Jack Conger
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| Full name | John Conger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 26, 1994 Rockville, MD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ncap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | The University of Texas at Austin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Sue Chen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Conger (born September 26, 1994) is an American swimmer who specializes in the backstroke, butterfly and freestyle.
Swimming career
At the 2012 U.S. Open Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Conger took silver in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:58.14.[1] At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Conger missed the U.S. Team by finishing 8th in the 100-meter backstroke and 5th in the 200-meter backstroke with times of 54.63 and 1:58.97, respectively.[2][3] At the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Conger broke the national age-group (NAG) record for the 17-18 age group in the 100-meter backstroke with a winning time of 54.07.[4] He also took home two more golds in the 200-meter backstroke (1:57.20), 50-meter freestyle (22.69), and one bronze in the 100-meter freestyle (49.84).[5][6][7]
At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Conger, competing as an incoming freshman, won gold in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:55.47, and bronze as a member of the U.S. team in the 4x100-meter medley relay. Conger also competed in the 100-meter butterfly and finished 6th in the final.
Conger accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he swims for coach Eddie Reese's Texas Longhorns men's swimming team.[8] On February 25, 2015 Conger broke the American and US Open record in the 200-yard butterfly. Conger time trialed the event during the 2015 Big 12 Championships.[9]
At the 2015 NCAA Championships, Conger won the silver in the 100 (44.55) and 200 yard butterfly (1:39.74) behind teammate Joseph Schooling. He also finished 7th in the 100 yard backstroke, with a time of 45.76. Conger also helped the Texas Longhorns in the 400 yard medley relay (swimming the freestyle leg and recording an anchor time of 40.96), the 800 yard freestyle relay on Day 2, and the 400 yard freestyle relay (42.17 as the 2nd leg) on Day 3.
At the 2015 U.S Nationals in San Antonio, Conger competed in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly, the 200 m backstroke, the 100 m freestyle, and the 200 meter freestyle (only in the prelims). Conger finished second to Michael Phelps in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly, recording times of 51.33 and 1:54.54 respectively. He narrowly missed his personal best in the 100 m freestyle, going 49.05 to miss it by .03. He finished second to Caeleb Dressel in that race. Conger qualified first after prelims in the 200 m freestyle, but withdrew to focus on the 200 butterfly. In the 200 m backstroke, Conger finished in 4th place with a time of 1:58.84.
Personal bests
- As of September 10, 2015.
| Event | Time | Meet | Date |
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| 100 m butterfly | 51.33 | 2015 U.S Nationals | August 8, 2015 |
| 200 m butterfly | 1:54.54 | 2015 U.S Nationals | August 7, 2015 |
| 100 m backstroke | 54.04 | 2013 Summer Universiade | July 16, 2013 |
| 200 m backstroke | 1:55.47 | 2013 Summer Universiade | July 15, 2013 |
| 50 m freestyle | 22.69 | 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship | August 26, 2012 |
| 100 m freestyle | 49.02 | 2015 Summer Universiade | July 8, 2015 |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:47.62 | 2015 U.S Nationals | August 7, 2015 |
References
- ↑ "2012 U.S. Open Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega time.
- ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing.
- ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing.
- ↑ "2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing.
- ↑ "2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing.
- ↑ "2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship – Men's 50 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing.
- ↑ "2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship – Men's 100 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing.
- ↑ Swimming World Magazine, High School News, "Jack Conger makes verbal commitment to Texas Longhorns".
- ↑ http://swimswam.com/jack-conger-breaks-americanus-open-record-in-200-fly-time-trial-to-open-big-12-championships/
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