2018-19 Swimming and Diving Roster

Rick Yeatts
Brittany Thurstin

Brittany Thurstin

  • Height
    5-4
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Bryan, TX
  • Highschool
    Bryan HS

Biography

2018-19:
  • Named to the 2019 Conference USA All-Academic Team.
  • Set the school record in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 22.79 on February 28, 2019.
  • Set a personal best in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 54.74.
  • Member of the school record setting 200 Medley Relay team that qualified for the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America Nationals with a time of 1:40.08.
  • Member of the school record setting 200 Freestyle Relay team who swam a 1:31.88 on February 28, 2019.

2017-18:
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s List Honor Roll...Finished 15th in the 50 freestyle at the CSCAA National Invitational...Placed fourth in the 50 freestyle and fifth in the 100 butterfly at the C-USA Championship...Earned all-conference honors as a member of the third-place 400 medley relay team at the conference championship...Posted three of the five fastest 50 freestyle times in program history...Recorded a NCAA “B” standard time and tied the school record in the 50 freestyle

50 Freestyle: Tied Seabre Pope’s program record with a 22.99 split in a time trial at the C-USA Championship...Took seventh in the B final at the CSCAA National Invitational with a time of 23.63...Clocked a 23.17, the fifth-fastest in school history, to take third at the Kansas Classic...Placed fourth at the conference championship with a time of 23.06, the fourth-fastest time in program history...Picked up wins against Little Rock and TCU and top-three finishes against SMU and Houston
100 Freestyle: Swam a personal-best time of 50.97 in the preliminaries at the CSCAA National Invite...Took sixth in the C final of the C-USA Championship with a time of 51.81...Clocked a 51.19 to finish sixth at the Kansas Classic...Picked up a win in a dual meet against Little Rock
100 Butterfly: Finished fifth at the C-USA Championship with a personal-best time of 55.16...Also took fifth at the Kansas Classic
200 Freestyle Relay: Led off a 16th-place finish at the CSCAA National Invite...Swam the opening leg of a victory at the Kansas Classic, clocking the second-fastest time in program history (1:33.09)...Helped the A relay to a win against Houston and a second-place finish against SMU
400 Freestyle Relay: Swam the second leg of the A relay which took 10th at the CSCAA National Invite...Led off a fourth-place finish at the Kansas Classic...Picked up victories in dual meets against Little Rock, Rice, Incarnate Word and TCU
800 Freestyle Relay: Led the Mean Green to a second-place finish at the Kansas Classic with a time of 7:27.92
200 Medley Relay: Anchored a program-record setting performance at the C-USA Championship with a time of 1:40.79...Helped North Texas to an 11th-place finish at the CSCAA National Invite...Swam the third leg of the A relay which took fourth at the Kansas Classic...Picked up wins against Little Rock and TCU and a second-place finish against Rice
400 Medley Relay: Helped the Mean Green to a third-place finish at the C-USA Championship with a time of 3:42.19, the fourth-fastest in school history...Swam the third leg of a 16th-place finish at the CSCAA National Invite...Swam anchor for a third-place finish against Houston

2016-17
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s List Honor Roll and Commissioner’s Academic Medal recipient...Part of the 200 freestyle relay team that set the North Texas Record at the C-USA Championships.
50 Freestyle: Swam the ninth-fastest time in program history (23.31) at the C-USA Championships... Secured a podium finish with a time of 24.35 versus No. 7 Texas A&M... Finished first in a dual meet against TCU with a time of 24.16.

100 Freestyle: Clocked a time of 51.31 at the C-USA Championships, a career best... Placed third in a dual meet against No. 7 Texas A&M with a time of 53.66... Swam a time of 53.95 in a dual meet against TCU, good for fourth place.
200 Freestyle Relay: Swam the opening leg of the 200 freetyle at the C-USA Championships, helping her team to a program-best  time of 1:32.99... Swam the anchor leg in the Phill Hansel Invite, helping her team to an eighth-place finish (1:34.23)... Swam the second leg, helping her team to a first-place finish versus No. 7 Texas A&M.
200 Medley Relay: Swam the anchor leg for the relay team that swam a time of 1:41. 22 at the C-USA Championship, the second-fastest time in program history... Helped earn a fifth-place finish in a dual meet versus No. 7 Texas A&M (1:47.80)... Helped her relay team to a time of 1:48.19 against TCU, good for second place.
400 Freestyle Relay: Helped her team to a time of 3:31.33 and a first-place finish in a dual meet against TCU.

2015-16
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s List Honor Roll and Commissioner’s Academic Medal recipient.

50 Freestyle: Posted a time of 23.81 in a swim-off at the Phill Hansel Invitational in Houston... Picked up her first career individual win at the San Diego Shootout with a time of 24.74 in the finals... Her preliminary time of 24.69 was the fastest of entire meet at the San Diego Shootout... Also won first place overall at the triple-dual meet against Arkansas-Little Rock, Ouachita Baptist and Southern Illinois (24.23) and the dual-meet against TCU (24.16)... Finished 11th at the Conference USA Championships with a season-best time of 23.52
100 Freestyle: Finished 24th at the Conference USA Championships, clocking a season-best time of 52.22 in the preliminaries and 52.97 in the final
200 Freestyle Relay: Was part of a relay team that placed second at Rice with a time of 1:37.70, the fifth-fastest by a North Texas relay team in the event this season... Was also part of a relay team that placed second at SMU with a time of 1:35.05, the second-fastest time by a North Texas relay team in the event this season... Finished fifth at the Conference USA Championships with a season-best time of 1:34.39, the sixth-fastest time in school history
400 Freestyle Relay: Was a part of a relay team that won first place against TCU with a time of 3:30.49, the second-fastest time by a North Texas relay team in the event this season.

High School
Was a two-time district championship and four-time regional finalist in the 50 freestyle... Placed second at the 5A Region V meet during her junior year... Finished fourth in the 50 freestyle at the 2014 South Zone TISCA Championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'4"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'4"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Freestyle
    5'4"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Free/Fly
    5'4"