| Laura Armbruster |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: North Royalton, Ohio
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 | High School: North Royalton
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 | Event: Breast, IM, Fly
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2005-06: CoSIDA Academic All-District IV First Team ... All-MAC Academic Team ... at the MAC Championships, notched a pair of "A" final finishes as she placed fifth in the 400 IM (4:31.48) and seventh in the 200 IM (2:07.21) ... swam a leg on sixth-place 800 freestyle relay team at the conference meet ... also finished 19th in the prelims of the 200 breast (2:26.28) at the MAC meet ... tallied four individual wins this season, all coming in the individual medley ... posted a pair of wins in the 200 IM against Akron and Eastern Michigan ... notched top finishes in the 400 IM against Ball State and Toledo ... swam the top Miami times this season in the 200 IM (2:06.41) and 400 IM (4:29.32).
2004-05: All-MAC First Team ... Academic All-MAC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... won nine races on the year and earned two individual medals at the MAC Championships ... won a silver medal in the 400 IM (4:22.74) and a bronze in the 200 Breast (2:19.04) while coming close to another medal in the 200 IM, where she finished fourth (2:04.22) ... the 400 IM time broke the school record, which she now holds by .21 seconds over Emily Nayes' 2002 time ... went 2-for-2 against Buffalo to open the year, winning the 200 IM and 200 Breast ... won the 400 IM at Ohio State in Miami's only dual-meet defeat of the season ... won the 100 Breast and 200 IM versus Eastern Michigan, and also won events against Ohio, Ball State and at the tri-meet with Cincinnati and Kenyon College.
2003-04: All-MAC First Team ... Academic All-MAC team ... earned CSCAA academic honorable mention honors ... MAC Champion in the 100 breast (1:04.45) ... silver medal at the MAC Championships in the 400 IM (4:23.00) and bronze medal in the 200 IM (2:04.31) ... was also the second-fastest swimmer at Miami on the year in the 50 back behind Trisha Lamb and the 100 fly behind Cortney Dice.
2002-03: Ranked in the top-10 times in the MAC in three events ... took fourth place in the 400 IM at the MAC Championships ... also swam in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, finishing 11th and sixth, respectively ... posted first-place finishes in three events at Marshall ... won both the 100 and 200 breast at the event, and exhibitioned the 400 IM, taking first ... topped the field in both the 100 fly and 200 breast against Valparaiso and Xavier ... also swam a leg on the first-place 200 medley relay.
High School: Was a three-time state qualifier ... holds Pioneer Conference records in the 100 fly, 100 breast, and 200 IM ... finished sixth in the breast at the state tournament ... MVP of the Pioneer Conference ... undefeated in the sectionals from 2000-02 in the 100 breast ... MVP in her conference in volleyball ... ran track.
Personal: Born Dec. 17, 1983 ... daughter of Charles and Joan Armbruster ... majoring in zoology.