Bryan Chovanec

Weight:
160
Height:
6-1
Position:
Freestyle
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Munster, Ind.
High School:
Munster

JUNIOR YEAR (2009-10)

Second in the 50 freestyle (19.86) at the Big Ten Championships, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors ... also competed in the 100 freetyle (49th- 46.01) ... swam the lead-off leg of the 200 free relay team which finished seventh at Big Tens (1:20.07) ... also took sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:28.71) ... had the five fastest times in the 50 free on the season ... also took second in the 50 free at a last chance meet at Ohio State (20.23) ... won the 50 free in a dual vs. Purdue (20.70), and at Northwestern (20.81) ... second in the event at Louisville (20.72) ... took fourth in a dual meet at Kentucky (20.81) ... 22nd in the 50-meter freestyle at the USA Swimming summer nationals (23.14).

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE YEAR (2008-09)

Placed 14th in the 50 freestyle (20.21) at the Big Ten Championships ... clocked a career best 19.76 in the prelims ... helped lead the 200 freestyle relay to a fifth-place finish with a time of 1:18.52 ... anchored the 200 medley relay team to a fifth-place finish in a time of 1:26.65 ... second in the 50 free (19.85) in a dual meet with Missouri and Ohio State ... took third in the event in a dual meet win over Purdue (20.09) and fourth against Michigan and Tennessee (20.09) ... third in the 50 free in a time of 20.22 against Michigan and Texas ... part of the school-record 200 free relay with a time of 1:18.02 at a last chance meet ... also posted the second-fastest time in school history of 1:18.20 against Missouri and Ohio State.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2007-08)

Redshirted ... competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50 freestyle.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2006-07)

Finished fifth in the 100 free with a season-best time of 46.59 in a dual meet with Purdue ... top time of 21.83 in the 50 free also came at that meet ... earned a pair of eighth-place finishes in the 500 free in dual meets with Northwestern and Arizona State.

PREP/PERSONAL
All-American and four-year letterwinner for Munster High ... was a team captain ... helped team place fifth at the IHSAA senior state meet ... claimed the state championship in the 50-yard freestyle ... Munster pool record holder ... son of Steve and Peggy Chovanec ... born June 1, 1987.