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Career Accolades

  • Member of three NCAA championship teams (2017-19)
  • Member of four Pac-12 championship teams (2017-20)
  • Four-time All-America
    • 500 Freestyle - 2017 (9th)
    • 1650 Freestyle - 2017 (3rd), 2018 (4th), 2019 (16th)
  • Two-time Pac-12 champion
    • 1650 free - 2017, 2018
  • 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2018-19)
  • Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-America (2017-19)
  • Ranks third all-time at Stanford in the 1650 free (15:43.68)
  • Ranks eighth all-time at Stanford in the 500 free (4:37.78)

As a Senior Pac-12 Champions

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Scored at Pac-12 Championships in two events
    • 1,650 free (7th, 16:14.93), 500 free (20th, 4:45.55)

As a Junior NCAA ChampionsPac-12 Champions

  • CSCAA Scholar All-America 
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team
  • Honorable Mention All-America in the 1,650 free (16th, 16:03.64)
  • Also competed at NCAA Championships in the 500 free and finished 24th (4:41.14)
  • Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in three events
    • 1650 free (6th, 16:05.50), 500 free (10th, 4:39.16), 200 free (20th, 1:47.46)

As a Sophomore NCAA ChampionsPac-12 Champions

  • CSCAA Scholar All-America 
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team
  • First-team All-America in the 1,650 free (4th, 15:43.68)
  • Also competed at NCAA Championships in the 500 free and finished 17th (4:38.87)
  • Pac-12 champion in the 1650 free (15:49.38)
  • Also scored at Pac-12 Championships in the 500 free (5th, 4:39.05) 
  • Missed Fall season due to injury

As a Freshman NCAA ChampionsPac-12 Champions

  • CSCAA Scholar All-America 
  • Two-time All-America
    • 500 Freestyle (9th, 4:37.78), 1650 freestyle (3rd, 15:50.87)
  • Also competed at NCAA Championships in 200 free (52nd, 1:48.25)
  • Pac-12 champion in the 1650 free (15:47.62)
  • Also scored at Pac-12 Championships in 500 free (4th, 4:39.14) and 200 free (15th, 1:46.88)

Prior to Stanford

  • Three-time state champion in the 200 freestyle (2013, 2015, 2016)
  • Three-time state champion in the 500 freestyle (2013, 2015, 2016)
  • Set state records in the 200 and 500 freestyle
  • Four-time all-region, all-state, all-conference and all-area
  • Three-time team MVP (2014-16)
  • Led team to two state championships (2013, 2014) and two state runner-up finishes (2015, 2016)
  • Competed for Team USA at 2014 FINA Junior Open Water World Championships in Hungary
  • Swam for Nation's Capital Swim Club (2012-16)
  • USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
  • Assistant coach for the Oakton Swim Club, a program that teaches teenagers with disabilities how to swim

Personal

  • Daughter of Laura and John Byrnes
  • One younger sister, Julia
  • Father swam at Cal and mother also attended Cal
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