Robby Swendiman

Position:
Breaststroke,Freestyle
Height:
6-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kensington, Md.
High School:
Georgetown Prep

Career Best Times: 21.34 in the 50-yard freestyle; 46.12 in the 100-yard freestyle; 1:42.67 in the 200-yard freestyle; 59.46 in the 100-yard breaststroke.

General: A returning letterman who adds depth in the middle distance freestyle events and contributes in the breaststroke events...also an excellent student who earned the prestigious Carolina Scholarship Award...also part of the Honors Program at UNC...swam for coach Sue Chen at the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club.

2004-05: Recorded his career best time in the 200-yard freestyle at the ACC Championships...earned recognition on the 2004-05 ACC Academic Honor Roll...Dean's List selection in fall 2004.

Prep: Graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Md. on May 29, 2004...four-year varsity letter winner...team captain his senior year...All-Metropolitan Area first team honors...first-team All-Conference, All-Gazette and All-Montgomery Journal honoree...Metro champion in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles...part of teams which won Metro championships in 2002 and 2004...Junior Nationals qualifier...PVS Scholar-Athlete from 2001 through 2004...AP Scholar with distinction...member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Given name is Robert Alan Swendiman...born March 26, 1986 in Washington, D.C....the son of Alan and Kathy Swendiman...a chemistry major...plans to pursue a career as a doctor...wore a UNC tie to high school every day for four years...credits club coach Sue Chen with having the greatest impact on his athletic career...is also a first degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do...his aunt, Christine, swam for Michigan State...participated in a cancer research internship at the National Institutes of Health...hobbies include reading and playing golf ...favorite books are the books from the Harry Potter series...favorite TV show is The Family Guy.