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2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Bryce Berkhof

Bryce Berkhof

  • Position:
    Freestyle
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Henrietta, NY
  • Highschool:
    Rush Henrietta

Summary

Biography

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At UR 2024-25: Capped off a stellar senior season with three personal bests and a school-record performance at the UAA Championships...Helped UR's 800-medley relay set a new school record with a seventh-place finish and 6:48.58 time at UAAs, the 49th-fastest 800 medley in NCAA Division III this season...Also set a trio of new PRs in the 200 freestyle (29th, 1:43.06), 500 freestyle (23rd, 4:36.83) and 1,650 freestyle (17th, 16:26.92)...Finished the year with UR's top time in three events: the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle, as well as the second-best time in the 200 freestyle...Swam in eight meets across the 2024-25 season, tallying the sixth-most points on the squad, not including relays...Notched five first-place finishes and 10 total first-place results...Placed four marks on UR's top-10 times list in the 200 freestyle (8th), 500 freestyle (3rd), 1,000 freestyle (5th) and 1,650 freestyle (5th)...Tallied five top-10 finishes at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational, individually placing fourth in the 500 freestyle, sixth in the 1,650 freestyle and seventh in the 200 freestyle, while helping UR to third and fourth-place finishes in the 800 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays, respectively...Selected as one of UR's Lysle 'Spike' Garnish Scholar-Athletes...Received third-straight UAA All-Academic honor...Named to the CSC Academic All-District Men's Swimming Team.

At UR 2023-24: The junior had a terrific season in the pool for the Yellowjackets, setting five new personal-bests at the UAA Championships in February...Finished 23rd individually in the 1,650 freestyle in 16:33.93 to lead all UR swimmers this season...Added scoring performances on three 'Jacket relays at UAA's, including being on 7th place teams in the 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay...Rochester's 800 freestyle relay set a new school record time of 6:52.41 and ended the year ranked 53rd in Division III...Also, top-100 ranking in 400 freestyle relay with UR's top time of 3:08.22...Now ranked inside UR's top-10 lists all-time in five events, including sitting 5th in the 1,000 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle and 6th in the 500 freestyle...Was on runner-up 800 freestyle relay at the Ithaca Bomber Invite in December and had three individual top-8 results, coming in the 200 freestyle (3rd), 1,650 freestyle (4th) and 500 freestyle (7th)...Ranked second on the Yellowjackets in total points scored this season with 189.00, with 16 total top-3 results (8 wins)...Honored for academic efforts by being selected to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and UAA All-Academic Team.

At UR 2022-23: Swam in all nine meets as a sophomore, competing in all the freestyle events...Turned in three Top-30 individual finishes at UAA's, finishing 28th in the 1,650 freestyle, 29th in the 200 freestyle and 30th in the 500 freestyle...Set new personal bests in both the 500 freestyle (4:41.29) and 1,650 freestyle (16:35.06), as well as a new season best in the 200 freestyle (1:44.13)...Also swam in four relays, finishing 7th in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:53.60, the 59th-fastest 800 freestyle relay in NCAA Division III this year...Overall recorded two first-place finishes, three second-place results and five third-place finishes, scoring 141.25 points...Finished with four Top-3 times on the squad, including the best 500 freestyle time this season, set at the conference championships...Added five Top-20 and four Top-10 results at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational, including a second-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay (6:59.73) and a third-place, individual finish in the 1,650 freestyle...Also finished 7th in the 200 freestyle, 8th in the 500 freestyle and 18th in the 100 freestyle...Placed five Top-10 times on UR's all-time list, including three individually that all rank sixth (500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle)...UAA All-Academic

At UR 2021-22: Strong rookie season with the Yellowjackets, ranking third on the team in overall points including relays with 175.00...Tremendous effort at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational in December, posting six top-10 finishes in seven events, earning 3rd in the 1650 freestyle (16:46.86) and on the 400 freestyle relay, while also placing 5th individually in the 500 freestyle and 9th in the 200 freestyle...Was also a part of 4th place 200 freestyle relay and 800 free relay...Competed in seven events at the UAA Championships, finishing 26th in the 1650 free (16:52.60), 30th in the 200 freestyle (1:43.57) and 37th in the 500 freestyle (4:42.46)...Added 7th place finish in the 400 free relay and swam on three additional relays...Top time on Rochester this season in the 200 freestyle, while also swimming on UR's top relays in the 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay...Currently in the top-10 all-time at Rochester in three freestyle events...Three overall wins, three 2nd's and three 3rd place finishes during the year.

HS: Member of the swimming and diving team at Rush Henrietta HS...Named team captain as a junior and senior...Earned three straight team MVP awards...2-time All-Greater Rochester honoree...Was participant at the state meet during sophomore, junior and senior seasons...School record-holder for the Royal Comets...Personal-best times of 1:44.62 in the 200 freestyle and 4:41.74 in the 500 freestyle.

Personal: Sister, Lucia Berkhof '22, also attended Rochester and was a member of the Yellowjackets women's swimming and diving team.

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