Eline Swensen - 2015-16 Women's Swimming - LIU Post


Eline Swensen

Event: Freestyle/Butterfly
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Langhus, Norway
Previous School: Ski Videregaende Skole

2015-16: All-Metropolitan Conference in 200-, 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relay ... placed second in the 500- (5:19.62) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:53.98) in a season-opening meet versus Central Connecticut State (Oct. 24) ... won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:26.14 at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... swam a second-place time of 9:39.72 in the 800-meter freestyle at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... bested her opposition in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:50.38) and added a third-place finish of 5:24.76 in the 500-yard freestyle at Fordham (Nov. 13) ... added respective sixth-place marks of 5:22.33 and 18:08.43 in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 4-6) ... won the 500- (5:14.66) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:39.69) against Siena (Jan. 16) ... finished first in the 500- (5:17.12) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:48.21) in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... touched the pad at a third-place clocking of 2:00.26 in the 200-yard freestyle at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... swam a second-place and NCAA "B" cut time of 17:33.45 in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21) ... also notched third-place finishes in the 200- (1:54.45) and 500-free (5:08.32) at Met Championships.

Prior to LIU Post: Attended Ski Videregaende Skole in Norway ... competed for the swimming team.

Personal: Has one brother, Martin, and one sister, Julie ... daughter of Ivar and Kari Marie Swensen ... enjoys reading and traveling ... her favorite athlete is Alexander Dale Oen ... majoring in political science.

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