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Rei Kuramoto

Rei Kuramoto - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-3
Major Civil Engineering
Hometown Fujisawa, Japan
Last School Burlingame High School (Burlingame, Calif.)
Rei Kuramoto - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • 2023-24 ACC All-Academic Team
  • 2023-24 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Sits in fifth in program history for 400 IM (4:16.38)

2023-24 (Senior): Freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer … Finished fourth in both the 200 free (1:49.21) and the 200 IM (2:02.44) vs FSU … Finished eighth in the 200 free (1:50.39), ninth in the 200 fly (2:02.24), third in the 200 L IM (2:24.72) and ninth in the 100 L fly (1:05.05) vs Texas A&M/Texas … . Swam in three events at the Georgia Fall Invitational – 200 fly (1:59.81), 200 fly (1:59.70) and 400 IM (4:19.39) … Finished second in the 200 L free (2:06.65) at the UGA Fall LC Time Trial … Finished third in both the 200 free (1:52.86) AND 200 IM (2:05.61) vs Queens and Gardner-Webb … Finished fifth in the 200 IM (2:01.25) and 200 free (1:49.69) vs South Carolina … Won the 200 fly (2:01.92) vs ECU and Carson Newman … Swam in the 200 fly finals (1:57.91, NCAA B cut), 200 IM final s(1:58.61, NCAA B Cut) and 400 IM finals (4:16.38, NCAA B Cut) at the ACC Championships

2022-23 (Junior): Freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer … Finished third in the 200 back (2:05.92) vs Emory … Finished sixth in the 200 free (1:54.81), fourth in the 200 IM (2:09.13) and 10th in the 200 back (2:09.66) vs UNCW and Campbell … Finished sixth in the 200 S IM (2:24.29), ninth in the 200 S fly (2:23.68) and seventh in the 200 S back (2:23.44) vs Georgia … Finished fifth in the 200 fly (2:04.54), seventh in the 200 IM (2:09.42) and sixth in the 200 back (2:08.31) vs FSU … Took sixth in the 200 free (1:53.49), fifth in the 200 fly (2:05.46) and seventh in the 200 back (2:08.02) vs Pitt and BC … Swam in three events at the Georgia Fall Invitational – 200 fly (2:01.76), 200 fly (2:01.32) and 400 IM (4:22.10) … Finished third in the 200 fly (2:02.70), fourth in the 200 IM (2:05.95) and second in the 100 fly (57.06) vs SCAD and Texas A&M … Finished fourth in the 200 free (1:52.63), third in the 200 IM (2:06.17) and eighth in the 100 fly (57.24) vs Auburn … Placed first in the 200 free (1:47.10), second in the 400 IM (4:21.57) and fourth in the 200 back (2:03.66) vs Queens and West Florida … Finished second in the 200 fly (2:02.49) and third in the 100 free (51.16) vs Carson-Newman … Won the 200 back (2:06.79), finished second in the 200 free (1:50.08) and fourth in the 500 free (5:10.17) vs Gardner-Webb … Recorded an NCAA B Cut time in the 200 fly (1:58.97) in the ACC Championships

2021-22 (Sophomore): Freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer … Recorded a personal best at the ACC Championships in the 200 IM (2:00.87), good for fifth all-time … Posted personal bests 200 free (1:49.93) and 500 free (4:57.69) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Swam the 200 fly (2:04.97) and 200 IM (2:07.17) against Gardner-Webb … Clocked times in the 200 free (1:50.21) and 100 fly (56.00) against Tulane and Arkansas … Turned in times in the 800 free (8:31.50) and 150 fly (1:31.41) against Northwestern and Miami … Recorded times in the 1650 free (17:58.81) and 100 fly (57.80) against Duke … Secured times in the 1000 free (10:31.84) and 100 fly (56.95) against North Carolina … Attained times in the 200 free (1:52.86) and 200 IM (2:06.14) against Florida State … Opened the season against SCAD in the 200 free (1:54.50) and 100 fly (57.08)

2020-21 (Freshman): Competed in the freestyle, butterfly and individual medley … Holds the tenth best 200 fly time (2:00.61), fifth best 200 IM time (2:01.78) and 400 IM (4:19.77) in program history … Clocked a personal best in the 400 IM (4:19.77) at the ACC Championships … Set a personal best in the 100 fly (55.56) against Vanderbilt … Turned in personal bests in the 50 free (24.84), 100 free (51.64), 200 free (151.27), 50 fly (26.01), 200 fly (2:00.61) and 200 IM (2:01.78) at the Georgia Invitational … Posted times in the 100 free (53.72), 200 free (1:54.76) and 100 fly (58.02) against Gardner Webb … Recorded times in the 200 free (1:55.05), 200 back (2:08.50) and 100 fly (57.90) against Alabama … Touched in 57.69 and 2:06.37 in the 100 fly and 200 fly, respectively, against Auburn … Secured times in the 200 free (1:51.56), 50 fly (26.38), 100 fly (56.59) and 200 fly (2:10.19) against Florida State

High School: Competed with Burlingame Aquatic Club & in Japan for Kanagawa Sohgoh High School… 2016-17 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American… 2016 & 2017 Burlingame HS Swim MVP… Winter Juniors West finalist in 2016… Broke 33 records at the Burlingame Aquatic Club… Placed sixth at Junior Nationals in Japan in the 200 Fly.

Personal: Picked Tech because of the schools resources, opportunities and swim team culture… Enjoys watching movies, reading books and spending time with family & friends… Plans to join Japanese Club and other volunteering/charity organizations.

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