2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Third Team
2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team
2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team
2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2015-16 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2013-14 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2016-17 (Senior): Competed for the Jackets in the 50 free, 100 back, 200 back and medley relay events … Turned in a new career-best time of 48.18 in the 100 back at the 2017 ACC Championships … Part of the 200 free relay team that turned in the fastest time of the season for the Jackets at 1:19.79 at the ACC Championships … Turned in the fourth-fastest time for the Jackets this season in both the 100 back (48.18) and the 200 back (1:46.31) events, both of which were NCAA ‘B’ qualifying times … Also recorded the fifth-fastest time on the year for Tech in the 50 free (20.50) … A member of the third-fastest time for the Jackets on the year in both the 200 free relay (1:21.45) and the 200 medley relay (1:29.42) … Touched the wall fifth overall in both the 100 free (48.20) and the 100 back (51.01) in the double-dual meet at BC and Pitt … Finished runner-up in the 50 free (21.12) in the ACC dual meet versus Notre Dame … Also finished fourth in the 200 back (1:50.38) and sixth in the 100 back (51.00) versus the Irish … Took fourth in the 100 back (51.06) and fifth in the 200 back (1:51.10) in the head-to-head meet versus Georgia … Won the 200 back event (1:50.24) and took second overall in the 50 back (23.54) in the tri-meet with Cincinnati and FAU… Posted a fifth-place finish in the 200 back versus Alabama (1:50.04) and against SCAD and Florida State (1:50.59) … Finished sixth in the 100 back (50.39) versus FSU and SCAD … Posted two top-25 finishes at the 2017 ACC Championships in the 100 back (22nd) and 200 back (25th) … Named to the 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Third Team … Earned a spot on the 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-District Men’s At-Large Team … Was named to the 2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team … Recognized as a 2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.
2015-16 (Junior): Posted career-best times at the 2016 ACC Championships in both the 100 back and 200 back, both ranking in the all-time top-10 list for the Yellow Jackets … Recorded a career-best morning swim in the 200 back at the ACC Championships to help secure his spot in the finals that night … His 200 back time was good enough to give him the sixth-fastest time in Tech history … Set career-bests at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 50 free and the 100 free with a time of 20.42 in the 50 free and a time of 45.53 in the 100 free … 2015-16 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Posted career-best times in both the 100 and 200 back events at the Yellow Jacket Championship Qualifier, both of which rank among the Yellow Jackets’ all-time top-10 … Placed second in finals of the qualifier in the 100 back with time of 48.56 … Was also third overall in the finals in the 200 back by touching the wall in a time of 1:46.77.
2013-14 (Freshman): Was Tech’s sixth-fastest swimmer in the 50 free and seventh in the 100 free on the season … Also posted the Yellow Jackets’ second-best 200 back time on the year … Scored points at the ACC Championships in both the 100 back and 200 back, recording a 22nd-place finish in the 200 back with a season-best time of 1:47.97 … Was clocked at 49.78 in the 100 back at the ACC meet, which was also good for 22nd-place … His 200 back time ranks as the eighth-fastest in Tech history.
Before Tech: Swam from 2007-12 at J.L. Mann High School in Greenville, S.C. … Served as a senior captain … A six-time all-state and all-region selection … Captured the 4A State Championship in the 100 back event in 2011 … Set South Carolina state records in the 50m free, and in both the 200m and 800m free relays … Won the 50m free at the YMCA National Championships.
Personal: Full name is Robert Alexander Borowicz … Born Dec. 8, 1994 in Columbia, S.C. … Son of Eric and Jackie Borowicz … .Has three older sisters — Sarah, Kate and Emma … Sister Kate ran track and cross country for the Yellow Jackets from 2009-10 before transferring to Clemson… Sister Emma ran track, cross country at South Carolina from 2009-12 … Chose to attend Tech because of its highly-rated computer science program and the city of Atlanta … Majoring in computer science.
Borowicz’s Career Top Times (through 3/29/17) | ||
EVENT | TIME | MEET |
50 Free | 20.42 | 2016 ACC Championships |
100 Free | 45.53 | 2016 Yellow Jacket Championship Qualifier |
200 Free | 1:44.99 | 2013 Georgia Tech Invitational |
100 Back | 48.18 | 2017 ACC Championships |
200 Back | 1:45.88 | 2016 ACC Championships |