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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
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- High School:
- Firbank Grammar School
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- Major:
- Communication Sciences & Disorders
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- 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.
News mentions

Four Named CSC Academic All-District®
Bellefleur, Bream, Findlan, Timken Wooster's honorees
April 1, 2025
Bream an All-American to Cap Standout Career
Senior places 13th in 200 butterfly at Div. III Championships
March 21, 2025

Bream Breaks Record, Finishes Just Shy of All-America Status in 200 Freestyle
Senior places 18th in 200 freestyle
March 20, 2025

Bream Opens Nationals in 200 Individual Medley
Senior places 34th in Wednesday's prelims
March 19, 2025

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

Bream Ties School Record to Lead Scots at Kenyon Final Chance Meets
Senior well positioned for third invite to national championships
February 22, 2025

Women Fourth, Men Fifth to Conclude NCAC Championships
Bream achieves B cut while Andrewjeski ups school record
February 15, 2025

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

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
Women’s Relays Fourth on Opening Night of NCAC Meet
Bream lowers second-fastest 200 freestyle time in program history
February 12, 2025

NCAC Championships Notebook: Swimming & Diving
NCAC Championships run February 12-15 at Denison
February 7, 2025

Wooster Overpowers Ohio Wesleyan, 158-45 and 179-60
Bream, Findlan, Glover, Gross triple-winners
January 18, 2025

Wooster Makes Quick Work of Westminster, 228-56 and 221-54
Fighting Scots win all but one event
January 11, 2025

Senior Salute - Ollie Bream
Communication sciences and disorders major is member of swimming and diving team
January 7, 2025

Bream Now a Four-Time NCAC Athlete of the Week
Senior won four events at Wooster Invitational
December 10, 2024

Women Take Wooster Invite for First Time Since 2009
Bream earns “B” cut time in 200 fly; men place third
December 7, 2024

Bream, Glover Capture Wins on Day One of Wooster Invite
Men and women both sit in second after Thursday results
December 5, 2024

Wooster Women Down Mount Union in Saturday Action
Fighting Scots compete against Mount Union and Oberlin
November 9, 2024

Wooster's 33-Meet Winning Streak Concludes
Wooster's women topped by Div. II Hillsdale
November 2, 2024
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