Lauren Levy

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.
High School:
Walt Whitman High School

Why Brown Statement: "The freedom of the Open Curriculum, the plethora of cutting-edge research opportunities, the cohesion and positive energy of the swim team and its coaches, the beauty of the campus, and the unique vibrancy of the student body...for me, Brown truly is the happiest Ivy!"

Concentration: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: "If I Lose Myself" (Alesso Remix) - One Republic
Favorite food: Brussels sprouts and almond butter
Favorite dessert: Fruit + warm nut butter
Favorite city: Paris
Favorite athlete: Katie Ledecky
Favorite pro team: Washington Redskins
Favorite movie or TV show: The Princess Bride (movie); Sherlock (TV show)
Current favorite music artist: One Republic
Last book you read: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Favorite restaurant in Providence: The Grange
Favorite holiday: New Years
Favorite activity outside the pool: Cooking, perusing the Farmer's Market, or reading
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Natalie Portman
Person you’d like to have dinner with: Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012]
Travel destination: Provence, France
Other sport you enjoy: Tennis
Role model / someone you look up to: My mother and father
Something you cannot live without: My sisters
Favorite Brown building: The SciLi
Enjoyed this professor’s class: Eunsuk Kim, "Bioinorganic Chemistry"; Beth Zelinski, "Techniques of Regenerative Medicine"
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: Ivy's 2013 (freshman year)
Favorite quote: "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - Albus Dumbledore

2015-16: Appeared in meets against UMass, Dartmouth/Princeton and Columbia.

2014-15: Finished 20^th in the 1000 Free (10:29.21), 22^nd in the 1650 Free (17:32.63), and 23^rd in the 500 Free (5:05.21) at Ivy Championships.

2013-14: Swam in the 1,650 Free (20^th), 400 IM, and 1,000 Free (24^th) at the Ivy League Championships … Competed in six dual meets on the year … Placed 13^th in the 400 IM against Columbia … Competed in five meets against Ivy competition on the season ... Competed in the 1,650 Free (20th), 400 IM (24th), and 1,000 Free (24th) at the Ivy League Championships ... Her 1,650 yard time of 17:09.84 at the Princeton Invitational was 21st best in Brown history.

2012-13: Scored in the 400 IM (19th) and the 1000 free (20th) at the Ivy League Championship meet … Finished the season ranked in the top 25 all-time at Brown in the 1000 free (8th – 10:15.18) and the 1650 free (20th – 17:10.96).

Before Brown: Graduated from Walt Whitman High School … Swam at the CUBU Swim Club … Helped the CUBU Swim Club to the Junior National women’s team championship and the combined team championship in 2011 and 2012 … Placed 11th at the 2012 USA Swimming Open Water Nationals ... Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from 2010 to 2012 … Competed for Team USA at the 12^th Pan American Maccabiah Games in San Paulo, Brazil where she won eight gold medals in the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free, the 200 breast, the 200 fly, the 200 IM and the 400 free relay ... Earned a varsity letter all four years of high school swimming and named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from 2010 to 2012 … Swam at the Nation's Capital Aquatics Club …

Personal: Lauren Levy is the daughter of Kelly and Michael Levy of Bethesda, Maryland ... She has two younger sisters, Jessica and Amanda … Enjoys reading, cooking, and research.

Personal Records
Event	Time	Date
50 Free	30.22	1/5/2013
200 Free	1:58.50	12/7/2013
200 Breast	2:35.27	12/2/2012
200 Fly	2:18.09	11/9/2012
400 IM	4:32.87	12/7/2013
500 Free	5:02.59	2/28/2013
1000 Free	10:15.18	3/1/2013