Melody Bush

Personal Records
50 Free - 24.43 (2/24/16 at Big East Championship)
100 Free - 53.39 (10/17/13 vs Rider)
200 Free - 1:54.51 (10/17/13 vs Rider)
500 Free - 5:11.94 (10/26/13 vs Loyola/Lafayette/Drexel)
100 Back - 56.41 (2/24/16 at Big East Championship)
200 Back - 2:02.32 (11/20/14 at Patriot Invitational)
100 Fly - 1:01.22 (10/9/13 vs Montclair State)
200 IM - 2:07.62 (11/21/13 at Patriot Invitational)
400 IM - 4:41.75 (11/21/13 at Patriot Invitational)

2016-17: Won the 100 back (59.38) against Iona (1/6/17)...Placed second in the 100-back against Montclair State and St.Peters(10/7)...

2015-16: Swam in 10 meets as a junior for the Pirates...Finished fourth in both the 50 and 100-back at the BIG EAST Championships...Placed first in the 100-back (57.28) and third in the 200-back (2:04.31) at the Navy Invitational (1/30)...Touched wall in 2:11.44 to place second in the 200-back versus Rider (1/15)...Finished second in the 100-back with a time of 1:01.17 against Iona (1/8)...Placed second in the 50-back (35.95) versus Monmouth (10/28).

2014-15: Swam in 10 meets as a sophomore...Touched wall in 26.86 in the 50-back to place third at the BIG EAST Championships...Took first in the 50, 100 and 200-back versus Iona (1/14)...Placed first in the 50 and 200-free as well as the 50 and 200-back against Providence (11/1)...Finished first in the 50 and 100-back and the 200-IM against Loyola (MD), Drexel and Lafayette (10/25)...Won first place in the 50 and 100-back versus Rider (10/16).

2013-14: Swam in 12 meets as a freshman at Seton Hall...Placed first in the 100-back (59.88) and second in the 200-back (2:12.03) against Marist (1/25)...Finished third in both the 100 and 200-back at the Patriot Invitational (11/21-23)...Swam to a second-place finish in the 100-back against Iona (11/13)...Placed second in the 100 and 200-back at the Rutgers Quad Meet (11/8-9)...Finished second in the 100 and 200-free as well as the 200-back against Providence (11/2)...Swept first-place finishes in the 200 and 50-free and 200-back against Loyola (MD), Drexel and Lafayette (10/26)...Placed first in the 100 and 200-free against Rider (10/17).

High School/Personal: Swam for three years on the varsity level at John F. Ross in her hometown of Guelph...Competed at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 2012...Also qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Championships in six events (50-back, 100-back, 200-back, 400-free, 200-IM, 400-IM) in 2012...Anchored gold medal-winning 4x100 freestyle relay squad at 2012 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Championships...Added bronze medals in the 50-free and 100-back...Swam for Guelph Marlins Aquatic Club where she set the club record in the 1,500-free...Third Ontario product to join the Pirates in two years following teammates Rae Congdon and Leah Mayer...Majoring in Elementary Education and plans to pursue a master's in Speech Language Pathology...Born July 6, 1994.