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2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster

Profile

  • DIVE
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Broomfield, Colo.
    Hometown
  • 5'5
    Height
  • Broomfield HS
    High School
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Brendan Byrnes
Brendan Byrnes
DIVE
Position
Senior
Class
Broomfield, Colo.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Senior (2021-22): Enjoyed a strong day at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (2/24/22) en route to garnering all-conference recognition in all three disciplines … posted career-best marks of 302.70 and 309.80 in the 3-meter and platform, respectively … boasted a career-best score of 302.45 in 1-meter at the Air Force Diving Invite (2/5/22).

Junior (2020-21): Capped his season by finishing 14th in the 1-meter competition at the NCAA Zone E Championships (3/10/21) with a final score of 532.95 … also showed well in platform, finishing with a score of 533.45 and the 3-meter competition with a final score of 525.70 … enjoyed a strong showing at the Western Athletic Championships (2/27/21) with a trio of top-five finishes … paced fourth in platform with a final tally of 294.65 … added another fourth-place finish in the 1-meter competition with a final mark of 289.15 … took fifth in the 3-meter competition with a score of 308.70. 

Sophomore (2019-20): An All-Western Athletic Conference selection on all three boards…finished third in the 3-meter with a score of 305.10…on the 1-meter and platform, he placed fifth (264.00) and sixth (261.00), respectively…against Air Force, he scored a career-best 308.10 in the 3-meter…with a score of 300.15 in the dual against Denver, he qualified for his first NCAA Zone E Championships in the 1-meter…on the platform, he recorded a mark of 303.35 at the Air Force Diving Invite, which is fourth all-time in school history…won two dual meets on the 3-meter and once on the 1-meter.

Freshman (2018-19): A first-time letterwinner…finished sixth at the WAC Championships in the 1-meter with a score of 271.30…recorded a season-high score of 271.45 in the 3-meter event to finish seventh at the same meet…turned in another season-high score in the platform event with a score of 261.20 to finish sixth at the WAC Championships.

High School: A multi-sport athlete, he placed fourth at the state wrestling meet in 2017…also played for the Discovery Canyon soccer team…as a diver, Byrnes placed sixth in the 2016-17 season at the Colorado 4A state meet…was team captain on both the swimming and soccer team…earned All-State swimming and diving honors…was named to the Honor Roll.

Personal: Born January 21, 2000…Brendan is the son of Jane Byrnes…has two siblings Ryan and Erin...majoring in criminal justice.