| Susana Escobar |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Queretaro, Mexico
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| High School:
Instituto Orrente Arboledas
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| Height:
5-9
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| Event:
Freestyle
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| Experience:
3L
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• All-American
• Three-time honorable mention All-American
• Big 12 Champion
• 2008 Beijing Olympics participant
• 2009 FINA World Championships participant
Top Times (SCY)
200 free - 1:47.36
500 free - 4:40.61
1,650 free - 16:07.89
2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
• placed 16th in the 1500m freestyle (16:31.30), 23rd in the 800m freestyle (8:41.10) and 25th in the 400m freestyle (4:14.70)
2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
• Won her 400m freestyle heat in 4:11.99 to place 20th overall and claimed her 800m freestyle heat in 8:33.51 to place 18th; also placed 30th in the 400m IM at 4:47.32
AS A JUNIOR (2008-09)
• placed 16th in the 1,650 freestyle (16:09.14), 18th in the 500 freestyle (4:41.33) and 44th in the 200 freestyle (1:47.65) at the NCAA Championships
• won the 1,650 freestyle (16:13.53), placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:41.87) and took seventh in the 200 freestyle (1:47.36) at the Big 12 Championships
• took second in the 200 freestyle (1:49.17) against SMU
• won the 1,650 freestyle (16:23.41) and took second in the 500 freestyle (4:46.87) against Arizona
• won the 500 freestyle (4:50.65) and took second in the 1000 freestyle (9:56.84) at Texas A&M
• placed third in the 500 freestyle (4:46.32) and the 1000 freestyle (9:46.79) at Georgia
• won the 500 freestyle (4:46.45) and the 1000 freestyle (9:47.55) at Auburn
• took second in the 1,650 freestyle (16:10.70), fourth in the 500 freestyle (4:43.77) and third in the 200 freestyle consolation final (1:47.82) at the Texas Invitational
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
• earned her first individual All-America honor by taking seventh in the 500 freestyle (4:41.86) at the NCAA Championships
• added her first individual honorable mention All-America certificate by taking 10th in the 1,650 freestyle in a new personal-best mark of 16:07.89 at the NCAA Championships; also placed 29th in the 400 IM at the NCAA meet
• captured her first Big 12 individual title, winning the 1,650 freestyle in a then-personal best of 16:18.86
• placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:43.36) and fourth in the 400 IM (4:13.84) at the Big 12 Championships
• claimed the 500 freestyle against Arizona (4:53.94), Texas A&M (4:52.20) and SMU (4:50.89)
• won the 1,000 freestyle against Arizona (9:57.21), Texas A&M (9:52.57) and SMU (10:02.59)
• captured the 1,650 freestyle at the Texas Invitational (16:22.08)
• placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:45.04) and seventh in the 400 IM (4:19.73) at the Texas Invitational
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
• swam the second leg (1:48.60) of the 800-yard freestyle relay that placed 10th at the NCAA Championship
• placed 18th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:45.82), 22nd in the 400-yard IM (4:17.77) and 41st in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:51.29) at the NCAA Championship
• placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:46.18), fourth in the 400 IM (4:17.58) and fifth in the 1,650 freestyle (16:32.31) at the Big 12 Championship
• claimed the 500 freestyle at Texas A&M (4:53.62)
• added second-place finishes in the 500 freestyle against Nebraska (4:56.55), Stanford (4:54.76), and Indiana (4:54.92) and against Arizona and SMU (4:51.88)
• captured the 1,650 freestyle against Arizona and SMU (16:43.59)
• claimed the 400 IM at Georgia (4:22.59) and added second-place finishes in the event against Stanford (4:20.18) and Arizona and SMU (4:19.37)
• took second in the 200 butterfly against Texas A&M (2:02.34) and Georgia (2:03.40)
OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEETS
• helped Mexico to fourth place in the 800-meter freestyle relay (split 2:04.06) and placed seventh in the 400-meter IM (4:52.30) at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• captured three gold medals at the Central American Games
• finalist at the 2005 World University Games
BEFORE TEXAS
• swam for the AMV La Loma Swim Club under coach Jack Roach
• named Athlete of the Year for the Acuatica Nelson Vargas swim club
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jose Juan Escobar and Mercedes Tomes ... has five siblings: Jose Juan, 28; Carmen, 27; Mercedes, 25; Luis, 23 and Priscy, 22 ... member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008) ... born on Dec. 13, 1987 in Guanajuato, Mexico ... major is kinesiology ... recipient of the 2007 UT Women's Athletics Bernard and Audre Rapoport Endowed Presidential Scholarship.
