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2008-09 Swimming & Diving Roster

Aaron Holdsworth

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wollongong, Australia
  • Highschool Illawarra Grammer

Biography

2008-09: Earned all-league first team honors in the 500 free (4:22.15) and 100 fly (48.16), as well as swimming legs on the school, league and meet-record setting 200 medley (1:24.44), 400 medley (3:12.33) and 800 free (6:30.71) relay teams ... All three of those relays, plus his mark in the 500 free, were NCAA `B' cuts.

2007-08: Earned all-league honors in three events at The Summit League Championships ... Won the 200-yard butterfly for the third straight year ... His time of 1:47.54 broke the school and meet record and was an NCAA 'B' cut ... Won the 500 freestyle (4:28.24, third fastest in Oakland history) and was runner-up in the 100 fly (48.67, fourth fastest time in school history).

2006-07: Earned First team All-Mid Con honors in the 200 fly and as a member of the 400 medley relay squad ... His time of 1:50.57 in the 200 fly was the second fastest in conference history ... Swam 50.30 to earn second team All-Mid Con honors in the 100 fly ... Placed fifth in the 500 free to finish with a total of 51 points.

2005-06: Earned First team All-Mid-Con honors after joining the Golden Grizzlies for the final three meets of the season ... He swam a Mid-Con record time of 1:49.92 to win the 200 fly ... Was third in the 100 fly (50.49) and sixth in the 50 free (21.25).

High School: Lettered in swimming at the Illwarra Grammer School ... Captain of the Tigs as a senior ... Set the Australian Schools record in the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 26.21.

Personal: Son of Debbie and Robert Holdsworth ... Holdsworth is majoring in Business Administration.

Holdsworth[apos]s Career Best Times
50
Free- 21.25, Mid-Con Championship, 2005-06
100 Free - 46.57, Miami Invitational, 11/29/07
200 Free - 1:39.70, Miami Invitational, 11/29/07
500 Free - 4:28.24, The Summit League Championships, 2/21/08
1000 Free - 9:39.71, Grizzly Quadrangular Meet, 10/27/07
100 Fly - 48.67, The Summit League Championships, 2/21/08
200 Fly - 1:47.54, The Summit League Championships, 2/21/08