Layne Brodie

Position:
Fly/Breast/IM
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
Westminster

Career Best Times: 24.10 in 50 free; 52.96 in 100 free; 57.70 in 100 back; 2:05.53 in 200 back; 1:00.02 in 100 breast (school record); 2:10.04 in 200 breast (second in school history); 55.34 in 100 fly; 1:57.68 in 200 IM (school record); 4:24.73 in 400 IM.

General: Two-year letter winner...an incredible breaststroker and individual medley swimmer who broke two ACC records and another school record at the ACC Championships her freshman year...currently holds school records in the 100 breast and 200 IM...also part of Carolina's 200 medley relay team that holds the school mark...her time in the 100 breast is an ACC and ACC meet standard...was the only Tar Heel to earn an NCAA automatic qualifying time in 2008-09...named ACC Women's Freshman of the Year in 2008-09, the first Tar Heel to win the award since Jessi Perruquet in 2001.

Long Course Highlights: Qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes.

2009-10 (Sophomore): Won honorable mention All-America honors as a member of the 200 free and 200 medley relays at NCAAs...swam the third leg on the 200 free relay which placed 15th...swam the breaststroke leg on the 200 medley relay which copped 10th place...swam three individual events at NCAAs with her top finish a 17th in the 200 breast...All-ACC selection...finished third in the 200 breast in 2:11.59...was second in the 200 IM at 1:58.77...had a fourth place finish in the 100 breast at 1:01.53...swam the breast leg on the 200 medley relay that finished second...won the 200 IM at the Gamecock Invitational...named to 2009-10 ACC Academic Honor Roll...tapped for the spring 2010 Dean's List.

2008-09 (Freshman): Won the Richard Jamerson Memorial Award as the team's most valuable swimmer...placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM at the Lady Mustang Dallas Classic...was named the ACC Performer of the Week for October 24, 2008 after being the leading-point award recipient at the Dallas Classic...won the 200-yard IM at the Gamecock Invitational in a time of 2:02.44...swam the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay at the ACC Championships that broke the school record with a time of 1:38.99...placed second in the 200-yard IM at the ACC Championships and broke the school record with a time of 1:57.68...won the title in the 100-yard breaststroke and broke the 10-year-old ACC record in a time of 1:00.02... won the 200-yard breaststroke and set the conference record with a time of 2:10.04...swam the breaststroke leg on the 400-yard medley relay that set a new school record...named UNC's Progress Energy Performer of the Week February 23, 2009 after her performance at ACC Championships...All-ACC selection...ACC Women's Swimming Freshman of the Year...swam the 100 and 200-yard breaststrokes at NCAAs along with the 200-yard IM...member of the All-ACC Academic Swimming and Diving Team.

Prep: Graduated from the Westminster School in May 2008...named swimming MVP there three times...six-time state champion...took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke at the state meet all four years of high school...five-time Metro champion...received All-State honors four times...won 10 All-America citations...honored as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Swimmer of the Year twice...named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-City Team...holds the record at her high school in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard IM...holds the state record in the 100-yard breast-stroke...named team captain her senior year... honored with the Outstanding Swimmer Award at the 2007 Georgia Senior Short Course Championships...named to the Georgia Zone team twice...was the 2006 and 2008 Southeastern Sectional Champion in the 100-yard breaststroke...named the 2007 Georgia Senior Short Course Champion in the 100-yard breaststroke...honored as a member of the U.S. Swimming Scholastic All-America three times ...member of the National Honor Society...honored as a National Merit Commended Student and an AP Scholar with Honors... elected class vice president as a senior ...president of her school's French Club...captain of the Wildcat Spirit Squad...named to the Homecoming Court.

Personal: Name is Layne Wallis Brodie...daughter of Hall and Brenda Brodie...was born November 27, 1989, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia ...has one brother, Kyle, 25...English major.

20 Questions With Junior Layne Brodie
Section #1: Swimming & Diving
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel swimmer is getting to simultaneously take advantage of a phenomenal athletic department and a prestigious educational institution.
2. My favorite thing about competing for Coach DeSelm is playing an active role in achieving his goal of taking Carolina swimming & diving to the elite level at which it is capable of competing.
3. Since my last competitive season, the aspects of my training I've worked on the most are increasing my aerobic base, making some technique changes and getting stronger.
4. My best friend on another college swimming team is Anna Griest at Bucknell.
5. My greatest strength as a swimmer is that I hate to lose.
Section #2: Hobbies & Interests
1. Away from the pool and academics, I like to spend time making art, watching movies, cooking and reading. 2. On a long bus trip, I'd like to watch something terrifying.
3. If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be volleyball.
4. If I received free concert tickets via a radio or Internet promotion I would love to see Sugarland.
5. The one interest I have that people would be surprised to know is I like watching the news.
Section #3: Food
1. After a big meet I'd love to see a buffet spread that included a huge bowl of fresh fruit, gnocchi with pesto and something chocolate.
2.My favorite beverages are coffee and tea.
3. I'm allowed to enter a room with unlimited snacks; one room has the salty stuff, the other sweet stuff? Which room do I enter and why? Sweet, because that's what I prefer.
4. My favorite food made by a relative is my Mother's black bean soup. It's to die for.
5. On my birthday, I'd love to be treated by my friends to dinner at MF Sushi Bar in Atlanta.
Section #4: Personality
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel I would go to the Bay area in the 1960s. So much history was being made politically, culturally and musically. I would've loved to be a part of it all.
2. My most prized personal possessions are my Bible and my sketchbook.
3. My iTunes library includes 3000 songs, including a little bit of everything.
4. In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be mission or service work.
5. The most interesting person I've met in my time at UNC is every single person I've gotten to know through the NC Fellows Program.