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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce

Taylor Brew

  • Position Freestyle/IM
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wyomissing, Pa.
  • Highschool Wilson

Biography

2015-16: Took fourth place in the 200 medley relay (1:53.28) and first place in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.38) vs. MIT (Nov. 6) ... Notched third place in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.18) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 21) ... Finished third in the 200 breaststroke (2:37.77) and fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.38) against Vermont (Jan. 18) ... Placed eighth in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.09) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Jan.23) ... Finished fourth in the 50 breaststroke (32.57), fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.79), and fifth in the 100 IM (1:04.80) vs. LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 30).

2014-15: Finished seventh in the 1000 freestyle (11:41.27) against Drexel (Jan. 10) ... Placed fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:38.24) and sixth in the 200 freestyle (2:07.83) vs. Vermont (Jan. 17) ... Took ninth place in the 100 freestyle (58.40) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Jan. 24).

2013-14: Connecticut Open (Feb. 8) Earned a fourth-place finish in the 100  breaststroke after timing in at 1:09.42 ... Placed third in the 200 breaststroke with a mark of 2:28.45 ... Dartmouth Invitational (Jan. 24-25) Placed 15th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:10.81 ... Member of the 400 free relay team that earned sixth place after timing in at 3:42.41 ... Placed 16th in the 200 breaststroke with a mark of 2:34.62 ... George Mason Tri-meet (Nov. 1-2) Helped the 200 free relay team place eighth with a time of 1:43.43 ... New Hampshire Dual (Oct. 19) Claimed third place in the 200 IM after timing in at 2:16.01 ... Boston College Dual (Oct. 6) Member of the 200 medley relay team that earned first place with a winning time of 1:51.34 ... Placed eighth in the 100 breaststoke with a time of 1:11.21 ... Finished seventh in the 200 breaststroke after posting a time of 2:35.07.

2012-13: Member of the fifth-place 200 medley relay team, swam a 1:57.94 (sixth-place) in the 200 free, earned fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.08) and came in sixth in the 200 IM in her first-ever collegiate meet against New Hampshire (Oct. 27)...Swam a leg in the sixth-place 200 and 400 free relay teams, grabbed ninth in the 400 IM (4:45.22), fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.84) and fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:27.60) in the CAA Pod meet on Nov. 11-12...Member of the 14th-place 200 free relay, 14th-place 400 free relay, 14th-place 800 free relay and 16th-place 400 medley relay teams; swam a 4:38.16 for 18th in the 400 IM, a 1:07.53 for 20th in the 100 breaststroke and 2:26.13 for 21st in the 200 breaststroke in the Nike Cup in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Nov. 15-17...A member of the second-place 400 free relay team (3:38.80), swam a 1:58.59 in the 200 free for fifth place and a 2:33.39 in the 200 breaststroke aginst UMass on Dec. 1...Placed seventh in the 200 medley relay (1:55.10), seventh in the 1000 free (10:52.62), fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:30.61) and eighth in the 200 IM (2:15.50) against Drexel and Delaware (Jan. 12).

Before NU: Three-year varsity member at Wilson, competing in freestyle, IM and breaststroke ... Also swam for Parkland Aquatic Club and York YMCA ... Named All-County, CPAL All-League, All-State, All-American and given NISCA PA State Top-16 Award ... Five-time state medalist, 11-time district medalist ... Earned a school and county record in the State Championship-winning 400 freestyle relay ... PIAA-AAA District 3 200 IM champion and District 3 500 freestyle runner-up ... A member of the 2010 and 2012 PIAA-AAA State Championship team.

Personal: Father, Harlan, played football at Syracuse University, where mother, JoLynne, was a cheerleader ... Sister is a sophomore basketball player at JMU ... Plans to major in business at NU ... Previous co-ops at New England Journal of Medicine, ShoeBuy.

 
CAREER BESTS
Event Time Before NU Time at NU Meet
50 breaststroke - - 32.57 Jan. 30, 2016, vs. LIU-Brooklyn
100 breaststroke 1:06.32 1:06.18 Nov. 20, 2015 at Frank Elm Invitational (Rutgers)
200 breaststroke 2:25.72 2:26.91 (prelim) Feb. 27, 2016, at CAA Championships
100 butterfly - - 59.61 Nov. 20, 2015 at Frank Elm Invitational (Rutgers)
50 freestyle - - 26.30 Jan. 22, 2016, at Darmouth Invitational
200 freestyle - - 2:03.72 (exh.) Nov. 7, 2014 at Brown
500 freestyle - - 5:31.04 (exh.) Nov. 7, 2014 at Brown
1000 freestyle - - 11:22.20 Oct. 25, 2014 vs. New Hampshire
100 IM - - 1:04.80 Jan. 30, 2016, vs. LIU-Brooklyn
200 IM - - 2:13.11 (prelim) Feb. 25, 2016, at CAA Championships
400 IM - - 4:58.74 Nov. 1, 2014 at George Mason Quad Meet

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Freestyle/IM
    5'8"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Freestyle/IM
    5'8"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Freestyle/IM
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Freestyle/IM
    5'8"