2014 Track and Field Roster
Bridget Sweeney
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hopkins, Minn.
- High School:
- Hopkins
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
200-meters: 25.42 (2012)
400-meters: 57.53 (2012)
OUTDOOR
200-meters: 25.06 (2012)
400-meters: 55.14
MPSF SCORING
2012 4x400 Meter Relay, 6th (3:45.11)
PAC-12 CONFERENCE SCORING
2012 4x400 Meter Relay, 5th (3:40.30)
2013 4x400 Meter Relay, 5th (3:36.95)
2014: Indoor: Sweeney saw limited action, racing just twice in the 400. She recorded a season-best time of 57.63 at the Don Kirby Collegiate Elite after running 59.07 in the prelims of the Air Force Invite (1/25). Sweeney was also a member of the relays and helped the Buffs place ninth at the MPSF Championship in the 4x400 (3:46.40).
Outdoor: Sweeney ran a pair of 400s during the outdoor season. She placed third at the Jerry Quiller Classic (3/21) in 1:00.70 and was fifth at Fum McGraw (3/29) in 58.45.
2013: Indoor: Sweeney focused on the 400-meter during her sophomore season. She ran a season-best time of 58.23 at the Air Force All-Comers meet, which was fifth overall. At the MPSF Championships, she placed 42nd in 59.35.
Outdoor: Sweeney continued to run the 200 and 400. She clocked a season-best in the 400 (56.93) at the Fum McGraw Quadrangular, placing third overall. Two weeks later at the CU Invite (4/13), Sweeney placed second in the 400 in 56.94. Her season-best in the 200 came at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/27), finishing in 25.67. At the Pac-12 Championships, Sweeney placed 21st in the prelims of the 400 (57.08). She also ran in the 4x400 relay which placed fifth overall (3:36.95).
2012: Indoor: Sweeney raced the 200 and 400-meter dashes and was a member of the sprint relays. She won the 200 at the Potts Invite (25.97) to start her season off on a great note. Sweeney had her best races in both events at the Husky Classic (2/11). She was eighth in the 400 (57.53) and took 13th in the 200 (25.42). At the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships, Sweeney helped the 4x400 relay team to a sixth-place finish in school record time (3:45.11). She was 27th in the 400 (57.89).
Outdoor: Sweeney ran the 200 and 400 again in the outdoor season. She won the 200 at the CU Invite (4/14), finishing in a season best time of 25.06. She also had a second-place finish at the Potts Invite (3/17) in the 200, finishing in a then-PR of 25.28. Sweeney raced a season best time of 55.6 (hand-time) at the CSU-Pueblo Open (3/24), which was fourth overall. Her second-best time of the season came at the prelims at the Pac-12 Championships. Sweeney finished in 56.02; 19th overall. She was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay which placed fifth at Pac-12s (3:40.30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Sweeney is the school record holder in the 400-meter dash (55.14) and was a part of the school and state record setting 4x200 (1:40.62) and 4x400 (3:51.28) relays. She placed second individually at the state championship in the 400 and both relays placed first as she helped the HHS Royals to the state title in 2010. Sweeney was an all-conference and all-state selection in track from eighth-grade to her junior season. Sweeney is a member of the National Honor Society.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 200-meters: 25.3; 400-meters: 55.14
IN THE CLASSROOM: Sweeney is a communications major and has recorded a 3.864 GPA. In 2013, she was named to the Academic All-MPSF team and the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team. Sweeney was selected to the Academic All-MPSF team in 2014 and was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
PERSONAL: Bridget Ruth Sweeney was born on January 31, 1993 in Minneapolis, Minn. She is the daughter of Terry and Barb Sweeney and has one sister, Meghan.
