Brinly Hardy Season 2022-23

2024-25 / AS A JUNIOR
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in the butterfly events
• Season-Best Times: 56.32 in the 100 fly, 2:03.92 in the 200 fly
• Accounted for 16 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invitational
• Scored in the A final of the 200 fly and the B final of the 100 fly at the Purdue Invite, posting season-best times in both
• Runner-up to teammate Ana Rojas in the 50 free underwater with fins at the season-opening Be Better Invitational in Michigan
• Won heat 3 and finished 10th overall in the 50 free at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate

2023-24 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed primarily in the butterfly events
• Season-Best Times: 54.27 in the 100 fly, 1:59.79 in the 200 fly – both also career bests
• Moved up the program’s all-time leaderboards in both events with her performances at the Purdue Invitational, finishing the season ranked 12th in the 100 fly
• Also raced in both butterfly events plus the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships
• Accounted for 33 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invite, finishing second in the A final of the 100 fly and third in the A final of the 200 fly
• Swam on the team’s scoring 400 medley relay team at the Purdue Invite, helping the quartet post the ninth-fastest time in team history
• Victorious in the 100 fly in each of Purdue’s first three meets of the season, including dual meet wins at Notre Dame and vs. UIndy
• Also won the 200 fly in the triple dual vs. Rutgers and Oakland
• Also won her prelim heat of the 200 fly at the Purdue Invite
• Helped her relay teams win their heats at the triple dual vs. Missouri and Illinois as well as the Big Ten Quad meet
• A finalist in both the 100m and 200m fly at Swim Fest/Indiana Senior State in July

2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN 
• Competed primarily in butterfly and mid-distance freestyle events
• Posted season-best times in the 100 (55.46) and 200 fly (2:01.68) at the Big Ten Championships, ranking top five on the team in both
• Scored in the C final of the 200 fly at Big Tens
• Scored in the B final of the 200 fly at the Purdue Invitational
• Won the C final of the 100 fly and qualified for the D final of the 50 free at the Purdue Invite
• Event winner in the 100 fly at the Indiana Intercollegiates
• Helped Purdue go 1-2-3 in both butterfly events in the home opener vs. UIndy
• Finished fifth in both the 100- and 200-meter fly at the Indiana Senior State Championships in July with a pair of career-best times (1:02.25, 2:17.54)

HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner for coach Jim Luebbe at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville
• Also competed for the Lakeside Seahawks club team and its Junior National Team
• Four-year Kentucky state qualifier
• Three-year All-American
• Helped Sacred Heart Academy win four consecutive state titles and an honorary national championship in 2019
• Part of three consecutive 200 free relay state champion teams
• Also helped Sacred Heart win the 200 medley state title as a junior, claiming silver the following year
• State finalist in both the 50 free and 100 fly four straight years – finished third in both events as a senior; finished fourth in both events as a junior; sixth in the 100 fly, seventh in the 50 free as a sophomore; fourth in the 100 fly and seventh in the 50 free as a freshman  
• Leadership award recipient as a senior, coaches award recipient as a junior
• Four-time first-team academic all-state
• Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Won Lakeside’s Seahawk Award recipient for outstanding leadership and performance
• Four-year principle’s honor roll student
• National Honor Society and Science National Honors Society
• Class math award winner as freshman

PERSONAL
• Major: General Management / General Education
• Born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Parents are Ed and Christine Hardy
• Mother played volleyball at Valparaiso University 
• Father played soccer at Denison University