Ollie Bream
Ollie Bream
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Melbourne, Australia
  • High School:
    Firbank Grammar School
  • Major:
    Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Events:
    Fly/IM/Free
Bio

2024-25: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection … Capped storied career with NCAA Div. III All-America honors in 200 fly in final collegiate swim … Placed 13th overall at NCAAs to earn All-America status in a time of 2:03.70 … Qualified to the NCAA Div. III Championships for third time overall and second season in a row, competing in the 200 fly, 200 free and 200 IM … Broke 8-year-old 200 free school record in 200 free prelims at national meet, touching the wall in 1:51.14 and finishing 18th overall just two spots out from a swim in the finals and another All-America honor … Placed 34th in 200 IM at NCAAs in 2:06.82 … Tied 12-year-old 200 fly school record with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 2:02.95 at the Kenyon First Chance meet, matching Kate Hunt’s mark from 2013 … Improved on previous 400 IM school record by over half a second, posting a new program best and NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 4:29.05 in the 400 IM prelims at NCAC Championships … Had five separate fourth-place finishes at NCAC Championships, including four of the five relays contested (200 medley, 1:48.42; 800 free, 7:49.85; 400 medley, 3:57.72 and 400 free, 3:37.12) … Posted second-fastest 200 free time in program history (1:52.23) during 800 free relay split … Best individual finish was fourth in 200 fly, touching the wall in 2:06.44 … Also competed in championship finals of 200 IM (2:06.42) and 400 IM (4:29.81), placing eighth and sixth, respectively … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 10 following a stellar Wooster Invitational performance that featured four event wins, one NCAA ‘B’ cut time and a pair of third-place relay finishes … Won all three individual events by at least two full seconds … Led team to first Wooster Invitational team win since 2009 … Member of the fall semester AD Honor Roll.

2023-24: CSC Academic All-District® selection … Qualified for NCAA Div. III Championships for second time, competing in the 200 IM, 100 fly and 200 fly … Had best individual showing at Div. III Championships with 21st-place time of 2:04.83 in the 200 fly … Went 2:07.06 in the 200 IM prelims at NCAAs to finish 33rd … Logged a personal-best in the prelims of the 100 fly with a time of 57.19, placing 46th and further improving on her fourth-fastest time in school history … Made the national championships with a Div. III “B” cut time of 2:03.46 in the 200 fly at the Kenyon Fast Chance meet, ranking second-fastest in school history in the event … Had an additional “B” cut time of 2:05.44 in the 200 IM at NCAC Championships to win the event’s consolation final …  200 IM time ranks as second-fastest in program history … Earned All-NCAC honors in the 400 medley relay with a third-place finish in a school record-breaking time of 3:53.33 … Also collected All-NCAC honors in 800 free relay with another third-place finish, this time in 7:45.70 … Narrowly missed All-NCAC honors in the 200 fly, placing fourth overall in an NCAA Div. III “B” cut time of 2:05.22 … Placed sixth in the 400 IM in a school-record time of 4:29.68 … Helped Wooster to fourth-place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:46.60) and 400 free relay (3:33.22) … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Nov. 14 following four event wins and one pool record in the dual meet against Westminster … Took down an 11-year-old Timken Natatorium record in 100 fly with a time of 59.15 … Added a win in the 50 free (25.56) and helped the winning 200 medley relay (1:53.41) and 200 free relay (1:44.00) … Won the 200 IM in 2:07.28, the 400 IM in 4:33.40, and the 200 fly in 2:06.15 at the home Wooster Invitational … Posted the fifth-fastest 100 IM time in school history of 1:01.72 during the double dual meet with Oberlin and Hiram … First-team CSCAA Scholar All-American …Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.

2022-23: CSC Academic All-District® honoree … Turned in an NCAA “B” cut time of 2:05.14 to win the 200 fly at the Wooster Invitational … Also won the 400 IM (4:33.77) en route to being named NCAC Athlete of the Week following the Wooster Invitational … Member of Wooster’s fourth-place 400 medley relay (4:00.16), 400 free relay (3:32.63) and 800 free relay (7:50.35) at NCAC Championships … Top individual performance at NCACs was sixth-place finish in 200 fly in 2:06.55 … Also qualified to championship finals of 400 IM and placed eighth in a time of 4:33.78 … Went 2:08.00 to finish 11th in 200 IM at NCACs … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22: Qualified for the NCAA Div. III Championships by virtue of NCAA Div. III “B” cut time of 2:03.74 in the 200 fly at the NCAC Championships … Placed 22nd at nationals in the 200 fly with time of 2:05.42 … Time of 57.20 was 45th in the 100 fly prelims at nationals, was a new collegiate-best, and is the fourth-fastest time in program history … Opened nationals slate with 53rd-place time of 2:10.41 in the 200 IM … Earned four All-NCAC honors at the conference meet, the most by a first-year since Meggie Edwards in 2006 … Debuted at conference on Wooster’s All-NCAC 800 free relay that took third with time of 7:51.68 … Leadoff split of 1:52.95 rates as the second-fastest 200 free time in program history … Swam the fly legs of Wooster’s all-conference and third-place 200 (1:47.03) and 400 medley relays (3:54.70) … Capped conference meet with All-NCAC honors in the 200 fly … Time of 2:03.74 was good for third-place and rates as the second-fastest time in program history … Qualified for the championship final in all three individual events at conference … Went 2:07.26 in the 200 IM, which was eighth, and rates as the second-fastest time in program history … Touched ninth in the 400 IM at 4:31.38, the third-fastest time in program history … Triple-winner at the Wooster Invitational with top times in the 200 IM (2:09.80), 400 IM (4:39.53) and 200 fly (2:05.08) … 200 fly time from Wooster Invitational was a NCAA Div. III “B” cut … NCAC Athlete of the Week following Baldwin Wallace meet … Had top times of 2:15.58 in the 200 IM, 2:14.45 in the 200 fly, and 4:12.05 in the 400 medley relay against the Yellow Jackets.

Prior to Wooster: Prepped for Jason Cooper and was a national competitor in the 2020 Open Nationals … Also a member of the cross country and soccer teams.

Personal: Parents are Brendan and Katy Bream … Communication sciences and disorders major and education minor … RA on campus … Lifeguard at Timken Natatorium and teaching assistant on campus … Student clinician at the on-campus Freedlander Speech and Hearing Clinic … Treasurer of the campus chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. 

 

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Four Named CSC Academic All-District®

Bellefleur, Bream, Findlan, Timken Wooster's honorees

April 1, 2025

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Bream an All-American to Cap Standout Career

Senior places 13th in 200 butterfly at Div. III Championships

March 21, 2025

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Bream Breaks Record, Finishes Just Shy of All-America Status in 200 Freestyle

Senior places 18th in 200 freestyle

March 20, 2025

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Bream Opens Nationals in 200 Individual Medley

Senior places 34th in Wednesday's prelims

March 19, 2025

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Bream Qualifies for NCAA Div. III Championships

Senior set to compete in the 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle, and 200 individual medley in March

February 26, 2025

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Bream Ties School Record to Lead Scots at Kenyon Final Chance Meets

Senior well positioned for third invite to national championships

February 22, 2025

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Women Fourth, Men Fifth to Conclude NCAC Championships

Bream achieves B cut while Andrewjeski ups school record

February 15, 2025

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All-Conference Honor, School Record, "B" Cut Logged by Scots on Friday at Conference

Wooster earns All-NCAC honors in women's 200 freestyle relay

February 14, 2025

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400 Medley Relays, Men’s Diving Lead Way on Day 2 of NCAC Meet

Men's diving lifts Wooster to fourth-place in standings

February 13, 2025

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Women’s Relays Fourth on Opening Night of NCAC Meet

Bream lowers second-fastest 200 freestyle time in program history

February 12, 2025

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NCAC Championships Notebook: Swimming & Diving

NCAC Championships run February 12-15 at Denison

February 7, 2025

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Scots Sweep Ohio Northern

Wooster readies for NCAC Championships

January 25, 2025

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Wooster Overpowers Ohio Wesleyan, 158-45 and 179-60

Bream, Findlan, Glover, Gross triple-winners

January 18, 2025

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Wooster Makes Quick Work of Westminster, 228-56 and 221-54

Fighting Scots win all but one event

January 11, 2025

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Senior Salute - Ollie Bream

Communication sciences and disorders major is member of swimming and diving team

January 7, 2025

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Bream Now a Four-Time NCAC Athlete of the Week

Senior won four events at Wooster Invitational

December 10, 2024

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Women Take Wooster Invite for First Time Since 2009

Bream earns “B” cut time in 200 fly; men place third

December 7, 2024

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Women Move Into Lead at Wooster Invitational

Bream a double winner on Friday

December 6, 2024

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Bream, Glover Capture Wins on Day One of Wooster Invite 

Men and women both sit in second after Thursday results

December 5, 2024

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Scots split home meet versus Grove City

Bream leads women with four event wins

November 16, 2024

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Wooster Women Down Mount Union in Saturday Action

Fighting Scots compete against Mount Union and Oberlin

November 9, 2024

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Wooster's 33-Meet Winning Streak Concludes

Wooster's women topped by Div. II Hillsdale

November 2, 2024

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Scots Kick Off Year at Kenyon Relays

Teams place third in relay-based event

October 19, 2024

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Deep Senior Class Cornerstone of Wooster’s 2024-25 Team

Scot have early-season meet against a top-25 Div. II program

October 8, 2024