Amanda Rom

Position:
Breaststroke
Class:
Senior
High School:
Ursuline Academy
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Record Book
100-Breast -- 1:03.03, 2nd in BGSU history (9th place [prelims] at 2009 MAC Championships)
200-Breast -- 2:16.16, 3rd in BGSU history (5th place at 2011 MAC Championships)

Personal Bests
50-Free -- 0:26.54 at 2012 MAC Championships (prelims)
500-Free -- 5:28.92 at 2010 Eastern Michigan Invitational (32nd place)

2011-2012: With Alexis Kain, qualified for 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in 100-meter breaststroke during August 2011 meet ... set season-best times in both 100- (1:03.83) and 200-breaststroke (2:18.71) in prelim races at MAC Championships ... in championship heats, placed tenth and 14th in those events .. during dual meet season, swept breaststroke events against Youngstown State ... finished second in 200 breaststroke against both Ohio and Akron.

2010-2011: Earned her best-ever MAC result with fifth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.16) ... secured another solid showing with a tenth-place swim in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.25) ... swam a personal-best 0:26.56 in the 50 free at the MAC Championships ... won the 100 breaststroke against Youngstown State (1:07.88) ... recorded 12 total second- or third-place finishes (six each) during dual meet season) ... placed in the top-five in both breaststroke events at the 2010 EMU Invitational (3rd, 100-breast; 4th, 200-breast).

2009-2010: Posted season-best times and finished in the top ten in two races at the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships, including a ninth-place finish in the 100-Breast (1:04.01) and a sixth-place finish in the 200-Breast (2:17.07) … swam a personal best time in the 50-Free (29.85), finishing in 42nd.

2008-2009: Placed 10th in the 100-yard breaststroke and 16th in the 200-yard breaststroke at the OSU Invitational ... at the MAC Championships, she took ninth in the 200-yard breaststroke and 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke ... assisted the Falcons in the record-breaking 400-yard medly relay.

High School: Four year letter winner ...; State Runners-up 2005-08 ... Placed 1st at state in 2005 in the Medley Relay ... Placed 11th at state in 2005 in the 100 Breast ... Placed 2nd at state in 2006 in the Medley Relay ... Placed 14th at state in 2006 in the 100 Breast ... Placed 15th at state in 2007 in the 100 Breast ... Placed 12th at state in 2008 in the 100 Breast ... In 2004 and 2005 was named to the First Team All-City ... 2004 and 2005 named All-American for the Medley Relay ... Received the senior athlete award ... All four years was named to the GGCL First-Team All Star

Personal: Full name is Amanda Marie Rom .. daughter of Jay and Laurie Rom ... has one brother, Scott, and one sister, Lauren ... a health care administration major at BGSU ... finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.28.