2016-17 Women's Swimming & Diving

Emma Wyke
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ind.
- High School:
- Columbus North High School
Concentration: International Relations
Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: Survivor by Destiny's Child
Favorite food: Ice cream, "It's never too early for ice cream." -Michael Scott
Favorite dessert: Anything chocolate, namely ice cream or cake or ice cream cake
Favorite city: Chicago
Favorite athlete: Gina Matsumoto
Favorite pro team: Blackhawks and Colts
Favorite movie or TV show: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Current favorite music artist: Coldplay, Foo Fighters, and DMB
Last book you read: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Favorite restaurant in Providence: Tallulah's
Favorite holiday: Fourth of July
Favorite activity outside the pool: sleeping
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Ellyn Christina Popstar (formerly known as Ellyn Christiana Vitek)
Person you’d like to have dinner with: Jimmy Fallon
Travel destination: Morocco
Other sport you enjoy: soccer when I'm feeling coordinated and athletic
Role model / someone you look up to: my dad
Something you cannot live without: Noise canceling headphones
Favorite Brown building: Sayles
Enjoyed this professor’s class: Mirena Christoff
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: Big Al Invite freshman year
Favorite quote: "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us." -Henry David Thoreau
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott
2016-17: Competed in four meets on the season ... Finished third in both the 100 and 200 backstroke against Cornell.
2015-16: Recorded personal bests in the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly at the Big Al Invite … Also registered a personal best in the 100 freestyle against Columbia … Top finishes were against Columbia, placing fourth in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke … Also appeared in meets against Harvard/Penn, Yale and Cornell.
2014-15: Finished 13th in the 100 Back and 16th in the 200 Back at Brown Invitational ... Scored points for the Bears in dual meet victories over UMass and Cornell.
2013-14: Swam in the 200 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke and 50 Free at the Ivy League Championships … Swam a personal best 2:02.50 in the 200 Back at the Big Al Invitational … Finished fourth in the 200 Backstroke in a dual meet with Penn … Competed in six dual meets on the year in the 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back and 100 Fly events.
Before Brown: Graduated from Columbus North High School where she was an honor roll student and a member of the National Honor Society … Earned four varsity letters as a member of the Columbus North High School swim team … Led her team to the conference championship for four consecutive seasons, winning the 100 back each year … Won the 100 back at the sectional championship in 2010, 2012 and 2013, while helping Columbus North High School to the team title in each of those years … 2011 Academic All-American … Holds school records in the 100 back and the 200 medley relay.
Personal: Emma Wyke is the daughter of Lisa and Scott Wyke of Columbus, Indiana … She has one younger sister, Madeline.
Personal Records | ||
Event | Time | Date |
50 Free | 25.22 | 12/6/2013 |
100 Free | 56.81 | 1/23/2016 |
200 Free | 1:57.22 | 12/7/2013 |
100 Fly | 1:00.09 | 12/5/2015 |
100 Back | 56.70 | 12/6/2013 |
200 Back | 2:02.50 | 12/8/2013 |