| Tripp Cooper |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas
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| High School:
The Woodlands
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| Height:
6-5
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| Event:
Fly/IM
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| Experience:
1L
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TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM)
100 fly: 47.08/53.90
200 fly: 1:46.03/2:02.75
AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12)
• Swam in the prelims of the 100 butterfly (22nd) and 200 butterfly (25th) events at the NCAA Championships
• Claimed fourth place in both the 100 butterfly (47.53) and 200 butterfly (1:46.75) at the Big 12 Championships
• Won the 100 butterfly at the American Short Course with a time of 47.08, his top time of the season in that event which he matched at NCAA's
• Placed 11th at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 IM (1:49.86)
• Against Michigan and Indiana he tallied fifth place in the 200 butterfly and fifth in the 100 butterfly
• Recorded a ninth place finish in both butterfly events at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge
• On the third leg of the winning 200 freestyle relay at the American Short Course (1:17.55)
• Also swam on the fourth place 200 freestyle relay at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge (1:25.25)
• Member of the sixth place 200 medley relay against Michigan and Indiana (1:32.55) and at the Texas Invitational (1:28.71)
• Was the third leg of the second place 400 medley relay at Texas A&M (3:16.63) and took sixth in the relay at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge (3:23.82)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Named a 12 X NISCA All-American
• Received All-State swimming honors all four years
• In his senior season, he was the Texas 5A State Champion in the 100 fly
• Named an Academic All-American
• Holds the TWHS 200 IM record
NATIONAL
• Finished 29th in the prelims of the 100 butterfly (54.20) and 83rd in the prelims of the 200 butterfly (2:03.66)at the 2012 Olympic Trials
• Member of the Gulf Record Relay
• Junior National Champion in the 50 fly
• Qualified in the Olympic Trials for the 100 fly and 200 fly in 2008
PERSONAL
• Born James G. Cooper III on February 20, 1993... son of Dorothy and Jim Cooper...has two brothers David (36) and Brandon (32) ... interested in studying biology.
