as they normally do.

Sparkle
16 hours ago

She needs to transfer and swim for Bowman

Swammer
17 hours ago

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!

Vaswammer
Reply to  Swammer
16 hours ago

Just like Maxine Parker. She always has done her damage on top of the water.

Ben Zona
17 hours ago

My favorite story of the year. She’s the real deal, fearless

AVD
18 hours ago

In 2011, Laura Barito from Stevens (D3) was NCAA Champion in the 50 Free and the 400 Hurdles

swimgeek
18 hours ago

Curzan 21.1 leadoff (real time)
Moesch 21.3 (real split this year)
Greenwaldt 21.3 (reasonable guess on split and small improvement)
Mintenko 21.5 (reasonable guess off current 22.0 flat start)

1:25.1 — would have been within 0.06 of winning this year

jess
Reply to  swimgeek
18 hours ago

yeah huge get for sure, if they are able to swing top 3 on most relays, that gives them a much better chance at a title vs having to make up all those points and advantage elsewhere

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Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 European Championships …

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