Columbia University Athletics

2013-14: Grabbed a win in the 1000 freestyle at Princeton with a time of 10:04.28...Led the Lions with a victory in the 500 freestyle against Cornell with a time of 5:00.64...

2012-13: At the 2013 Ivy League Championship placed 11th in the 1650 free, 12th in the 1000 free, and 20th in the 500 free, scoring 36 total points for the team.

2010-11: Member of the 2011 Ivy League squad in her first year on the team … scored points for Columbia at the 2011 Ivy League Championships in the 1650 free, placing 20th with a time of 17:22.13 … qualified for the bonus final of the 400 IM … placed 24th overall, with a time of 4:33.63. 

At Ridgewood: Captain of the New Jersey Wave her senior year … named MVP in 2008 and 2009 … won the Coaches Award in 2009 and 2010 … took fifth place in the 1000 free at sixth in the 400 IM at the Junior Olympics as a sophomore … member of a New Jersey Wave team that finished third at the Junior Olympics in 2008 … member of the Ridgewood High School team that won a sectional championship in 2010.

Personal: Daughter of Marie and Arthur Bertelsen … sister, Caitlin ’10CC, swam at Columbia for four years … father, Arthur, played lacrosse and football at Princeton … cousin Emily Colenari swam at Harvard … cousin Joanna Colenari swam at Georgetown … uncle Paul Krause graduated from Columbia in 1965 … Boustein Scholar … Academic All-American … AP scholar with distinction … member of the National Honor Society and the Latin Honor Society … plays piano.

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