Zehra Bilgin

Photo by: Ashton Daniel Robertson

Class:
Junior
Position:
Fly, Free, Back
Hometown:
Bakirkoy, Istanbul
High School:
Saint Joseph French

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2024-25: Competed in eight meets for the Bears ... Member of the 400 freestyle relay team that set a program record, while finishing second at the Ivy League Championships ... Swam leadoff for the second-place 800 freestyle relay team at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished fourth in the 200 butterfly, sixth in the 200 freestyle and eighth in the 100 butterfly at the Ivies ... Won the 200 fly and was second in the 100 free and 100 fly against Harvard to start the season ... Won the 200 fly and was second in the 100 fly against Penn and Bryant ... Won the 200 free and 200 fly at the Bruno Invitational ... Won the 200 fly and was second in the 100 fly against Columbia ... Won both the 100 and 200 fly against Cornell.

2023-24: Competed in nine meets for the Bears ... Member of the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay teams that set program records at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished third in the 200 fly and eighth in the 100 fly at the Ivy League Championships ... Swam an NCAA B Cut time in the prelims of the 100 fly (53.40) ... Was 11th in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships ... Posted an NCAA B Cut time of 1:47.01 in the 200 free as the leadoff of the 800 free relay at the Ivies ... Swam an NCAA B Cut and Brown program record time in the 200 fly (1:56.28) at the Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet ... Won the 100 fly to start the season against Princeton and Harvard ... Won the 100 and 200 fly in meets against Penn, Yale, Columbia and Cornell ... Won the 500 free, 100 fly and 200 fly at the Bruno Invitational.

2022-23: Competed in eight meets for the Bears ... Was a member of the 800 freestyle relay team that set the school record with a time of 7:11.35 ... Finished fourth in the 200 butterfly at the Ivy League Championships with an NCAA B Cut time of 1:58.59 ... Was seventh in the 100 fly and 15th in the 100 back at the Ivies ... Was second in the 100 fly and third in the 200 fly to start the season at Yale ... Took second in the 200 fly and third in the 100 fly against Princeton and Dartmouth ... Took second in the 200 fly against Harvard ... Was second in both the 100 and 200 fly against Penn ... Won the 200 fly and was third in the 100 fly at the Bruno Invitational ... Finished third in the 200 fly against Columbia ... Won the 200 fly and took second in the 100 fly against Cornell.

2021-22: Competed in seven meets for the Bears ... Made the consolation final in the 100 and the 200 butterfly at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished third in the 100 free and seventh in the 100 fly against Dartmouth and Princeton ... Was second in the 100 free and the 200 free, while finishing third in the 100 fly at Penn ... Third in the 200 fly and fourth in the 100 fly against Yale ... Took third in both the 100 and 200 fly at the Bruno Invitational ... Placed second in the 200 fly at Cornell.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming at Saint Joseph French High School … Placed fourth at European Juniors ... Finished sixth at World Juniors ... Also competed for the Fenerbahce Sports Club and the National Team ... Turkish Open Age Swimming Champion ... Honor Student.

Personal: Daughter of Mehmet Ertan Bilgin and Ferda Kumbasar ... Plans to concentrate in Chemistry.