| Clay Youngquist |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Battle Creek, Mich.
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| High School:
Lakeview
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| Height:
6-3
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| Event:
Free/Fly
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| Experience:
1L
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- Two-time NCAA champion (2012 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay)
- Four-time All-American
- Two-time Big 12 champion
- CollegeSwimming.com National Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 23, 2012)
TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM)
100 free: 42.99/50.22
200 free: 1:34.06/1:48.42
400 free (LCM): 3:57.24
500 free (SCY): 4:18.58
200 fly: 1:45.38/2:02.72
2012 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
• Placed 12th in the 200m freestyle (1:48.42/1:49.55p) and 47th in the 100m freestyle (50.70)
AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12)
• Claimed two NCAA Championships in the 400 freestyle relay (2:49.83) and 800 freestyle relay (6:15.55)
• Also picked up All-American honors in the 200 freestyle (5th, 1:34.06) and 200 freestyle relay (4th, 1:16.72)
• Won two Big 12 Championships in the 400 freestyle relay (2:52.64) and 800 freestyle relay (6:19.28) while also coming in second in the 200 freestyle (1:35.30) and seventh in the 500 freestyle (4:23.75)
• At the Texas Invitational, he took third in the 200 freestyle (1:35.30), fourth in the 500 freestyle (4:20.71), fifth in the 200 butterfly (1:46.49), 11th in the 100 freestyle (44.28) and 25th in the 50 freestyle (20.17)
• Earned second place in the 200 freestyle in four dual matches against Georgia, Auburn, Arizona and Texas A&M
• Won the 200 butterfly against SMU (1:49.31) while also taking second in the 50 freestyle (20.85)
• Took second place in the 100 freestyle at Texas A&M with a time of 44.72
• Competed in six different individual events throughout the season
• Won the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:22.94 at the Texas Invitational and earned a second place time of 2:52.33 in the 400 freestyle relay
BEFORE TEXAS
• Teamed up with future Longhorn teammate Kip Darmody to win gold for the USA in the 400m freestyle and medley relays at the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Championships
• Won gold in the 200m freestyle with a meet-record time of 1:48.44 at the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, where he also won silver in the 100m freestyle
• Won the 200m freestyle (1:49.37) at the 2010 Speedo Junior National Championships
• Holds Michigan state high school records in the 50, 100, 200 and 500-yard freestyle events, in addition to the 100-yard butterfly
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 21, 1992 in Fremont, Mich. ... son of Jeffrey and Julie Youngquist ... has two sisters: Amy (30) and Brittany (28) ... swam for his mother at Lakeview Aquatic Club ... major is advertising.
