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2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Martin Brekke

  • Position Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Major Computer Science (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Pakkret, Nonthaburi, Thailand
  • High School International School Bangkok

Biography

2016-17: Finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle (season-best 27.56), fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (season-best 2:05.74) and eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke (season-best 58.05) at the MIT Invitational (12/2-4)…took fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.92) in his season debut vs. SUNY-Cortland (2:15.92).
 
2015-16: Notched season-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (27.69), 100-yard breaststroke (57.61) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:04.61) at the UAA Championships (2/17-20)…achieved a season-best time in the 200-yard IM (2:10.34) at the NYU Invitational (2/5-6).
 
2014-15: Won the 200-yard breaststroke (Palladium Natatorium record 2:04.07) and placed second in the 100-yard breast (season-best 57.90) at the NYU Invitational (2/6-7)…UAA Athlete of the Week (2/9)…finished fifth in the 100-yard breast, fourth in the 200-yard breast and sixth in the 200-yard medley relay in his collegiate debut vs. SUNY Cortland (10/11).
 
High School: Four-year team member…captain as a junior and senior…seven-time school record-breaker and IASAS Swimming Conference record-breaker…team MVP as a sophomore and senior…ISB Panther Swim Club Squad Leader Award as a junior and senior…founding member, active board member, and former chairman of a charity organization, “Kids Action For Kids,” which has raised money to fund hundreds of surgeries for children with cleft lips and cleft palates in Thailand and Myanmar…also swam for the Drammens Svømme Klubb and Vision Swimming Academy club teams.
 
Personal: Brother Haakon previously swam for Colgate University, while brother Anders currently swims for Colgate…aspires to work abroad, attend graduate school and travel.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    6'1" 180 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    6'2" 180 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    6'2" 180 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    6'2" 180 lbs