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Grite Apanaviciute
Grite Apanaviciute
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Anykscai, Lithuania

High School:
Antanas Vienvolis

Event:
Freestyle/Fly

02/23/2012

Swimming Leads League with 30 All-BIG EAST Performers

15 men and 15 women made the cut

02/18/2012

Record Continue to Fall at BIG EAST Swimming and Diving

Cards enter finals of BIG EAST Championship

02/18/2012

Women's Swimming Wins BIG EAST, Men are Second

Records fall in final evening

02/17/2012

Swimming Puts Cardinals in Every A-Final after Day 3 Prelims

Good session for the Cardinals for Day 3

02/16/2012

Swimming Has Strong Day 2 Prelims

Cardinals put six men in the 50-free finals

02/18/2012

BIG EAST Swimming - Day 4 Finals

BIG EAST Swimming - Day 4 Finals

Freshman: As a freshman, Grite swam the 50- and 100-free and the 100-fly for the Cardinals. She finished third in the 100-free against Miami of Ohio with a time of 53.26. Grite swam a strong 50-free against Tennessee with a time of 24.60.

Prep: Grite comes to U of L from Anyksciai, Lithuania. She is a multiple Baltic States champion and a multiple time Lithuanian Champion. She holds the Lithuanian women's records in the 50m-butterfly, the 4x100m freestyle relay, and the 4x100m medley relay. She began swimming competitively when she was eleven years old. Some of her academic achievements include "Mathematic Olympics" during her earlier years at school and she was elected a Best Sportswoman at school.

Personal: Daughter of Remigijus Apanavicius and Asta Apanaviciene. She was born June 29, 1990. Her major is exercise science.

Cardinal Highlight: Grite owns three Lithuanian women's National Records.

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