| Robby Swendiman |
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Career Best Times: 20.50 in 50-yard freestyle; 44.80 in 100-yard freestyle (10th in school history); 56.48 in 100-yard breaststroke.
General: Named a team captain his junior year and will continue in that role as a senior...three-year letterman who will be one of the team's top sprint freestylers and has also demonstrated strength in the 100-yard breaststroke events...also an excellent student who earned the prestigious Carolina Scholarship Award...part of the Honors Program at UNC...has earned spots on the Dean's List and ACC Honor Roll throughout his career at UNC...has earned the Three-Dimensional Leader Award from the Carolina Leadership Academy.
2006-07: Achieved three career best times at the ACC Championships in the 50-yard free, 100-yard breast and 100-yard free...placed 14th in the 50-yard free setting a career best 20.50 in the preliminaries...finished 13th in the 100 breast and eighth in the 100-yard free and moved onto the UNC All-Time depth chart in the 100 freestyle at ninth place...was a member of the third place 400-yard free relay...also swam a leg on the 200 free and 200 medley relays...named to All-ACC Swimming Academic Team...Dean's List student in both spring and fall semesters...garnered a spot on the 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll...won two team awards -- the Hill Carrow Spirit Award and the Bruce Webster Most Dedicated Swimmer Award.
2005-06: Swam career best times in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events and 100-yard breaststroke at the ACC Championships ...was 16th in the 50 free...anchored the 200 free relay with a split of 20.34.
2004-05: Recorded his career best time in the 200 free 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...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...participated in a cancer research internship at the National Institutes of Health.
Personal: Given name is Robert Alan Swendiman...nicknamed White Lightning...born March 26, 1986 in Washington, D.C....the son of Alan and Kathleen Swendiman...has one sister, Shelley, 24.
The Whimsical White Lightning
Academic Major at Carolina: Chemistry and Political Science
Career Plans: Medicine
Hobbies: Sun Bathing
Athlete I Most Admire: Roger Federer
Person Who Has Had The Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career: Sue Chen, club coach at RMSC
Favorite Book: Harry Potter
Favorite Food: Chicken Lo Mein
Favorite Movie: The Matrix
Favorite TV Show: House
Favorite Website To Visit: Facebook
City I've Never Been To But Want To Visit: Rome, Italy
Entertainment Figure I'd Most Like To Have Dinner With: Jessica Alba
