Mohamed Samy

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cairo, Egypt
Prev School:
Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport

SENIOR YEAR (2019-20)
CSCAA All-American ... First Team All-Big Ten … Big Ten bronze medalist in the 100 Freestyle (43.38) and the 200 Freestyle (1:32.91) … narrowly missed a medal in the 200 IM at the conference meet with a fourth-place finish and a career-best mark of 1:42.85 … member of the NCAA A Cut and CBAC Pool Record 200 Freestyle Relay team that won Big Ten gold with a time of 1:16.30 … closed out the Big Tens as a champion in the 400 Freestyle Relay with an NCAA A Cut and CBAC Pool Record time of 2:48.43 … member of the third place 800 Freestyle Relay team that finished with an NCAA A Cut time of 6:15.53 at the 2020 Big Ten Championships ... Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 27) ... notched wins in the 200 freestyle (1:36.98) and 400 freestyle relay (2:52.84) at Louisville ... earned a pair of victories against Purdue in the 100 backstroke (47.56) and the 200 breaststroke (1:58.68) ... won the 200 freestyle (1:35.57) and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team (2:56.00) at Michigan ... claimed 10th in the 100 backstroke (55.32), 12th in the 100 freestyle (49.82), 12th in the 200 IM (2:00.68), and 20th in the 200 freestyle (1:50.98) at the 2019 U.S. Open ... racked up six event titles at the Tenneess Invitational in the 200 freestyle (1:33.65), 200 backstroke (1:41.03), 200 IM (1:44.00), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.41), 400 freestyle relay (2:50.11), and 800 freestyle relay (6:22.79) ... captured gold in the 200 freestyle (1:35.14), the 400 IM (3:48.99), and was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:19.46) in the Louisville-Texas tri-meet ... added four more victories to his resume in the tri-meet against Iowa and Michigan with three individual wins: 100 free (43.20), 200 free (1:35.30), and 200 IM (1:44.95) and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team (2:55.35) ... tallied three individual wins at the UK-ND tri-meet in the 100 freestyle with a time of 43.88, the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:37.59, and the 200 IM with a time of 1:47.36.

2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Swimming for Team Egypt, placed 16th in the 50m backstroke (25.16), 24th in the 4x100m medley relay (3:39.03), 32nd in the 200m IM (2:02.57) and 39th in the 100m backstroke (55.87).

JUNIOR YEAR (2018-19)
Earned five All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten ... member of the 800 freestyle relay that earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish in a time of 6:07.35 … part of the 200 freestyle relay that placed fourth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:15.41, earning All-America honors … also a member of the 400 freestyle relay team that earned All-America honors with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Championships with a time of 2:47.22 … tied for 10th in the 200 freestyle at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:32.29, earning Honorable-Mention All-America honors … placed 12th in the 100 freestyle at the NCAA Championships with a time of 42.27, earning Honorable-Mention All-America honors … finished 28th in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:43.70 … member of the Big Ten Champion 800 freestyle relay that won gold with a NCAA A cut and pool record time of 6:11.02 … Big Ten Champion in the 400 freestyle, winning gold with a NCAA A cut time of 2:48.67 … took fifth in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:41.93 … placed sixth in the 200 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:33.96 … also took sixth in the 100 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 46.64 ... touched first in the 50 freestyle (19.98), 200 freestyle (1:36.60), 200 backstroke (1:45.62) and 400 freestyle relay (2:55.12) in win over No. 8 Louisville ... won the 200 backstroke (1:45.85) and the 400 freestyle relay (2:57.23) against No. 24 Purdue ... touched first in the 200 freestyle (1:35.24, NCAA B cut) and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:55.33) against No. 4 Michigan ... won the 200 freestyle (1:32.97) and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:49.56, NCAA A cut) and 800 freestyle relay (6:17.78, NCAA A cut) at the IU Invitational ... won the 200 freestyle with a NCAA B cut of 1:33.75 and was also a member of the winning 800 freestyle relay (6:18.68) at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge ... took first in the 50 freestyle (20.04) and 100 freestyle (43.60, NCAA B cut) against No. 1 Texas and No. 8 Florida ... also a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:54.78) ... won the 200 freestyle (1:36.87) against No. 22 Missouri, No. 23 Notre Dame and Kentucky and was also a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:58.07).

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2017-18)
Earned five All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten ... member of the 800 freestyle relay that placed second at the NCAA Championships with a Big Ten and school record time of 6:06.01, earning All-America honors … placed fourth in the 200 freestyle at the NCAA Championships with a personal-best time of 1:31.73, earning All-America accolades … member of the 400 freestyle relay that placed sixth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 2:47.29, earning All-America honors … took 13th in the 100 backstroke at the NCAA Championships with a personal-best time of 45.52, earning Honorable-Mention All-America honors … placed 15th in the 200 backstroke at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:41.66, earning Honorable-Mention All-America accolades … won the Big Ten championship in the 200 backstroke with a NCAA B cut of 1:39.68 … part of the 400 freestyle relay that won the Big Ten championships with a NCAA A cut of 2:48.81 … member of the Big Ten champion 800 freestyle relay that set the school and pool record with a NCAA A cut of 6:11.50 … won silver in the 200 freestyle at Big Ten’s with a NCAA B cut of 1:32.56 … also won silver in the 100 backstroke at Big Ten’s with a NCAA B cut of 45.84 … won the 200 freestyle against No. 14 Louisville with a NCAA B cut of 1:34.76 ... also a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:54.54) against the Cardinals ... touched first in the 200 freestyle against Purdue with a NCAA B cut of 1:36.47 ... won the 200 backstroke against No. 8 Michigan with a NCAA B cut time of 1:44.42 ... also a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:54.83) against the Wolverines ... touched first as part of three relays at the Purdue Invitational ... part of the winning 400 medley relay (3:05.57) that set a pool record with a NCAA A cut time ... member of the winning 800 freestyle relay that touched with a NCAA A cut time of 6:17.75 ... also on the winning 200 medley relay with a NCAA B cut of 1:25.09 ... won the 200 freestyle with a NCAA B cut time of 1:37.71 against No. 13 Notre Dame and Cincinnati ... also a member of the winning 200 medley relay (1:28.75) ... placed first in the 100 backstroke (47.99) and the 200 backstroke (1:45.65) against No. 15 Tennessee and Kentucky with NCAA B cuts ... also a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:55.04) ... won the 100 backstroke (48.15) and 400 IM (3:50.02) in victories over No. 2 Texas and No. 4 Florida with NCAA B cut marks ... also a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:54.62), 200 medley relay (1:27.12) and 400 medley relay (3:11.19).

FRESHMAN YEAR (2016-17)
Earned three All-America honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … part of the 400 freestyle relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 2:49.53 earning All-America honors ... placed 29th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 43.03 at the NCAA Championships ... finished 13th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:33.49 at the NCAA Championships earning Honorable Mention All-America Honors ... placed 13th in the 200 freestyle at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:33.49 ... finished 33rd in the 200 IM with a time of 1:45.62 at the NCAA Championships ... part of the 800 freestyle relay team that placed ninth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 6:13.45 receiving All-America Honorable Mention ... finished ninth in the 100 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 43.13 ... member of the 400 freestyle relay team that placed first at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 2:48.29 ... notched a fifth place finish 200 freestyle with a time of 1:34.05 at the Big Ten Championships ... captured a 17th place finish in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:45.17 ... member of the 800 freestyle relay team that topped the podium at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:31.83 … won both the 100 freestyle (44.44) and the 400 IM (3:56.60) against Purdue ... member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team (2:56.77) against Michigan.