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Michael Hart

Michael Hart - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-9
Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
Last School Lakota West
Year Senior
Event Fly
Michael Hart - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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• Named to the 2009-10 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Named to the 2010-11 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• 2009-10 J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award
In Tech[apos]s Record Books:
• 200 Fly (7th), 1:48.62
As A Junior In 2011-12: Recorded three season-best times at the Virginia Tech Invitational in early February, including a career-best 200 free time… Claimed fifth place in the 200 free at VT by putting down a time of 1:40.98, that shaved nearly three seconds off his previous career best… Was eighth in the 100 fly (50.02) and third in the 200 fly (1:48.80)… Was clocked in a season-best 4:42.29 in the 500 free at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

As A Sophomore In 2010-11: Set three season best times at the 2011 ACC Championships … Earned the team[apos]s fastest 200-Fly time of the season touching the wall in 1:48.62, notched a 49.69 second finish in the 100-Fly and jetted to a 4:37.55 finish in the 500-Free … Took first place in the 200-Fly at Davidson with a time of 1:52.47.

As A Freshman In 2009-10: Finished 21st in the 200-Fly at the ACC Championships with a time of 1:50.79, recording a PR in the preliminaries of the race (1:49.86) … Took home second in the 200-Fly and third in the 100-Fly with times of 1:51.33 and 50.97 respectively … Finished in third place in the 100-Fly with a time of 53.31 at UNC … Swam the anchor leg of the 400-Free Relay team that took home the win against Alabama, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast and Western Kentucky with a time of 3:08.99.

High School: Three-year letterwinner for Coach Dennis Beck … 2009 district and sectional champion in the 100-fly … 100-fly conference champion in the 100-fly in 2008 and 2009 … 2009 conference champion in the 200-free … 2008 and 2009 Southwest Ohio High School Classic 200-fly champion and 2008 Ohio Senior Short Course Championship in the 200-fly … 2008-09 All-American in the 100-fly … Three-time Scholastic All-American … 2009 Conference Swimmer of the Year and two-time first team All-Conference … Two-time recipient of school[apos]s Most Outstanding Swimmer award … Two-year letterwinner on academic quiz team and one-year as catcher on the baseball team … Holds school records in the 100-fly, 200-free, 400-free relay, 200-free relay and 200-medley relay … Fifth place individual finish at state meet was best performance in school history and helped lead team to best finish ever (12th) as a team … Top 25 in a class of 643, High Honors, Mu Alpha Theta (Activities and Service Coordinator), Senior Board of Governors (senior class representative), National Honors Society and National Latin Honors Society.

Personal: Born Michael Hamilton Hart on March 14, 1991, in Cincinnati, Ohio … Parents are Arthur and Grace Hart … Brother of Alex and Kendall … Chose Georgia Tech because of the academics (especially for chemical engineering), swimming program and great atmosphere in downtown Atlanta … Lists most memorable athletic accomplishment as winning conference[apos]s Swimmer of the Year award … Hobbies include Red[apos]s baseball games, church softball, musical theater, Church Praise and Worship Band, Young Life, bass guitar and pick-up basketball … A Chemical Engineering major.

Hart[apos]s Career Top Times (through 2010-11 season)
EVENT TIME LOCATION
200 Free 1:40.98 2011 Virginia Tech Invitational
500 Free 4:37.35 2011 ACC Championships
100 Fly 49.69 2011 ACC Championships
200 Fly 1:48.62 2011 ACC Championships
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