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Grenda, Dane

Hometown: Hockessin, DE, USA

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Date of birth: 06/23/1986

Graduation year: 2008

Top times this season

Senior season

Regular Season... Clocked in two NCAA consideration times in the 200- and 400-yard individual medley (1:48.81, 3:53.03) at the Husky Invitational (Dec. 1) ... Finished third (3:57.38) in the 400-yard IM against Wisconsin and Northwestern (Nov. 17) ... Touched the wall second (1:51.58) in the 200-yard IM, third (58.70) in the 100-breaststroke and the 200-yard backtstroke (1:51.89) against Eastern Michigan (Oct. 12).

Junior season

Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... NCAA All-American (400-yard individual medley) ... NCAA All-American honorable mention (200-yard butterfly) ... Championship Meets... Placed sixth in the 400-yard individual medley (3:46.45, 3:45.61 in prelims), 15th in the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.04, 1:45.92 in prelims) and 23rd in the 200-yard individual medley (1:46.83) at NCAAs (March 15-17) ... Took fifth place in the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.27, 1:45.97 in prelims), sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:47.90, 1:47.31 in prelims) and sixth in the 400-yard individual medly (3:50.09, 3:48.81 in prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-18) ... Regular Season... Placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.01), clocked 1:48.19 in the 200-yard backstroke and 51.49 in the 100-yard backstroke against Ohio State and Northwestern (Jan. 26-27) ... Also helped a 400-yard freestyle relay team to a time of 3:12.82 against the Buckeyes and Wildcats ... Took second in both the 400-yard individual medley (3:56.29) and the 100-yard backstroke (51.03) and took third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.62) vs. Indiana (Jan. 13) ... Also swam on a second place 200-yard medley relay team (1:31.21) against the Hoosiers ... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.39), fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.44) and swam on a 400-yard medley relay team that placed fourth (3:25.32) vs. Purdue (Jan. 12) ... Placed fourth in both the 400-yard individual medley (3:57.48) and the 100-yard backstroke (55.81) against Arizona State and California (Jan. 6) ... Also touched the wall in 1:51.60 in the 200-yard backstroke and swam on a 200-yard medley relay team (1:34.89) against the Sun Devils and Bears ... Took second in the 200-meter individual medley (2:09.35), third in the 200-meter butterfly and helped a 400-meter medley relay team to a time of 4:02.50 at Arizona (Jan. 5) ... Recorded a time of 29.07 in the 50-meter backstroke against the Mexican National Team (Jan. 2.) ... Captured three NCAA 'B' times at the U.S. Open (Nov. 30 - Dec. 2); taking seventh in the A-final of the 200-meter individual medley (2:06.47; prelim time), seventh in the A-final of the 400-meter individual medley (4:29.94) and fourth in the C-final of the 200-meter butterfly (2:04.70) ... Also finished eighth in the C-final of the 200-meter backstroke (2:09.13) at the U.S. Open ... Came in second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.75) and the 400-yard individual medley (3:55.07) and took third in the 100-yard backstroke (51.61) vs. Michigan State and Princeton (Nov. 11) ... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.79), placed third in the 400-meter individual medley (4:35.52) clocked 2:08.86 in the 200-meter butterfly and clocked 51.22 in the 100-yard backstroke at Georgia (Nov. 3-4) ... Also helped a 200-yard medley relay team to a second place finish (1:32.57) and a 400-meter medley relay team to a third place finish (3:58.78) against the Bulldogs ... Took first in the 200-yard individual medley (1:51.55) and third in the 100-yard backstroke (51.99) and 200-yard butterfly (1:53.19) at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 20) ... Placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (1:51.60) and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.71) vs. Florida (Oct. 14) ... Also helped a 400-yard medley relay team to place second (3:22.51) against the Gators.

Sophomore season

Championship Meets... At Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-25), set career best 1:48.77 for 10th in 200-yard IM and placed fourth in the 400-yard IM (3:53.23) and eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.53) ... Regular Season... Placed first and second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.77) and 200-yard IM (1:53.50), respectively, vs. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 21) ... Finished second in the 100- (50.81) and 200-yard backstroke (1:48.82) against Georgia (Nov. 5) ... Also placed third in the 400-yard IM (4:00.03) and as the third leg in the 200-yard medley relay vs. the Bulldogs ... Touched in second in the 100-yard butterfly (51.67) and was a member of third-place 400-yard medley relay team against Michigan State (Nov. 18) ... Finished sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.30) and placed eighth in both the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.34) and 400-yard individual medley (3:56.51) at the Texas Invite (Dec. 1-3) ... Placed third in both the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.63) and IM (1:52.44) at Purdue (Jan. 13) ... Also swam third leg of fourth place 400-yard medley relay team vs. the Boilermakers ... Finished second in both the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.25) and 200-yard IM (1:50.41) vs. Ohio State (Jan. 28) ... Took second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.99), and third in the both the 100-yard backstroke (50.99) and 400-yard IM (3:56.78) events at Indiana (Jan. 29) ... Placed third in both the 100- (50.59) and 200-yard (1:48.73) backstroke at Northwestern (Feb. 4) ... Set personal best 1:45.66 in 200-yard backstroke and swam 1:48.68 in the 200-yard butterfly at Ohio State Last Ditch (March 5).

Freshman season

Championship Meets... Set three personal records at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 24-26) taking eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.69), 11th in the 100-yard backstroke (49.60) and 14th in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.40) ... Also swam the anchor of the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Big Ten Championships, helping U-M to a 10th-place finish ... Took 27th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.32)and 42nd in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.39) at NCAA Championships (March 24-26) ... Regular Season... Participated in first collegiate meet at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 29) ... Won first collegiate event swimming the first leg of the 400-yard medley relay that finished in 3:22.56 vs. the Eagles ... Also finished second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.77 at EMU ... Finished fourth in both the 200-yard IM (1:55.00) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.87) and was a member of the second-place 400-yard medley relay squad at Wisconsin (Nov. 5) ... Won first individual event with a time of 51.88 in the 100-yard backstroke at Michigan State (Nov. 19) ... Also was a member of the second-place 200-yard medley relay against the Spartans ... Finished 21st in the 100-yard backstroke (50.48) and 15th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.77) at the Texas Invite (Dec. 2-4) ... Finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (52.38), third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.27) and fifth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:54.88) at Southern Cal (Jan. 4) ... Took fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.21) at Stanford (Jan. 7) ... Placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.05) at California (Jan. 8) ... Placed third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.09) vs. Northwestern (Jan. 21) ... Took second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.32) vs. Indiana (Jan. 22) ... Also took third in the 100-yard backstroke (51.00) and posted a season-best time of 51.38 in the 100-yard butterfly against the Hoosiers ... Finished second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.17) at Ohio State (Jan. 29).

Prior to Michigan

Competed at the 2005 U.S. World Championships Trials, placing 15th in the 200-meter backstroke (2:06.29) and 24th in both the 100-meter backstroke (58.27) and the 200-meter individual medley (2:08.98).