NCAA Relay Champion Bryn Greenwaldt: “I have never really done relay starts before this year”

2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

After competing in NCAA DII for Augustana over the last 4 seasons, Bryn Greenwaldt decided to use her last year of eligibility with Virginia, the 5x defending NCAA champions. So far, Greenwaldt has fit right in, as last night she anchored their 200 medley relay to victory.

Greenwaldt admitted after the race that this was her first year ever really doing relay starts, and as recently as last month at ACCs, she didn’t feel like she had mastered them. Last night, however, she split 21.0 and did what needed to be done for UVA to defend their title in the event.

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Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
2 months ago

Thank you for choosing the University of Virginia.

IRO
2 months ago

Anchoring a sprint relay in D1 to a win is no joke. She was an amazing pickup for Virginia.

Awsi Dooger
2 months ago

I see she is a high jumper, basically 1.75 level. That would be fine for an NCAA Division 1 multi event athlete but not a scorer in the individual event. Bryn definitely made the correct decision to prioritize swimming in the big league.

For reference, I attended NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville last week. The winner cleared 1.97 and had a near miss at 2.00.

It’s interesting that Bryn mentioned returning to track practice in the spring and next year. Virginia has had a couple of female high jumpers on roughly the same level or just a bit above, Carly Tarentino and Celia Rifaterra. I know that from attending ACC meets in recent years. Both qualified for… Read more »

VA Steve
2 months ago

Easy to root for!

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  VA Steve
2 months ago

Preach it!

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