Luis Rojas
RESIDENCE
Venezuela
HAWAI'I CONNECTION
UH Junior
SPORT
Venezuela swimming (freestyle)
HEIGHT
6 feet 1
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- • Expected to swim 400-meter freestyle relay at Olympics
- • Member of 400 freestyle relay team that finished eighth at 2000 NCAA Championships
- • Fastest UH swimmer in the 100 butterfly (47.91) and 200 individual medley (1:50.67)
- • Team’s Most Outstanding Freshman in 1999
PREVIOUS OLYMPICS
First
COMPETITION
At Sydney International Aquatic Centre
• Sept. 15, men’s 4x100 freestyle relay heats and final |
Simon Thirsk
RESIDENCE
South Africa
HAWAI'I CONNECTION
UH Senior
SPORT
South Africa swimming (backstroke)
HEIGHT
5 feet 10
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- • Expected to compete in medley relay
- • Set UH records in 100 (48.89) and 200 (1:45.70) backstroke and 400 medley relays (3:17.83)
- • Received Soichi Sakamoto team award as junior
- • Broke school record in 100 backstroke at 1999 WAC Championships (49.20)
- • Broke school records in 100 and 200 backstroke at 1997 WAC Championships
- • Team’s "Most Outstanding Freshman" in 1997
- • Graduated from Camps Bay High School in Cape Town, where he was Sportsman of the Year in 1993 and ’94
PREVIOUS OLYMPICS
First
COMPETITION
at Sydney International Aquatic Centre
- • Sept. 21 4x100 medley relay heats
- • Sept. 22 final
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