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Noémie Brand |
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Talented backstroker will help Irish in that area ... along with classmate Kayla Graham, became the first Canadian to earn a monogram for the Irish women's swimming and diving team in 2004-05 ... focused primarily on the backstroke during her rookie season.
AS A FRESHMAN: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championship in the 100 and 200 backstroke ... was scratched from the BIG EAST program due to a late-season injury ... finished third on the team in the 100 backstroke with a season-best time of 58.61 ... ended up sixth on the team in the 200 back (2:06.94) ... helped the team to one relay victory during the 2004-05 dual meet season.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL DATA: Competed as a swimmer and on the water polo team at Queen of Angels Academy in Québec from 1998-2003 ... attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire as a senior ... All-American in 100-meter backstroke and received All-America considerations in 200 IM and 400 relay ... finished third in Canadian junior nationals in 200-meter back ... owns the Exeter and Exeter/Andover records in the 100-meter backstroke ... swam with the Pointe-Claire Swim Club in Québec ... competed as a member of the Québec junior swim team in 2001 and `02 ... competed at the 2003 Canadian Club Nationals ... swam three events at the 2002 Canadian Senior Summer Nationals ... second-youngest of five children ... brother, Nathaniel, played junior-varsity hockey at Cornell ... brother, Willem, participated in club water polo at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia ... born April 24, 1986, in Pointe-Claire, Québec ... daughter of Josee and Paul Brand ... intends to major in architecture and fine arts ... enrolled in the College of Architecture.
