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Abby Brethauer
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Position:
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Assistant Coach
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Experience:
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4 Years
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Abby Brethauer is in her sixth season with Columbia’s women’s swimming team. In her five seasons with the Lions, the team has experienced great improvement.
The 2008-09 women’s swimming season marked several highlights for the program. The Lions set nine new school records in the 200 and 400 medley relays, 200 and 400 free relates, the 100 butterfly, the 100 and 200 back, the 200 breast, and the 100 free. The team also set a new pool record in the 200 free relay. Tying the most dual meet wins in history (nine), Columbia went on to finish fifth at the Ivy League Championships, and saw outstanding performances from Hannah Galey (100 free champion), Allison Hobbs (100 fly champion) and Mariele Dunn (200 breast runner-up).
The 2007-08 season saw the Lions break seven different school records, including the 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, 200 free relay and both medley relays, on their way to finishing third at the Ivy League championships, the best result in school history. Columbia tallied a program-best 9-2 overall record, and 5-2 Ivy League mark in dual competition. In 2006-07, the Lions again finished with a winning record at 6-5. The 2005-06 season also culminated in a third-place finish at the Ivy League Championships. At that meet, the Lions posted an 86 percent improvement over seed time and recorded more than 30 lifetime best times and 40 collegiate best times. Columbia finished with an 8-3 record, including a 4-3 mark in Ivy League competition in the 2005-06 season.
Prior to working at Columbia, Abby spent time in Park City, Utah and coached at Hamilton College. While she was at Hamilton, both the men’s and women’s teams finished in the top 15 at the NCAA Championships and eight student-athletes were named All-American.
Brethauer graduated from Kenyon College in 2002 with a BA in women’s and gender studies. While at Kenyon, she earned All-American status as a member of the swim team each year and helped lead her team to three NCAA Championship titles in four years. In her senior year she was runner-up in both the 200 yard backstroke and 200 yard butterfly at the NCAA Championships.
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2010 Men's Golf Ivy League Championship
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