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Charles Perks

Charles Perks - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 6-0
Major Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown Hartford, Conn.
Last School West Hartford Aquatic Team
Year Junior
Charles Perks - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • 2023-24 ACC All-Academic Team
  • 2023-24 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Sits ninth the program history for 500 free (4:22.87), 10th in 1000 free (9:14.34) and fifth in 1650 free (15:09.34)

2023-24 (Sophomore): Competed in distance freestyle … Finished fifth in the 1000 free (9:27.82) and sixth in the 500 free (4:43.36) vs Georgia … Brought home second in the 1650 free (16:00.03) vs Emory … Finished seventh in the 1000 free (9:14.34), eighth in the 500 free (4:28.10) and fourth in the 800 L free (8:37.40) vs Texas A&M and Texas … Finished second in the 200 fly (1:50.63) and 21st in both the 500 free (4:25.40) and 1650 free (14:31.10) at the Georgia Fall Invite … Brought home second in both the 1000 free (9:26.15) and 500 free (4:35.10) vs Queens and Gardner-Webb … Finished fourth in the 1650 free (15:25.37) and fifth in the 500 free (4:31.62) vs South Carolina … Finished second in the 1000 free (9:17.83) vs ECU and Carson Newman .. Swam in the prelims for the 500 free and 200 fly at ACCs

2022-23 (Freshman): Competed in distance freestyle … Opened his collegiate career with a second place finish in the 1000 free (9:26.77) and third place in the 500 free (4:40.01) vs Emory … Finished fourth in the 500 free (4:39.04) and third in the 1000 free (9:30.73) vs UNCW and Campbell … Came in fourth in the 1000 free ((;18.85) and seventh in the 500 free (4:34.72) vs FSU … Finished second in both the 500 fre e(4:33.95) and 1650 free (15:50.91) vs Pitt and BC … Swam in three events at the Georgia Fall Invitational – 200 free (1:40.07), 500 free (4:24.37) and 1650 free (15:20.09) … Finished fourth in the 1000 free (9:23.81) and fifth in the 500 free (4:30.66) vs SCAD and Texas A&M … Finished third in the 1000 free (9:22.62) and fifth in the 500 free (4:35.15) vs Auburn … Brought home a second place finish in the 1650 free (15:32.15) and third place finish in the 500 free (4:29.78) vs Queens and West Florida … Finished second in both the 1000 free (9:21.03) and 500 free (4:32.789) vs Carson-Newman … Placed first in the 500 free (4:33.32) and second in the 200 free (1:41.66) vs  Gardner-Webb … Swam a NCAA B Cut time 1650 free finals (15:19.59) at ACCs, finished 16th

Before Tech: One season of swim, water polo and track & field in high school … 2022 All-American in the 200 & 500 Free … Scholastic All-American from 2020-2022 … Ranked third in the nation in the 1000 Free and fourth for the 1650 Free in 2021 for the 17-year old age division … Connecticut state record in the 1000 Free for 17-18 year old age division … Male high-point winner during the 2022 Ithaca Short Course Sectionals … Science National Honor Society … American History Book Award … American History Student of the Year

Personal: Chose Tech because of the academics, athletics and team culture … Enjoys hiking, building puzzles, reading, watching TV and playing video games

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