Eline Swensen - 2016-17 - LIU Post

2016-17: CSCAA Scholar All-America ... placed second in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 11:17.02 versus CCSU (Oct.22) ... touched the pad second (11:04.69) in the 1,000-free versus Bridgeport (Nov. 5) ... swam to a lifetime-best, 1:54.41 in the 200-yard freestyle, while placing seventeenth and clocking a NCAA "B" cut, 17:32.82 in the 1,650-free at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 18-20) ... clocked a personal-best 10:29.34 in the 1,000-yard free, touched the pad second at 17:46.11 in the 1,650-yard freestyle, placed first and earned a lifetime-best and NCAA-provisional cut, 5:04.69 in the 500-free and swam the first leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay which won the event in 7:49.47 at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 2-4) ... placed first (5:24.33) in the 500-yard freestyle and third (2:03.01) in the 200-yard freestyle versus Siena (Jan. 14) ... earned a NCAA "B" cut in the 500-free, at 5:05.54, and in the 1,650-free, with a lifetime-best 17:29.69, while clocking 7:46.85, good for second-place, in the 800-free at the Metropolitan Conference Championships (Feb. 17-19).

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 ... 2013 Norwegian National Champion in the 1,500-meter freestyle.

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