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2 0 1 2 - 1 3 S w i mm i n g a n d D i v i n g Me d i a Gu i d e
High School
Named All-American and All-State as a senior...Four year letter winner.
Personal
Full name is Anna Romelia Beeck...A physiology major, minoring in
chemistry...Has two sisters...Daughter of Michael and Eladia Beeck...Born
March 11, 1991 in Santa Barbara, Ca.
Pamela Benitez
Freestyle • 5-4 • Jr. • El Salvador, San Salvador (Liceo Cristiano (Central))
2012 // Sophomore
First-team All-MVC selection...Started
competing at the beginning of the
second semester, competing in eight
meets...Won 12 events in a row after
placing fourth in her first collegiate
race...Exclusively swam freestyle...Placed
in the top three in all three of her events
at the MVC Championships...Placed
third in the 100-yard freestyle (51.86)
and 200-yard freestyle (1:50.30) at the
MVC Championships...Placed second
in the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.50) at
the MVC Championships...Won the
100-yard freestyle three times, the 200-
yard freestyle three times, the 500-yard
freestyle twice, the 1000-yard freestyle
once and the 250-yard freestyle once...Qualified for the London Olympics
in the 800-meter freestyle and finished second in her heat and 33rd overall.
Prior to SIU
Competed in the Pan American Games in 2007 and 2011…Competed in
the Central American games in 2006, 2009, and 2010…Daughter of Sonia
Quijada and Rafael Benitez…Born May 9, 1991 in San Salvador.
Shailey Brumley
Freestyle • 5-6 • Jr. • Keller, Texas (Central)
2011-12 // Sophomore
Competed in six meets, including the MVC Championships...Placed 14th
in both the 100-yard freestyle (53.41) and the 100-yard butterfly (58.35) at
the MVC Championships.
2010-11 // Freshman
Competed in seven meets…Swam the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 100
freestyle at the MVC Championships, posting season bests in all three
events…Finished in the top five of the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle at
three meets.
High School
Team captain senior year...Regional qualifier as a junior...Broke records in
two individual events and was a member of two record-setting relay teams
her junior year...Was named All-Tisca as a senior...Regional qualifier in
the 50 and 100 free...Broke five individual records and was a member of
two record-setting relay teams her senior year...District champion in the
100 free.
Personal
Full name is Shailey Lynn Brumley...An exercise science major...Has two
brothers and one sister...Daughter of Mike and Dana Brumley...Born July
8, 1991 in Boston, Mass.
Mardi Buchanan
Freestyle • 5-9 • So. • Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley North)
2011-12 // Freshman
Competed in nine meets, including the MVC Championships...Posted
season-best times in the 50-yard freestle (25.97) and 200-yard freestyle
(2:03.21) at the MVC Championships.
High School
Second-team All-State…Part of three league championship teams…Team
captain…Majoring in environmental engineering…Daughter of Lisa and
James Buchanan…Born Oct. 27, 1992, in
Bellfountain, Ohio.
Isabela Castro
Freestyle • 5-3 • Jr. • Belo Horizonte, MG,
Brazil (Timpview)
2011-12 // Sophomore
First-team All-MVC selection...Set an
MVC Championship record in the 200-
yard butterfly (2:01.39)...Placed first in
the 200-yard butterfly and second in
the 100-yard butterfly (56.10) and 200-
yard backstroke (2:01.83) at the MVC
Championships...Competed in 12 meets...
Won six events on the year...Swept the 100-
and 200-yard butterfly in a dual with Illinois.
2010-11 // Freshman
First-team MVC All-Conference…Competed in nine meets…Won the
MVC Championships in the 200 butterfly…Named MVC Swimmer of the
Week on Feb. 9…Swam eight different events and three strokes throughout
the season…Finished in the top four in the 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke
and 200 butterfly at the MVC Championships…Picked up six event wins
on the season.
High School
Set a new school record in the 100 back, 200 free and 500 free as a senior...
All-American as part of the 50 medley relay.
Personal
A foreign language and international trade major...Has one brother...
Daughter of José Silas de Castro and Dorotéia Luzia Martins...Born Dec.
3, 1990 in Carajás, PA, Brazil.
Pamela Benitez competed at the 2012 London Olympics.
Isabela Castro is a two-time defending MVC Champion in the 200 Fly.