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2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Anna Gruvberger

  • Position Fly/Free
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Hinsdale Central HS
  • Hometown Hinsdale, Ill.

Biography

2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON
Competed in all nine meets during her final season on East Hill ... opened season with runner-up finish in 100 Butterfly (57.67) and swam third leg of Big Red's silver showing in 200 Medley Relay against Binghamton ... earned bronze in 200 Butterfly versus St. Bonaventure ... grabbed second in 100 Butterfly with a time of 54.89 in Cornell's Ivy opener against Harvard and Dartmouth ... took home gold with a time of 54.38 in the 100 Butterfly against Penn and Princeton ... logged 68 points as an individual at Zippy Invite ... also secured 196 points as part of four relay events in Akron, highlighted by swimming final leg of Big Red's bronze finish in the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:32.11) ... grabbed top spot in 100 Butterfly at Columbia with a time of 54.90 ... also swam the opening leg of Cornell's 1:33.45 winning time in the 200 Freestyle Relay against the Lions ... swept the 50 Freestyle (23.42) and 100 Freestyle (54.19) at Yale ... closed regular season with runner-up finishes in the 100 Butterfly (53.97) and as the second swimmer in the 400 Freestyle Relay ... swam season-bests in the 50 Freestyle (23.17) and 100 Butterfly (53.43) at Ivy Championships to log 38 of her 50 points earned ... also set three school relay records in 200 Freestyle (1:31.04), 400 Freestyle (3:19.71), and 400 Medley (3:40.91) events ... named CSC Academic All-District.

2022-23 l JUNIOR SEASON
Finished as the runner-up finish in the 400-Yard Medley Relay at Binghamton ... placed second as the third leg in the 200-Yard Medley Relay against Penn and Princeton with a 1:44.37 final time ... finished second in the 100-Yard Butterfly against Yale with a final time of 56.06 ... helped the relay team finish first and set the pool record in the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay as the third leg against Yale ... topped the group in the 100-Yard Butterfly vs. Columbia ... placed second in the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay as the last leg against Columbia with a 3:27.32 time ... competed on the road at Brown finishing first in the 100-Yard Butterfly ... finished fourth and sixth in the 200- and 400-Yard Freestyle Relay respectively as the third leg of both teams at the Ivy Championships ... achieved her best solo finish at the Ivy League Championships placing sixth in 400- Yard IM with a time of 54:00

2021-22 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Participated in all eight meets, including the Zippy Invitational and Ivy Championship ... over the course of the season compiled four individual top-3 finishes and three relay first place finishes ... had quite the day against St. Bonaventure, finishing third in the 200-yard butterfly and first in the 200-yard freestyle relay ... contributed to Cornell’s sixth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Zippy Invitational ... finished third in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.95 against Yale, while also helping the 400-yard freestyle relay come in third ... at Brown, finished third in the 100-yard freestyle, second in the 100-yard butterfly, first in the 400-yard freestyle relay, and second in the 200-yard medley relay ... helped the 400-yard medley relay come in first-place against Binghamton on 1/30/2022 ... clocked the eighth-fastest time in Big Red history, helping finish the 400-freestyle relay in 3:24.40 at the Ivy Championship.

2020-21 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Earned NISCA All-America and all-state honors in four-consecutive seasons at Hinsdale Central HS (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) ... four-time IHSA State Finalist (2016, 17, 18, 19) ... broke a total of 12 school records at Hinsdale Central ... named Hinsdale Central’s MVP in 2017, going on to serve as team captain for the 2019 campaign ... swam on the club circuit for Hinsdale Swim Club ... three-time Speedo Winter Junior National Championships – West qualifier (2016, 17, 18) ... 2017 National Club Swimming Association (NSCA) finalist in the 100-butterfly.

PERSONAL
Anna Louisa Gruvberger is the daughter of Stefan Gruvberger and Kristina Taheri-Gruvberger, and she has an older brother ... her mother is a Cornell alumna ... she is enrolled in the School of Hotel Administration.


Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Fly/Free
    5'5"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Fly/Free
    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Fly/Free
    5'5"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Fly/Free
    5'5"