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Belinda Wood
Belinda Wood

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Western Cape, South Africa

High School:
Rhenish

Height:
6-0

Event:
Butterfly/IM

Birthdate:
12/06/1982


2003-04 (Junior): Set a personal best in the 100 butterfly at the Indiana Invite...finished in the top-10 in the 100 butterfly at the Indiana Invite...finished second in the 100 fly against Iowa State and Nebraska...placed in the top-15 in the 200 butterfly and 400 IM at the Indiana Invite...finished 10th in the 200 butterfly at the Big 12 Championships...placed in the top-20 in the 100 butterfly at Big 12's...Academic All-Big 12.

2002-03 (Sophomore): Finished 10th in the 400 IM at the Big 12 Championships...placed 12th in the 200 butterfly at the Big 12's...all-time top-five in the 400 IM...set new presonal bests in the 200 fly (2:05.91) and 400 IM (4:26.27)...finished third in the 100 fly and fourth in the 200 fly against Kentucky...placed fifth in the 100 butterfly against Kansas...Academic All-Big 12.

2001-02 (Freshman): Competed in four individual events at the Big 12 Championships...placed 13th in the 400 IM and 15th in both the 100 and 200 fly...set a career best in the 400 IM (4:28.55) at the Big 12's...placed third in both the 100 fly and the 400 IM at the Pittsburgh Invite...set a career best in the 100 fly (57.66) at the Pittsburgh Invite...placed fifth in the 200 fly at the Illinois Invite.

High School: Attended Rhenish Academy...competed in the South African Nationals...placed fifth in the 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley at the South African Olympic Trials...two-time South African High School champion in the 50m and 100m butterfly (1999 and 2000)...represented South Africa in national high school meets in Pert in 1996 and Sydney, Australia in 2000...placed second in the 100m butterfly and third in the 50m butterfly in Sydney...earned academic destinctions in science, math, geography, biology and afrileaans.

Personal: Majoring in nutritional sciences...daughter of Brian and Debbie Wood...born December 6, 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa.