Isaac Barrera

Photo by: Christopher Mitchell

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Class:
Senior
Position:
Freestyle/Butterfly
Hometown:
New Braunfels, Texas
High School:
New Braunfels HS

Career Honors and Awards

Winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at 2022 team banquet
3x Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2021-23)

2022-23 Senior Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Big Tens: came in 21st in the 200 fly (1:47.76), 27th in the 400 IM (3:53.72) and 32nd in the 200 IM (1:48.16) ... First Chance Meet: earned first in the 100 fly (48.51) ... Northwestern/Purdue Tri-Dual: took second in the 400 IM (3:52.97) and 10th in the 200 fly (1:49.34); also part of the 200 medley relay that took 10th (1:31.89) ... Minnesota Invite: came in 23rd in the 200 IM finals (1:48.91), 24th in the 200 fly finals (1:50.84) and 39th in the 100 fly prelims (48.78); also part of the 200 medley relay that came in 23rd (1:30.17) ... Wisconsin Dual: claimed seventh in the 100 fly (51.29); also part of the 400 free relay that claimed fourth (3:08.05) and the 200 medley relay that was fifth (1:34.02) ... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: took fifth in the 1000 free (10:10.89); also swam exhibitions in the 100 fly (51.38) and 400 free relay (3:08.91) ... SMU Dual: finished seventh in the 200 fly (1:55.41) and eighth in the 200 IM (1:58.02); also part of the 200 medley relay that finished seventh (1:34.54) ... South Dakota Dual: placed second in the 200 fly (1:55.18) and swam the 200 IM (1:59.69) in an exhibition

2021-22 Junior Season: Winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at team banquet • swept the 100 fly (48.16) and 200 fly (1:47.07) and won the 200 IM (1:48.25) at the Minnesota First Chance Meet • placed ninth in the 100 fly (48.97) and 10th in the 200 fly (1:50.05) in a tri-dual against Northwestern and Purdue; also helped a 200 medley relay team to seventh (1:32.52) and a 400 free relay team to eighth (3:06.10) • finished 11th in the 100 fly (49.75) and eighth as part of the 400 free relay in a tri-dual versus Wisconsin and Michigan • at the Minnesota Invite, finished 26th in the 200 fly finals (1:50.59), 47th in the 200 free prelims (1:42.39), 49th in the 200 IM prelims (1:52.97 and 55th in the 100 fly prelims (50.21) • took fifth in the 400 free relay (3:10.01), sixth in the 100 free (46.76) and eighth in the 200 fly (1:56.35) versus Wisconsin · came in second in the 200 free (1:43.56) and fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:34.78) against St. Thomas · finished fifth in the 200 fly (1:53.67), sixth in the 400 medley relay (3:25.74) and 400 free relay (3:09.69), and seventh in the 100 fly (51.75) at Purdue • Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2020-21 Sophomore Season: Placed 26th in the 400 IM (3:56.28), 27th in the 200 fly (1:48.16) and 35th in the 200 IM (1:49.42) at the 2021 Big Ten Championships · notched a third place finish in the 100 free (45.66), 5th place finish in the 200 fly (1:52.51) and 6th place finish in the 200 IM (1:51.87) against Iowa · earned a seventh place finish in the 200 free (1:40.99) during the Wisconsin/Purdue tri-dual · Academic All-Big Ten

2019-20 Freshman Season: Placed sixth in the 1000 free (9:44.92) versus USC · finished fourth in the 400 IM (4:05.34) against Wisconsin · earned a sixth place finish in the 200 fly (1:55.94) and an eighth place finish in the 100 free (47.89) versus Iowa · placed third in the 400 IM (4:07.47), seventh in the 100 free (48.01) and eighth in the 200 free (1:44.98) at the Florida State dual · finished sixth in the 200 fly (1:56.40) and eighth in the 100 fly (52.08) against Florida

High School: A 2019 graduate of New Braunfels High School · 2019 State Runner-up in the 200 medley · 2019 Regional Champion in the 500 free and 200 medley · 2018 NISCA All-America · Finished eighth in both the 100 fly and 200 free at the 2018 State Championships · Four-time finalist at the USA Swimming Futures Championships · Swam for Alamo Area Aquatics