James Salazar Class: Senior Hometown: Huntsville, Ala. High School: Grissom Height / Weight: 6-0 / 150 Event: Back/IM/Free

2002-03: Team captain.

2001-02: Placed 20th in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships…Earned All-ACC accolades with a third-place finish in the 200 back…Member of the 400 medley relay that placed second at the ACC meet and 17th at the NCAA Championships…Also placed seventh in 100 back and 11th in 200 fly at ACC Championships…Swam on 800 free relay that placed 17th at NCAAs…Clocked a school record and lifetime-best in the 200 back (1:45.53) at the Auburn Last Chance Meet…Also ranks second in the 100 back and fifth in the 200 fly and 1000 free on Tech’s all-time top-10 list…Recipient of the team’s Chapman/Hiles Most Improved Athlete Award.

2000-01: Placed seventh in the 200 back and 14th in the 400 IM at the ACC Championships...Posted a career-best time of 1:48.98 in the 200 back at the Auburn Last Chance Meet...Finished the season as one of Tech’s all-time top-10 performers in five different individual events, including the program’s second-fastest time in the 200 back...ACC Academic Honor Roll.

1999-2000: Finished 12th in the 200 back and 13th in the 200 fly at the ACC Championships...Ended season ranked second in the 200 back, fourth in the 500, 1000 free and 200 fly, fifth in the 100 back and ninth in the 400 IM on Georgia Tech’s all-time top-10 performers list...Dean’s List for Winter 2000 semester...ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Grissom High School for coach Brooke Pate...Team captured Alabama State Championships in 1996, ‘97 and ‘99...Won individual state championships in the 500 freestyle as a sophomore and senior...Earned all-city and all-state honors all four years...Placed 16th in the 400 IM at the 1998 U.S. National Championships...Voted Huntsville Times Metro Swimmer of the Year in 1998...A U.S. Swimming Scholastic All-America honoree...1994 National Age Group Champion...Junior National Swimming Championships qualifier in the 100 backstroke, 200 IM, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free...Southeastern record holder in the 200 backstroke in the 13 and 15 age groups...National Merit Scholar...National Honor Society, Latin Honor Society and National Hispanic Scholar member.

Personal: James Michael Salazar...Born Jan. 5, 1981...Majoring in industrial engineering...Parents are Michael and Karen Salazar.

SALAZAR’S LIFETIME BESTS:
	100 Back	49.58
	200 Back	1:45.53
	200 Fly	1:49.99

SALAZAR’S HONORS:
	All-ACC	2002