Accolades:
GNAC Honor Roll: 10/18/21
GNAC All-Conference: 2023
GNAC All-Academic: 2023
NEISDA Swimmer of the Week: 10/11/21, 11/7/21

2022-23: Competed in 19 individual events during her junior season…Won six races, including a pair in the Monks’ opener versus Husson University on October 15th…She placed first in the 100-Free (1:01.76) and 50-Free (28.08) that day…Picked up wins in the 50-Back (32.47) and 500-Free (6:05.04) in a quad meet at Albertus Magnus College on November 5th…Topped the 1000-Free (12:22.30) field at Regis College 14 days later…Won the 200-IM (2:30.63) at Maine Maritime Academy on January 21st…Placed second with a team record time in the 1650-Free (19:37.76) and finished third in the 1000-Free (11:47.97) and 500-Free (5:43.01) events in the GNAC Championships…Also swam legs for the Monks’ record-breaking 200-Medley (1:57.22) and 200-Free (1:46.10) relay teams at the conference meet.

2021-22: Raced in 30 individual events as a sophomore…Won 10 races and finished as the runner-up four times…Placed first in the 1000-Free (12:48.06) and 500-Free (6:03.09) versus Colby-Sawyer on October 1st…Earned three wins with top times in the 200-Back (2:29.33), 50-Back (32.11), and 500-Free (6:02.13) in a quad meet at Albertus Magnus on November 6th…In the GNAC Championships she finished sixth in the 400-IM (5:19.53), eighth in the 500-Free (5:39.87), and ninth in the 200-Free (2:06.44)…Broke the team’s 500-Free record with a 5:34.66 time in the prelims and also swam a leg for the Monks’ record-breaking 200-Medley (2:00.08) squad…Posted seventh-place finishes in the 500-Free (5:37.75) and 400-IM (5:19.01) events and tallied 59 total points in the NEISDA Championships.

2020-21: Competed in a pair of virtual swim meets during her freshman season…Won the 200-Free (2:08.45) and 500-Free (5:52.31) events and finished second in the 100-Fly (1:13.03) against UNE on March 13th.

Why Saint Joseph's? I decided to attend SJC because of the close and welcoming community. As soon as I walked onto campus for the first time I knew I wanted to be there because everyone you met welcomed you with open arms.

High School: Swam for Belchertown High School...competed in the State Championship...earned the Oriole Athletic Award all four years, Gazette Girls Swimming and Diving All-Stars First Team junior year, Second Team senior year, Certificates of Achievements for placing at Western Mass. Championships and State Championships all four years...was on the honor roll...swam club for Holyoke YMCA Vikings (2007-2017) winning YMCA league Championships many times, went to Age Groups and Senior Championships while on this team... received the High Point Award for being the highest scoring female in the age group, earned Coaches Award, and Most Improved...from 2017 up until present, has swam for the Amherst Tritons Swim Team, going to the Senior Championships while on this team and receiving the Triton Award for dedication and love for the sport.

Personal: Brooke Lynn Podsiadlo...daughter to Rebecca and Wayne Podsiadlo...sister to Wayne Podsiadlo.