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  Tomonori Tsuji

Tomonori Tsuji

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Osaka, Japan

High School:
Kishiwada Senior

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 160

Event:
Breaststroke

2001-02: One of the ACC’s top breaststroke talents…Broke his own school record in the 100 breast at the ACC Championships with a time of 54.85…Placed fourth in the 100 and 200 breast at the conference meet…Competed in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season, placing 38th…Also competed on Tech’s 400 medley and 800 free relays that placed 17th at NCAAs…Member of 400 medley relay team that placed second and established a school record at the ACC Championships…Ranks as the program’s all-time best in the 100 and 200 breast...ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2000-01: Finished 13th in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, earning honorable mention All-America honors...Placed 22nd at NCAA Championships in 100 breast...Named All-ACC after placing second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast at the ACC Championships...Also a member of 400 medley relay team that placed fourth...School record holder in 100 and 200 breast...Finished season among the top eight in three different events on Tech’s all-time top-10 list...Member of Tech record-holding 400 medley relay squad...Recipient of the team’s Tommy Towles Scholar-Athlete Award...ACC Honor Roll.

1999-2000: Finished fourth in both the 100 and 200 breast at the ACC Championships, earning NCAA “B” Qualifying times in both events...Recipient of the team’s J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award...Dean’s List for Winter 2000 Semester...ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Swam three seasons at Kishiwada High School...Trained with the Tucson Swim Club for a year-and-a-half...Coached by Sergio Lopez, a bronze medal winner in the 200 breast in the 1992 Olympic Games...Participated in the Junior National Championships and placed fifth in the 200 breaststroke...Captured third place in the 200 breast in the Japan Junior High Nationals.

Personal: Transferred from University of Arizona...Born April 27, 1979...Majoring in computer science...Parents are Toshinari and Akemi Tsuji.

TSUJI’S LIFETIME BESTS:
	100 Breast	54.85
	200 Breast	1:58.37
	200 IM	1:54.18

TSUJI’S HONORS: Honorable Mention All-American 2001 All-ACC 2001

	


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