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2021-22 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Lindsey Bjornstad

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Mequon, Wis.
  • High School Homestead
  • Event Free, Breast
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free   23.74
100-Free 51.56
200-Free 1:59.48
100-Breast  1:05.73

Career Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20)
- CSCAA Scholar All-America (2021-22, 2019-20, 2018-19)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large (2021-22)
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (1/13/20, 1/27/20, 2/3/20, 1/22/19) 


All-America:
- 2021-22: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
- 2019-20: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay
- 2018-19: 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay


NEWMAC Champion:
- 2021-22: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
- 2019-20: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
- 2018-19: 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay


NEWMAC All-Conference: 
- 2021-22: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100-Free (2nd Team)
- 2019-20: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay; 50 Free, 100 Free (2nd Team)
- 2018-19: 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay; 50 Free (2nd Team)


2021-22:
- Qualified for four NCAA events
- 1 NCAA Individual 'B' Cut


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Invite: 50 Free (1st), 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 800 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 100 Free (2nd), 400 Medley Relay (3rd), 100 Breast (6th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 3
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 20


2018-19:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Nationals: 200 Free Relay (12th), 800 Free Relay (13th), 100 Free (32nd)
- Invite: 400 Free Relay (1st), 200 Free Relay (2nd), 100 Free (3rd), 50 Free (4th), 200 Medley Relay (7th)
- NCAA "B" Cuts: 1
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 7


Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Watching the US Women's National Soccer Team win the World Cup this summer! What a fun time!


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning a relay and cheering on all my teammates at the NEWMAC Conference Championship meet and 


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in aerospace engineering
- Minoring in political science
- UROP with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies in partnership with the U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL).
- Research Assistant in Atmospheric Dynamics at Tel Aviv University
- Developed graphs that integrate Matlab and the most recent research on shear flow behavior in the atmosphere
- Lead for Project ORRCA
- VPRC for the MIT Panhellenic Association
- Baker Social Chair
- Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
- SHINE for Girls
- Project ORRCA


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Homestead High School
- Earned four varsity letters in swimming
- Two-time MVP
- OAW Homestead Student-Athlete
- Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
- Holds two high school team records
- 12-time state qualifier 
- Placed inside the top-six at the High School State Championship
- Also swam for the Schroeder YMCA Swim Team where she was a WI LSC Athlete Representative, placed 13th individually at YMCA Nationals in 50 free and helped the 200 free relay team get second at YMCA Nationals
- Secretary of the National Honor Society
- President and Publicity Chair of the Girls Exploring Math and Science Club
- Member of the Publicity Committee for Students Helping Impact Foster Teens (SHIFT)
- Secretary for Box of Knowledge, a non-profit organization
- Graduated with distinguished honors
- Four-time High Honor Roll
- Excellence in Spanish Award
- National Merit Finalist 
- Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers - John H. Mielke Memorial Scholarship Recipient

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Free, Breast
    5'11"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Free, Breast
    5'11"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Free, Breast
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Free, Breast
    6'0"