Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix 1 - USA Swimming
Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix 1 - USA Swimming Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix 1 - USA Swimming
USA Swimming Peter Vanderkaay CLUB: Oakland Live Y'ers (OLY-MI) AGE: 28 DOB: Feb 12, 1984 HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm) WEIGHT: 205 lbs (93.0 kg) HOMETOWN: Rochester, Mich. RESIDENCE: Gainesville, Fla. BIRTHPLACE: Royal Oak, Mich. COACHED BY: Gregg Troy Career Highlights: Helped the 800m free relay to a gold medal at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also placed fourth in the 400m free, sixth in the 1500m free and seventh in the 800m free ... 2011 ConocoPhillips National Champion in the 200m free ... Took home a silver medal in the 4x200m free-relay at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... 2010 National Champion in the 400m free … set the American Record in the 200m free at the 2009 MOO Duel in the Pool … finished just out of the medals in the 400m free at the 2009 FINA World Championships by placing 4th and finished 6th in the 800m free … placed first in the 400m free at the 2009 CP National Championships ... earned a gold medal and set a world record on the 800m free-relay at the 2008 Olympic Games; also won his first individual medal at the Olympics, receiving a bronze in the 200m free … member of the world record-setting 800m free-relay at the 2007 World Championships … has swam on the 800m free-relay that has broken the American record each summer since 2004 … gold medalist on the American record-breaking 800m free-relay team at the 2004 0lympic Games … won silver in the 800m-relay and bronze in both the 800m and 1500m free at the 2003 World University Games Olympics History: 2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR; 4, 400m FR; 11, 1500m FR ... 2004: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR) World Champs History: 2011: 1, 800m FR-R; 4, 400m FR; 6, 1500m FR; 7, 800m FR ... 2009: 4, 400m FR; 6, 800m FR ... 2007: Gold, 800m FR-R(WR); 4, 400m FR; 9, 800m FR ... 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); 6, 200m & 400m FR World Champs History: WC LCM: earned 3G World Champs History: 2011: 4th 400 Fr, Gold 4x200 FR-R SC Worlds History: 2010: Silver 4x200 Fr-R U.S. Nationals History: 2011: 1, 200m FR ... 2010: 1, 400m FR; 2, 1500m FR; 3, 200m FR ... 2009: 1, 400m FR; 5, 200m FR Short Course National Championships: 2009: 1, 200y/500y/1650y FR Briefly: Four time Duel in the Pool member RECORDS: Holds WR in 800m FR-R (SCM), set at 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) ... Holds AR in 500y FR, set at 2008 MI OLY Michigan Open ... Holds USO in 500y FR, set at 2008 MI OLY Michigan Open NATIONAL TITLES: 400m Free (3): '10 SUM, '09 SUM, '07 SUM ADDITIONAL HONORS: International: Member of the 800m free-relay, which has held the American record since 2004 ... was also a member of the American record-setting 800m free-relay at the 2004 Olympics when Team USA upset the Australians, who had not lost the race at an international meet in seven years. Collegiate: 2006 Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year PERSONAL: High School: Rochester Adams HS '02 College: Michigan '06 College Major: Biology Future Professional Aspirations: Creating a business in Detroit to help give back to a region that has given so much. Parents: Mark and Robin … father is a dentist who swam for Albion College, and mother is a dental hygienist FAST FACTS Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004) Fourth LC World Championships (2011, 2009, 2007, 2005) Two Worlds medals (2g) Three Olympic Games medals (2g, 1b) INTERNATIONAL MEDALS 2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships 2011: Gold, 200m FR 2011 FINA World Championships 2011: Gold, 800m FR-R 2010 Pan Pacific Champs 2010: Gold, 800m FR-R 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) 2010: Silver, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR) 2010 Pan Pacific Champs 2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Bronze, 200m FR 2009 FINA World Champs 2009: Gold, 800m FR-R (pr) 2008 Olympic Games 2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR 2007 World Championships 2007: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR) 2005 World Championships 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R 2004 Olympic Games 2004: Gold, 800m FR-R (AR) TOP TIMES Event Best Year 200m FR 1:45.14 Aug 08 400m FR 3:43.11 Aug 08 800m FR 7:46.64 Jul 11 1500m FR 14:45.54 Jun 08 CAREER STATS: 2011 2010 2009 Sum Nats - t16 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR WC - 4 Final, 400m FR; 7 Final, 800m FR; 6 Final, 1500m FR; 1 Final, 800m FR-R SCM World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR (SCM); 5 Final, 1500m FR (SCM); 2 Final, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR) Pan Pacs - 3 Final, 200m FR; 4 Final, 400m FR; 5 Final, 800m FR; t1 Final, 800m FR-R; t1 Final, 800m FR-R World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR; 6 Final, 800m FR Ultra Swim - 10 Final, 100m FR; 2 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR; 1 Final, 1500m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR-R; 1 Final, 400m MED-R Austin GP - 5 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR
Allysa Vavra CLUB: Indiana University AGE: 22 DOB: Jan 3, 1990 HEIGHT: 5' 4" (162.6 cm) HOMETOWN: Coaldale, Pa. BIRTHPLACE: Lehighton, Pa. COACHED BY: Ray Looze / Ray Looze Career Highlights: At the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships, took fourth in the 400m IM ... Finished fourth in the 200m breast at the 2005 Speedo Junior Nationals ... two-time Pennsylvania state champion in the 200 IM NCAA History: 2011: 5th 400y IM NCAA History: 2012: 5th 400 IM, 8th 200 IM, 8th 200 Br ADDITIONAL HONORS: High School: USA Swimming Scholastic All-American PERSONAL: High School: Panther Valley HS '08 Job Outside of Swimming: Lifeguard Parents: Dennis and Geri ... bother parents are teachers Sibling(s): Two younger sisters (Sami and Karoline) and younger brother (Anthony) are all swimmers Started Swimming: Age 7 ... "My mom told me it would be fun." Pet(s): Three dogs (Emma, Hubey, and Cleo) Hobbies Outside the Pool: Hanging out with friends, shopping, going to the movies, laying outside by her pool in the summer Ultimate Way to Relax: Laying on the beach Most Influential Person: Mother ... "She got me into swimming and is one of my biggest supporters. She keeps me focused." Charities: Helps with a cancer telethon Training Stats: Swims 8-18,000 meters/yards per day, 2-5 hours a day, 7 days a week USA Swimming INTERNATIONAL MEDALS Women's Big 10s 2012: Gold, 200y IM; Gold, 400y IM; Bronze, 200y BR 2011 Pan American Games 2011: Bronze, 400m IM 2011 Women's Big Ten Champions 2011: Gold, 200y IM; Gold, 400y IM; Bronze, 200y BR CAREER STATS: 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 NCAAs - 8 Final, 200y BR; 8 Final, 200y IM; 5 Final, 400y IM Big 10s - 3 Final, 200y BR; t1 Final, 200y IM; 1 Final, 400y IM; 5 Final(fn), 400y FR-R Pan Ams - 3 Final, 400m IM Sum Nats - 30 Final, 200m BK; 26 Final, 200m BR; 29 Final, 200m FL; 12 Final, 200m IM; 4 Final, 400m IM; 12 Final, 400m FR-R; 14 Final, 400m MED-R NCAAs - 11 Final, 200y BR; 11 Final, 200y IM; 5 Final, 400y IM Big 10s - 3 Final, 200y BR; t1 Final, 200y IM; 1 Final, 400y IM NCAAs - 14 Final, 200y BR US Open - 11 Final, 200m IM; 20 Final, 400m IM; 11 Final, 800m FR-R TRIALS - 16 Final, 200m BR 08 OSU GP - 8 Final, 200m BK; 24 Final, 100m BR; 15 Final, 200m BR; 10 Final, 400m FR-R; 7 Final, 400m MED-R SUM NATS - 16 Final, 400m IM SCSC GP - 25 Final, 200m BR; 18 Final, 200m IM; 18 Final, 400m IM US OPEN - 18 Final, 200m IM; 15 Final, 400m IM US OPEN - 11 Final, 400m IM JR NATS - 4 Final, 200m BR; 18 Final, 100m FL; 7 Final, 200m IM US OPEN - 21 Final, 200m BR
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<strong>USA</strong> <strong>Swimming</strong><br />
Peter Vanderkaay<br />
CLUB: Oakland Live Y'ers (OLY-MI)<br />
AGE: 28 DOB: Feb 12, 1984<br />
HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm)<br />
WEIGHT: 205 lbs (93.0 kg)<br />
HOMETOWN: Rochester, Mich.<br />
RESIDENCE: Gainesville, Fla.<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Royal Oak, Mich.<br />
COACHED BY: Gregg Troy<br />
Career Highlights:<br />
Helped the 800m free relay to a gold medal at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also<br />
placed fourth in the 400m free, sixth in the 1500m free and seventh in the 800m free ... 2011<br />
ConocoPhillips National Champion in the 200m free ... Took home a silver medal in the<br />
4x200m free-relay at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... 2010 National<br />
Champion in the 400m free … set the American Record in the 200m free at the 2009 MOO<br />
Duel in the Pool … finished just out of the medals in the 400m free at the 2009 FINA World<br />
Championships by placing 4th and finished 6th in the 800m free … placed first in the 400m free<br />
at the 2009 CP National Championships ... earned a gold medal and set a world record on the<br />
800m free-relay at the 2008 Olympic Games; also won his first individual medal at the<br />
Olympics, receiving a bronze in the 200m free … member of the world record-setting 800m<br />
free-relay at the 2007 World Championships … has swam on the 800m free-relay that has<br />
broken the American record each summer since 2004 … gold medalist on the American<br />
record-breaking 800m free-relay team at the 2004 0lympic Games … won silver in the<br />
800m-relay and bronze in both the 800m and 1500m free at the 2003 World University Games<br />
Olympics History:<br />
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR; 4, 400m FR; 11, 1500m FR ... 2004: Gold,<br />
800m FR-R(AR)<br />
World Champs History:<br />
2011: 1, 800m FR-R; 4, 400m FR; 6, 1500m FR; 7, 800m FR ... 2009: 4, 400m FR; 6, 800m<br />
FR ... 2007: Gold, 800m FR-R(WR); 4, 400m FR; 9, 800m FR ... 2005: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR);<br />
6, 200m & 400m FR<br />
World Champs History:<br />
WC LCM: earned 3G<br />
World Champs History:<br />
2011: 4th 400 Fr, Gold 4x200 FR-R<br />
SC Worlds History:<br />
2010: Silver 4x200 Fr-R<br />
U.S. Nationals History:<br />
2011: 1, 200m FR ... 2010: 1, 400m FR; 2, 1500m FR; 3, 200m FR ... 2009: 1, 400m FR; 5,<br />
200m FR<br />
Short Course National Championships:<br />
2009: 1, 200y/500y/1650y FR<br />
Briefly:<br />
Four time Duel in the Pool member<br />
RECORDS:<br />
Holds WR in 800m FR-R (SCM), set at 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) ... Holds AR in 500y<br />
FR, set at 2008 MI OLY Michigan Open ... Holds USO in 500y FR, set at 2008 MI OLY<br />
Michigan Open<br />
NATIONAL TITLES:<br />
400m Free (3): '10 SUM, '09 SUM, '07 SUM<br />
ADDITIONAL HONORS:<br />
International: Member of the 800m free-relay, which has held the American record since 2004 ...<br />
was also a member of the American record-setting 800m free-relay at the 2004 Olympics when<br />
Team <strong>USA</strong> upset the Australians, who had not lost the race at an international meet in seven<br />
years.<br />
Collegiate: 2006 Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year<br />
PERSONAL:<br />
High School: Rochester Adams HS '02<br />
College: Michigan '06<br />
College Major: Biology<br />
Future Professional Aspirations: Creating a business in Detroit to help give back to a region<br />
that has given so much.<br />
Parents: Mark and Robin … father is a dentist who swam for Albion College, and mother is a<br />
dental hygienist<br />
FAST FACTS<br />
Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004)<br />
Fourth LC World Championships (2011,<br />
2009, 2007, 2005)<br />
Two Worlds medals (2g)<br />
Three Olympic Games medals (2g, 1b)<br />
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS<br />
2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships<br />
2011: Gold, 200m FR<br />
2011 FINA World Championships<br />
2011: Gold, 800m FR-R<br />
2010 Pan Pacific Champs<br />
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R<br />
2010 FINA World Champs (25m)<br />
2010: Silver, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR)<br />
2010 Pan Pacific Champs<br />
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Bronze, 200m FR<br />
2009 FINA World Champs<br />
2009: Gold, 800m FR-R (pr)<br />
2008 Olympic Games<br />
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m FR<br />
2007 World Championships<br />
2007: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR)<br />
2005 World Championships<br />
2005: Gold, 800m FR-R<br />
2004 Olympic Games<br />
2004: Gold, 800m FR-R (AR)<br />
TOP TIMES<br />
Event Best Year<br />
200m FR 1:45.14 Aug 08<br />
400m FR 3:43.11 Aug 08<br />
800m FR 7:46.64 Jul 11<br />
1500m FR 14:45.54 Jun 08<br />
CAREER STATS:<br />
2011<br />
2010<br />
2009<br />
Sum Nats - t16 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR<br />
WC - 4 Final, 400m FR; 7 Final, 800m FR; 6 Final, 1500m FR;<br />
1 Final, 800m FR-R<br />
SCM World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR (SCM); 5 Final,<br />
1500m FR (SCM); 2 Final, 800m FR-R (SCM) (WR)<br />
Pan Pacs - 3 Final, 200m FR; 4 Final, 400m FR; 5 Final, 800m<br />
FR; t1 Final, 800m FR-R; t1 Final, 800m FR-R<br />
World Champs - 4 Final, 400m FR; 6 Final, 800m FR<br />
Ultra Swim - 10 Final, 100m FR; 2 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final,<br />
400m FR; 1 Final, 1500m FR; 1 Final, 400m FR-R; 1 Final,<br />
400m MED-R<br />
Austin GP - 5 Final, 100m FR; 1 Final, 200m FR; 1 Final, 400m<br />
FR