Swimming as a High School Senior at the 2008 U.S. Swimming Trials at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska, she unexpectedly qualified for the Women's Olympic team by placing second in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of :58.21, upsetting event favorite, University of Kentucky graduate
Rachel Komisarz who took third. Breeden touched the wall only a tenth of a second behind first place
Christine Magnuson. Breeden also qualified to compete in the 200-meter
butterfly event by placing first at the trials. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, she advanced to the semifinals of the
women's 100-meter butterfly, and finished seventh in the final of the
women's 200-meter butterfly. She earned a silver medal by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the
women's 4×100-meter medley relay.
Stanford University Breeden attended
Stanford University, under the direction of Stanford coaches, Lea and Erik Maurer from 2007 to 2010. In 2009, Breeden broke the American, U.S. Open, and NCAA records in the 200-yard fly with a time of 1:49.92. Her time was the first under 1:50 and stood as the American record for nearly a decade. After her attempt to make the Olympic team in 2012, she retired from competitive swimming. ==See also==