Michael Brinegar

Photo by: Xavier Daniels/ Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Xavier Daniels/Indiana Athletics

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Columbus, Ind.
High School:
Tesoro
Club Team:
Mission Viejo Nadadores

CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
100-yard free: 48.95 (2/1/19)
200-yard free: 1:40.04 (11/16/18)
500-yard free: 4:16.46 (3/28/19)
1,000-yard free: 8:51.13 (3/6/21)
1,650-yard free: 14:27.50 (3/30/19)
400-yard IM: 3:48.65 (3/4/21)

CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
400-meter free: 3:52.01
800-meter free: 7:49.94
1,500-meter free: 15:00.82

CAREER ACCOLADES AT INDIANA
Two-Time All-American (2019, 21)
First Team All-Big Ten (2021)
Second Team All-Big Ten (2019)
Big Ten Champion (1,650 Free - 2021)

CAREER ACCOLADES WITH USA SWIMMING
2020 Olympian
Five-Time National Team member
Three-Time National Junior Team member
2019 World Championships, 5,000m Mixed Relay - 3rd
2018 World Junior 10,000m Champion
2017 World Junior 1500m Runner-Up, 800m - 3rd
2016 World Junior 7,500m Runner-Up

OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 (SUMMER OF 2021)
Placed 17th in both the 800m Freestyle (7:53.00) and 1500m Freestyle (15:04.67) in his debut at the Olympics.

U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS 2020 (SUMMER OF 2021)
Earned a spot on Team USA for the Olympics in the 800m Freestyle with a second-place effort at 7:49.94 during the Olympic Trials … punched second ticket to Tokyo by finishing second in the 1500m Freestyle with a time of 15:00.87 … touched in 22nd in the 400m Freestyle with a time of 3:53.97.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE YEAR (2020-21)
Earned All-America honors in the 1,650 Freestyle at the 2021 NCAA Championships … First Team All-Big Ten … earned Honorable Mention AA honors in the 1,650 Freestyle with a 10th-place finish and a time of 14:45.50 … placed 35th in the 400 IM at the national meet with a time of 3:53.53 … took 37th in the 500 Freestyle at the NCAA meet with a time of 4:19.58 … became the first Hoosier since 1991 to win Big Ten gold in the 1,650 Freestyle with a time of 14:38.26 … placed sixth in the 500 Freestyle at the conference meet with a time of 4:19.70 … finished 17th in the 400 IM with a time of 3:48.65 at Big Tens … won the 1,000 Freestyle (9:01.45) against No. 17 Ohio State ... claimed first in the 1,000 free (9:04.03) against Michigan and Northwestern to open the season.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2019-20)
Olympic redshirt season ... claimed third in the 1,500 freestyle (15:00.82), third in the 800 freestyle (7:54.56), and 19th in the 400 freestyle (3:52.01) at the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2018-19)
Earned All-America honors in the 1,650 freestyle at the NCAA Championships … placed second in the 1.650 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, winning silver with a time of 14:27.50 to earn All-America honors … best finish for a Hoosier in the event in 46 years … finished 26th in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Championships with a time of 4:16.46 … won silver in the 1,650 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA A cut time of 14:31.73 … placed fifth in the 500 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 4:18.79 … finished 31st in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 3:58.38 … touched first in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 8:59.85 in win over No. 8 Louisville ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30) ... touched first in the 500 freestyle (4:26.25) and 1,000 freestyle (9:07.43) against No. 24 Purdue ... won the 1,650 freestyle (14:40.38) at the IU Invitational, setting the school records in both the 1,650 and the 1,000 freestyle (8:53.83) ... won the 1,000 freestyle in a time of 9:00.14 against No. 1 Texas and No. 8 Florida.

PREP/PERSONAL
Competed for head coach Mark Schubert at Tesoro High School in California ... trains with the famed Mission Viejo club program ... son of Jamie and Jennifer Brinegaer ... mother, Jennifer, swam in the 1976 Olympics and held five Big Ten and 10 Indiana University swimming records ... 2015 IHSAA 500m freestyle champion while competing for Columbus (Ind.) North High School...2018 CIF-SS Division I California state champion in 500m...has one brother, Kevin, who was a member of three NCAA Division III Championship swimming and diving teams at Denison University.