2015-16 Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
2015-16:▪ Horizon League Runner-Up in the 200 breaststroke (1:59.65)▪ Placed 10th in the 100 breaststroke (56.00) at Horizon League Championships▪ Competed in the 200 IM at Horizon League Championships (1:54.75)▪ Ranked in the top three on the team in the 100 and 200 breaststroke▪ Recorded career best times in the 100 freestyle (51.22), 200 breaststroke and 100 butterfly (55.39)2014-15: ▪ Swam 100 and 200 breaststroke along with 200 IM at 2015 Horizon League Championships ▪ Placed fourth in 100 breast (54.75), moving his PR time up to sixth-best in team history ▪ Touched eighth in 200 breast (2:02.33) after advancing to the "A" final in a swim-off ▪ Finished in 15th place in 200 IM (1:53.03)2013-14: ▪ Swam 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at 2014 Horizon League Championships ▪ Improved both PRs in the breaststroke and moved into seventh and fourth, respectively, in OU history2012-13 ▪ Earned all-league honors at The Summit League Championships ▪ Won the 200 breaststroke title with a time of 2:01.86 ▪ Earned a runner-up finish in the 100 breast ▪ Finished sixth in the 200 IM
ACADEMIC ACHIEVMENTS
▪ Horizon League Academic All-League selection (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)
▪ Named to Horizon League Fall Honor Roll (2014, 2015, 2016)
High School
▪ Member of two-time Icelandic championship team in 2011 and 2010
▪ Icelandic champion in the 200-IM in short course and long course last three years
▪ Small Nation Games champion in the 200-IM and 100- and 200-Breast in 2010
▪ Voted Most Promising Young Swimmer in Iceland in 2006
▪ Flag Bearer at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010
Top Athletic Performance
▪ Qualifying for European Championships for the first time
Personal
Full Name: Hrafn Traustason
Parents: Trausti Gylfason and Sigriour Ragnarsdottir
Siblings: Steinunn and Brynhildur
Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland
1. Distinguished Academics
2. Quality and prestige of swim program
3. The campus
| Traustason Personal Bests |
| Event |
2015-16 Top Time |
Career Top Time |
| 100 Free |
51.22
UIC/Wright State
11/14/15 |
51.22
UIC/Wright State
11/14/15 |
| 100 Breast |
56.00
2016 HL Championship
2/24/16 |
54.75*
2015 HL Championship
2/27/15 |
| * 100 breast time is 7th in Oakland history |
|
200 Breast
|
1:59.65*
2016 HL Championship
2/24/16 |
1:59.65*
2016 HL Championship
2/24/16 |
| * 200 breast time is 7th in Oakland history |
|
100 Fly
|
55.39
Kenyon Winter Invite
1/15/16 |
55.39
Kenyon Winter Invite
1/15/16 |
|
200 IM
|
1:54.75
2016 HL Championship
2/24/16 |
1:53.03
2015 HL Championship
2/26/15 |
Historical Player Information
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2012-13Freshman
Breast
6'"
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2013-14Sophomore
Breast
6'"
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2015-16Senior
Breast/IM
6'"
