Danielle Beland

Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Peters HS
Hometown:
Ottawa, Ontario

2005-06 Mid-American Conference 100 ButterflyChampion
2005-06 Mid-American Conference 200 Butterfly Champion
2005-06 First-Team All-MAC
2003-04 First-Team All-MAC

as a Junior (2005-06): Had one of the most dominatingseasons in school history, posting a program-best 28 individualvictories in 34 events and posting six top-five finishes ... becamethe school’s first double-champion at the MAC Championships(2/23-2/25/06), winning the 100 and 200 butterfly crowns to earnfirst-team All-MAC honors and finishing with the second-most points(56) of any athlete at the 2006 championship meet ... became justthe second student-athlete in the history of the MAC to sweep thebutterfly events at the league championship meet ... posted a NCAA‘B’ Qualifying time in the 200 butterfly (2:01.04) ...ended the season with a perfect 19-0 combined record in thebutterfly events and has gone 31-4 in the 100 and 200 butterflyover the last two seasons ... won at least two events in 12 of 14meets this season ... posted five two-win, four three-win, twofour-win and one five-win totals ... added a team-best 12 victoriesand 14 top-five finishes in relay events throughout the season ...named MAC Swimmer of the Week on two occasions (11/15/05 and12/6/05) ... set the school and Ocasek Natatorium pool record inthe 100 butterfly (55.57) and set the pool record in the 200butterfly (2:01.04) ... won 16 of her first 17 individual events ofthe season ... broke the four-year-old 200 IM meet, pool and schoolrecord (2:04.69) at the 2005 SummaCare Invitational (12/2-12/4/05)... finished the SummaCare Invitational with five victories inseven events and broke a total of 11 records, earning MAC Swimmerof the Week honors ... posted the top time for the Zips in the1,000 freestyle (10:29.25), 100 butterfly (55.57), 200 butterfly(2:01.04), 200 IM (2:04.69) and 400 IM (4:32.84) ... helped the 400medley relay team set the school record (3:51.63) at the 2006SummaCare Invitational (12/2-12/4/05) ... moved into the top-fivein the Akron recordbooks in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.48), 400 IM(4:32.84), 200 medley relay (1:45.58), 400 freestyle relay(7:39.70) and 800 freestyle relay (7:39.70).

as a Sophomore (2004-05): Set three individualand two relay school records ... led the Zips with 16 individualand six relay wins while setting the school record in the 1,650freestyle with a time of 17:33.48 against Toledo (1/28/05) …named MAC Swimmer of the Week on Dec. 7 after posting threevictories, three meet records and two pool records at the ZipsInvitational (12/3-12/5/04) … set the meet record in the 500freestyle (4:57.88) and the meet and then pool records in the 200butterfly (2:01.54) and 100 butterfly (56.33) … was the topperformer in seven individual events and helped three relay teamsto top performances … started the season 5-1 in the 100butterfly, finishing the regular season 5-2 in the event ... endedthe regular season a perfect 7-0 in the 200 butterfly event… added 10 top-five individual and nine top-five finishes inrelay events … had two top-five finishes at the MACChampionships meet (2/24-2/26/05), finishing fourth in the 100butterfly (57.71) and fifth in the 200 butterfly (2:05.77) andcompeted on three of the five UA relay teams.

as a Freshman (2003-04): Earned first teamAll-MAC honors ... named MAC Swimmer of the Week on October 28… during the off-season, finished eighth in the CanadianOlympic Trials in the 200 butterfly in a time of 2:21.40 ...recorded 16 victories and five school records at variouscompetitions … finished first five times and had three othertop-five finishes in various relays … placed second at theMAC Championships in the 100 butterfly, third in the 400 medleyrelay and fourth in the 200 medley relay … recorded 47individual and 120 relay points while scoring in seven events atthe MAC Championships (2/26-2/28/04) ... set the school record andfinished second at the MAC Championships in the 200 butterfly witha time of 2:00.42 … recorded a win and set the then-schoolrecord of 57.12 in the 100 butterfly at the Ball State meet(10/31/03) … placed second and broke her own school recordwith a time of 10:16:34 in the 1000 freestyle at the Miami meet(11/1/03) … won the 100 butterfly in a time of 57.21 at theZips Invitational (12/4-12/6/03).

at Saint Peter’s High School: CanadianJunior National Champion in the 800 freestyle ... placed ninth atthe 2003 Canadian Winter Nationals in the 200 butterfly ...finished fifth at the 2002 Canadian Summer Nationals in the 200butterfly ... swam in the 2001 Federation Internationale DeNatation (FINA) Swimming World Cup, placing 11th in the 800freestyle, 21st in the 400 freestyle, 17th in the 50 butterfly and12th in the 200 butterfly ... competed at the 2000 Canadian YouthNational Championships, finishing second in the 400 freestyle andeighth in the 100 butterfly.

Personal: Daughter of Jacques and NancyBéland ... has three siblings, Alexandre (24), Nicholas (17)and Zachary (14) ... exercise science major with a concentration incoaching and conditioning.