| Maggie Bird |
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Five-time All-American
SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore Season (2007-08)
Swam on the U.S. National Team at the 2008 FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester, England... Finished ninth at Worlds in the 800m free with a time of 8:28.56... Competed in the 400m free and 800m free at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials... Qualified for the finals of the 400m free, finishing seventh in a time of 4:11.67... Swam to a 21st-place finish in the 800m free (8:45.81) at Trials... At the NCAA Championships, Bird earned three All-America honors... Individually, swam to a runner-up finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:41.95 and a fourth-place finish in the 1650 free (15:59.81)... Also swam the anchor leg (1:46.05) on the 800 free relay that finished eighth, posting a time of 7:06.71... At the SEC Championships, Bird swam to her first SEC title in the 1650 free (15:58.27)... Also swam to a runner-up finish in the 500 free (4:40:38) and a ninth-place finish in the 200 free (1:47.01)... In the 2007-2008 season, Bird posted four Auburn all-time top-10 performances... She ranks second in the 500 free (4:39.51), third in the 1650 free (15:58.27) and ninth in the 200 free (1:14.01)... SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman Season (2006-07)
Competed in the 200m free, 400m free and 800m free at the U.S. Senior National Championships... Was the only Tiger to make a final in the 400m free, finishing second in the C Final with a time of 4:16.33... A two-time All-American at her first NCAA Championship meet... Finished seventh in the 500 free at NCAAs with a time of 4:42.64... Also finished 15th in the 1,650 free with a time of 16:18.03... Also competed in the 200 free at NCAAs... She swam a 9:58.27 in the 1,000 free at Florida State, a time that ranks 10th all-time at Auburn... Exhibitioned at SEC, but swam "B" cuts in the 200 free (1:49.18), 500 free (4:49.21) and 1,650 free (16:25.88)... Swam on the eighth-place 400m medley relay team and 10th-place 800m free relay team at the U.S. Open.
High School
Attended Yorktown High School... Swam with the Yorktown Swim Club under coach Jeremy Agnew... Academic All-American as a senior... 14-time NISCA All-American... Two-time high school state champion (200 free)... State champion in 500 free as a senior... State runner-up in 500 free sophomore and junior seasons... 2005-2006 Indiana State Championships team runner-up... Two-time Star Press Athlete of the Year... Two-time team MVP... Co-captain senior year... Three-time IHSA first team... National Honor Society president... National Scholar Athlete Award.
Personal
Full name is Margaret Catherine Bird... Parents are Henry and Debbie Bird... Born on July 24, 1988... Has two brothers, Patrick and Griffin... Brother Patrick swam two years at Penn State... Majoring in business.
