Cornell University Athletics

2025-26 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Earned runner-up honors in the 200 Breaststroke against Yale with a time of 2:18.44 ... swam the breaststroke leg of Cornell’s victorious 200 Medley Relay against Columbia.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Byrnes Cortinas swam four years for Arizona College Preparatory … named to the Arizona Republic's top 10 girls swimmers list for the 2024 season … a four-time state champion in the 100 and 200 breaststroke … named team MVP … also swam for Swim Neptune, where she was a three-time Scholastic All-American and a multiple-time state champion in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.

PERSONAL
Nicole Byrnes Cortinas is the daughter of David Byrnes and Irail Cortinas Lopez, and has two brothers and one sister … enrolled in the College of Human Ecology.