2017-18: CSCAA All-American for 100 Back (HM) … Placed first in the Metropolitan Championships for 50 YARD Free with a time of 23.27 (02/16/18) … 2-time Finalist placing second in both the 100 YARD Back with a time of 55.97 and 100 YARD Free with a time of 51.89 … Named College Swimming Conference Swimmer of the Week for the week of Jan. 16, 2018 … Named College Swimming Conference Swimmer of the Week for the weeks of Oct. 24, 2017 and Nov. 21, 2018 … Placed 1st in 50 S-Free and the 100 S-Free with times of 26.93 and 58.77 respectively against Bridgeport on Nov. 4, 2017 … Placed 4th in 100 yard breast with a time of 1:13.43 against Kutztown on Jan. 27, 2018 … Placed 1st in 100 yard individual medley with a time of 58.47 against Assumption on Jan. 20, 2018
2016-17: Was the first Pioneer swimmer since 2014 named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team ... Garnered CSCAA Scholar All-American Team distinction ... named the 2017 Metropolitan Conference Co-Swimmer of the Meet at the Metropolitan Championships ... Named the ECAC Swimmer of the Meet at ECAC Championships ... won the 100-yard backstroke in 58.79, placed second (54:32) in the 100-yard freestyle and led off the 200-yard medley relay that recorded a third place finish of 1:50.59 versus CCSU (Oct. 22) ... posted NCAA "B" cut times and won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle in qualifying times of 23.91 and 52.02 versus East Stroudsburg (Oct. 29) ... won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle after touching the pad at respective times of 24.43 and 53.45, while swimming the anchor leg of the Pioneers' 400-yard medley relay which placed first at 3:57.04 versus Bridgeport (Nov. 5) ... helped race to a NCAA "B" cut time of 1:35.68 in the 200 freestyle relay, won the "B" final and clocked a NCAA-provisional time of 56:74 in the 100-yard backstroke and touched the pad at a NCAA-provisional 51.47 in the 100-yard free at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 18-20) ... helped win the 200-yard medley relay at 1:46.66, while winning a pair of events and recording NCAA "B" cuts in the process by clocking a 23.56 in the 50- and a 51.21 in the 100-yard freestyle at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 2-4) ... helped the Pioneers place first in the 400-yard medley relay at (4:05.82, and won the 50- (24.85) and 100- (54.19) free versus Siena (Jan. 14) ... raced to winning times of 24.35 and 52.91 in the 50- and 100-yard free, respectively, while swimming the opening leg of the 200 medley relay which also placed first at 1:47.94 versus NYU (Jan. 20) ... contributed to a first place showing in the 200-yard free relay that clocked a NCAA-provisional 1:35.64, won the 50-yard free in 23.32, clocked a first-place, NCAA "B" cut of 1:43.67 in the 200 medley relay, touched the pad first in the 100-yard backstroke with a "B" cut of 55.63 and won the 100 free in a personal-best and NCAA-provisional 50.91 at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 17-19) ... qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships in the 50-yard free, 100-yard free, 100-yard back, 200-free relay, 400-free relay, 200-medley relay and the 400-medley relay ... posted a 23.50 in the 50-free, a 1:44.81 in the 200-medley relay, a seventeenth-place, 3:49.42 in the 400-medley relay, clocked a 1:35.10 in the 200-yard free relay and a 3:28.09 in the 400-freestyle relay at the NCAA Division II Championships (Mar. 8-11).
2015-16: NCAA All-American in 200-yard freestyle relay ... All-Metropolitan Conference in 50- and 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay ... CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team ... won the 50-yard freestyle (24.88) and placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (59.93) in a season-opening meet versus Central Connecticut State (Oct. 24) ... helped the Pioneers' 400-yard freestyle relay to a pool-record 3:37.81 at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... finished second in the 100-fly (1:06.95) and 200-free (2:13.16) at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... placed third in the 50- (25.35) and 100-yard freestyle (54.63) at Fordham (Nov. 13) ... recorded NCAA "B" cuts in the 50-free (23.71), 100-fly (56.26) and 100-free (52.15) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 20-22) ... clocked respective NCAA "B" cuts of 24.13 and 52.17 in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 4-6) ... won the 50-free with a time of 25.14 against Siena (Jan. 16) ... breezed past her opposition in the 50-yard freestyle (25.05) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.68) in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... touched the pad at a fourth-place clocking of 1:01.51 at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... aided the Pioneers in racing to an NCAA "A" cut in the 200-free relay (1:32.03) and had third-place finishes in the 100-fly (57.15) and 100-free (51.58) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21) ... clocked a lifetime-best of 23.41 in the consolation finals of the 50-free at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 9-12).
2014-15: CSCAA First-Team All-American ... NCAA Scholar All-American … All-Metropolitan Conference Scholar-Athlete … NCAA All-American in 400-yard freestyle relay … All-Metropolitan Conference in 50-yard freestyle; 100-yard freestyle; 100-yard butterfly; 200-yard freestyle relay; 400-Yard freestyle relay; 800-yard freestyle relay ... swam a 24.52 leadoff leg to spur a first-place 200-yard freestyle relay victory (1:37.04) versus Bridgeport on Oct. 24 ... secured her first career collegiate individual race victory by clocking a time of 24.83 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle event against Central Connecticut State (Oct. 25) ... won the 200-yard freestyle race at the Kutztown Invitational on Nov. 8 in a time of 1:57.97, about five seconds faster than her nearest competitor ... recorded her fastest 50-free time of the season (23.72) at the Rutgers Invitational (Nov. 21-23) ... at the East Stroudsburg Invitational on Jan. 31, won the 500-freestyle race in 5:28.95, beating the second-place finisher by almost a full 10 seconds ... was the leadoff leg for victorious 200-free and 400-free relay groups at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 20-22) and also placed second in the 100-yard butterfly (57.24) ... earned All-American status by swimming a 51.89 leadoff leg in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.90), which finished sixth at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 11-14).
Prior to LIU Post: Swam at Stormamschule in Ahrensburg, Germany.
Personal: Parents are Hans-Joergen and Annett Bendfeldt ... lists German swimmer and current 50-meter butterfly world record-holder Steffen Diebler as her favorite athlete ... admires her mom ... enjoys volleyball, swimming, reading and going out with friends ... can speak four different languages ... majoring in international business.