Event | Time | Date | Site |
100 Breast | 55.80 | 2/25/10 | Big Ten Championships |
200 Breast | 2:04.11 | 3/5/09 | Spring Sectionals |
200 IM | 1:53.75 | 2/25/10 | Big Ten Championships |
LION CAREER
2010-11: Competed in three events at the Big Ten Championships (100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Individual Medley)...Finished third in the 100 Breaststroke against St. Bonaventure (1/22/11), swimming 1:00.08...Swam 1:33.57 against St. Bonaventure in the 200 Medley Relay to place second overall...Placed third in 200 Medley Relay against Pittsburgh (1/14/11), swimming 1:33.70...Finished third in the 400 Medley Relay against Buffalo (2/4/11).
2009-10: Set a new personal record in the 100 breaststroke with a 55.80 at Big Tens, qualifying for the C Final in 21st...Notched a 31st-place showing in the 200 breast with a season-best time of 2:05.34...Swam a season-best 1:53.75 in the 200 IM, beating previous best mark by over seven seconds...Member of second-place 400 medley relay vs. Buffalo...Member of third-place 400 medley relay vs. West Virginia...Notched a second-place showing at Virginia Tech in a time of 58.04 in the 100 breast...Finished sixth in 200 breaststroke vs. Virginia in a time of 2:10.72.
2008-09: Swam primarily as a breaststroke specialist in the 100 and 200 events...Best performance came at Spring Sectionals, swimming 56.14 (100 breast) and 2:04.11 (200 breast)...Swam the 100 breast in 59.01 vs. Maryland/Pitt/Villanova, good for fourth...Finished second in the 200 breast at Texas A&M in a time of 2:08.79...Competed on the fifth-place 200 medley relay team at SMU.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters at Unionville...The 2007 state champion in the 200 medley relay which also set a school record...Broke his own school record in the 100 breaststroke and was a state champion in the same event in 2007...Member of the honor roll...Swam for Golden Ram Aquatics for head coach Scott Elliott...Competed at Junior Nationals from 2006-08.
PERSONAL
Brent Sanderson was born on June 12, 1990...The son of Lisa and Michael Sanderson...Has a younger brother, Matt, and an older sister, Meredith...Father played football at the University of Delaware.
ON CHOOSING PENN STATE
'I chose Penn State because it has everything.'