Smit and Breeden Named Academic All-District

May 20, 2010

STANFORD, Calif.-- Two of Stanford's top swimmers, Elaine Breeden and Julia Smit, were awarded again as the duo were each named to the College Sports Information Directors Academic All-District team on Thursday.

The two Olympians, multiple NCAA Champions, school-record holders and Honda Award finalists will now be a part of a select pool of candidates for Academic All-America honors. Breeden, who carries a 3.66 GPA as a classics major, was named first team all-district and was a first team Academic All-American last season. Smit, who has a 3.51 GPA as an anthropology major, is on the national ballot for the first time.

Breeden this past season swept the field in the butterfly, winning both the 100 and 200-yard events at the NCAA Championship. The school-record holder in both events, finished her career as a 24-time All-American and four-time NCAA Champion.

Smit, the winner of the Honda Award for swimming, was a three-time NCAA champion this past season (six overall), winning both the 200 and 400 individual medleys as well as being a part of the 400 free relay team. She was both the NCAA's and Pac-10's Swimmer of the Meet, breaking her own NCAA, American and school record at the conference championships in both IMs after setting the world record in December in both shortcourse IMs. She was a 26-time All-American, leaving with five individual school records.

Both women were members of Team USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

District 8 Winners
University Division
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Ana Agy	ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Sr.	Park City, Utah	3.79	Business Economics
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Justine Schluntz	ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Gr.	Albuquerque, N.M.	4.00, 4.00 (grad)	Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Dynamics
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Elaine Breeden	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	VIII	Sr.	Lexington, Ky.	3.66	Classics
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Daria Bijak	UTAH, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Sr.	Cologne, Germany	3.85	Film Studies
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Annie Chandler	ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Sr.	San Antonio, Texas	3.50	Journalism
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Eva Huckova	UTAH, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Jr.	Banska Bystricka, Slovakia	3.98	Finance
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Julia Smit	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	VIII	Sr.	Mt. Sinai, N.Y.	3.51	Anthropology
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Margaret Doolittle	NEVADA, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Sr.	Sacramento, Calif.	3.95	Supply Chain Management
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Anastasia Petukhova	FRESNO STATE	VIII	Sr.	Moscow, Russia	3.91	Business Entrepreneurship
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Elina Eggers	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	VIII	So.	Stockholm, Sweden	4.00	Business
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Carlota Ciganda	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	VIII	So.	Pamplona, Spain	3.92	Interdisciplinary Studies
SECOND TEAM
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Lauren Boyle	CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Sr.	Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand	3.51	Business administration
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Daniela Cohen	IDAHO, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Sr.	Raanana, Israel	3.94	Communication Studies, Psychology
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Alyson Moss	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT BAKERSFIELD	VIII	Sr.	Fresno, Calif.	3.96	History
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Bridget McKee	SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY	VIII	Sr.	Newbury Park, Calif.	3.87	Anthropology
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Therese Koelbaek	UNLV	VIII	Jr.	Henderson, Nev.	3.96	Marketing
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Trinity O'Neill	LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY	VIII	Sr.	Monrovia, Calif.	3.90	Philosophy
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Corina Chilibeck	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	VIII	Sr.	Victoria, B.C., Canada	3.64	Bioengineering
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Juliana Murcia	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	VIII	Sr.	Bogota, Colombia	3.80	Sculpture
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Elisabeth Fournier	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	VIII	So.	Ottawa, Canada	3.89	Economics
ALL POSITIONS/EVENTS	Jennifer-Lee Heinser	SAN FRANCISCO, UNIVERSITY OF	VIII	Jr.	Miami, Fla.	3.89	Business Administration