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Heidi Bruining

Position:
Freestyle/Breaststroke/IM
Class:
Junior
High School:
Lake Brantley
Hometown:
Altamonte, Fla.
Club:
Patriot Aquatics
Major:
Education

ECU Career Times:
100 Breaststroke – 1:02.92 – ranks eighth all-time at ECU
200 Breaststroke – 2:15.15 – ranks eighth all-time at ECU
200 IM – 2:01.31 – ranks fourth all-time at ECU
200 Freestyle – 1:48.74 – ranks fifth all-time at ECU

Additional stats via Swimcloud

As a Junior (2024-25): Named to the Dean’s List Fall 2024 and Chancellor's List Spring 2025 …CSCAA National Invitational Championship qualifier…AAC Championship scorer capturing 44 points overall… 200 IM (10^th), and 200 Freestyle (9^th)… Competed in nine regular season dual meets, scoring 169 points for the Pirates while securing 23 top-three finishes… Of those 30 top-three finishes, 15 were first place finishes ... Named to the American All-Academic Team.

As a Sophomore (2023-24): Named to the Dean’s List Fall 2023 and Dean's List in Spring 2024 … Named ECU's 2023-24 Most Improved Swimmer at annual awards banquet ... 200 Freestyle Relay record holder … 400 Medley Relay record holder … CSCAA National Invitational Championship qualifier … AAC Championship scorer capturing 16 points overall … Placed in the top 16 in the 200 Breaststroke (10th), 200 IM (10th) and 200 Freestyle (ninth) … AAC Conference Champion in the 200 Freestyle Relay … Competed in 11 regular season dual meets, scoring 180 points for the Pirates … Secured 30 top 3 finishes … Of those 30 top 3 finishes, 14 were first place finishes.

As a Freshman (2022-23): Named to ECU Dean’s List in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 … AAC Championship scorer capturing 23 points … Placed top 20 in two AAC Championship events including the 100 Breaststroke (13th) and the 200 Breaststroke (17th) … Freshman record holder for the 100 Breaststroke (1:02.92) … Competed in six regular season dual meets scoring 104 points ... Claimed 18 top 3 finishes, seven of those were first place ... Named to the 2022-23 AAC All-Academic Team.

Before ECU: Club Team record holder in 200 Breaststroke SCY … Summer and Winter Junior National Qualifier in 100 and 200 Breaststroke … Club Coach Clay Parnell … High School team record holder in 100 Breaststroke and 400 Freestyle Relay … Received female MVP Award all four years … High School State Qualifier all four years … Senior States placed third in both 200 IM and 100 Breaststroke.

Personal: Daughter of Jonna Whitaker and Paul Bruining, sister to Anna.