Michelle Oeser

Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Brown
Hometown:
Eliot, Maine

2005-06: Finished with the Wildcats' second-fastest times of the season in the 50 and 100 freestyle events ... Swam her best times of the year in the 100 free (51.81) to finish 27th and in the 50 free (23.74) to finish 33rd at the Big Ten Championships ... Also competed in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay at the conference championships.

2004-05: Finished the season as the 'Cats' third-fastest swimmer in the 50 free, clocking a time of 23.74 at the Big Ten Championships ... Top dual-meet finish came against UW-Milwaukee (10/22), finishing third in the 200 free ... Part of the Wildcat quartet that finished sixth in the 400 free relay at the Big Ten Championships ... Also a member of the 200 free relay that finished seventh at the Big Ten Championships and earned a NCAA `B' time ... Turned in two top-five finishes in the 'Cats' upset of Tennessee (1/8), finishing fourth in the 100 free and fifth in the 50 free ... Recorded five fourth-place finishes in short-distance freestyle events throughout the season.

2003-04: Transfer from Brown ... Participated in the 50 and 100 free at the NCAA Championships ... Recorded the Wildcats' best time of the year in the 50 free (23.01) ... Also recorded NU's best time of the year in the 100 free, with a time of 50.48 ... Swam to a firstplace finish in the 100 free with a time of 52.25 against Michigan State on Jan. 16 ... Earned two second-place finishes and one thirdplace finish in the 100 free during dual matches ... Competed in the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July, placing 36th (26.64).

2002-03 (at Brown): Garnered first-and second-team All Ivy honors.

High School: Maine state champion in 2001-02 in the 50, 100 and 200-free ... Southwestern Maine High School Outstanding Swimmer from 2000-02 ... Senior National Qualifier in the 50-and 100-free ... USA Swimming Scholastic All American ... Was class valedictorian, a National Honor Society member and a National Merit Commended Scholar ... Club teammate of Northwestern freshman Jenna Barbary.

Personal: Born Michelle Lynn Oeser on 2/25/84 ... Daughter of Steve and Lorrie Oeser ... Majoring in biological sciences.

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