Indiana University Athletics
Outgoing Senior Spotlight: Richard Bryant
2/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
In the coming weeks, we will spotlight each IU outgoing-senior individually. The first Hoosier in the series is Bryant.
Senior Year (2004-05)
Won an event title with a first-place effort in the 200-yard freestyle against Michigan State ... placed in the top three 13 times ... posted five separate personal bests ... currently sits in third on IU's 400-yard IM chart and seventh in the 1,000-yard freestyle ... owns a pair of the top-100 times in the country (1,650 free: 100th; 400 IM: 70th).
Junior Year (2003-04)
Advanced to the finals heat of the 400-yard IM at the Big Ten Championships and finished eighth in the event ... also scored in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2004 Big Ten Championships with a 12th-place performance ... placed 21st in the 200-yard backstroke at the Big Ten meet ... had team season-bests in the 400 IM (3:52.63) and the 1000-yard freestyle (9:23.94) ... at the Indiana Invitational, finished second in the 400-meter IM and fourth in the 400-meter freestyle, the 200-meter backstroke and the 1650-yard freestyle ... was a triple-winner at Northwestern as he won the 1000 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 400 IM.
Sophomore Year (2002-03)
At Big Ten Championships, finished sixth in the 400-yard IM with career-best time of 3:52.40, the third fastest in Indiana history ... also at the Big Ten Championships, placed 13th in the 1650-yard freestyle and 17th in the 500-yard freestyle ... won the 200-yard freestyle and placed second in both the 500-yard and 1650-yard freestyle events at the Indiana Invitational ... at the Texas Invitational placed seventh in both the 500-yard and 1650-yard freestyle.
Freshman Year (2001-02)
Recorded the third-best 1000-yard freestyle time (9:19.00) in school history ... at the 2002 Big Ten Championships, he finished 16th in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:41.48, 24th in the 200-yard free (1:40.68) and 28th in the 500-yard free (4:31.81) ... also swam the third leg of Indiana's seventh-place 800-yard freestyle relay.
Prep/Personal
A finalist in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle at the European Junior Championships, Bryant was a member of the Great Britain Junior Team for three years ... won a bronze medal in the 400 IM at the 1999 European Youth Olympics in Denmark ... a Finance major.
Career Bests
200-yard Backstroke1:49.58 (2/28/04)
200-yard Breaststroke2:16.51 (10/15/04)
200-yard Butterfly1:51.95 (10/29/04)
100-yard Freestyle47.85 (1/21/05)
200-yard Freestyle1:39.59 (2/2/02)
500-yard Freestyle4:27.95 (12/5/02)
1,000-yard Freestyle9:40.95 (1/7/05)
1,650-yard Freestyle15:29.48 (3/1/03)
200-yard IM1:55.47 (10/29/04)
400-yard IM3:52.40 (2/28/03)
