Vlad Polyakov
9/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
???? World Champion
?? 200 breaststroke
???? 2006 All-American
???? 2006 honorable mention
All-American
???? 2006 Academic All-American
???? 2006 SEC Champion
?? 100 and 200 breaststroke
???? 2006 All-SEC
???? 2005 NCAA Champion
- 200 breaststroke
???? 2005 All-American
???? 2005 honorable mention
All-American
???? 2005 Academic All-American
???? 2005 SEC Champion
?? 100 and 200 breaststroke
???? 2005 All-SEC
???? 2004 World Short Course Championships Bronze Medalist ?? 100 and 200 breaststroke
???? 2004 Olympian
?? two-time finalist
???? 2003 All-American
???? 2003 honorable mention
All-American
???? School record holder
- 100 and 200 breaststroke
???? SEC Record Holder
?? 200 breaststroke
Alabama Highlights:
2006 ?? Junior
?? Won the 200m breaststroke at the FINA World Championships, becoming the first Tide swimmer to win an individual World title
?? Took second at the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, his third top-2 finish in the 200
?? Took fifth in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, posting a new school record 53.07
?? Undefeated in the breaststroke through the SEC Championships and the U.S. Open
?? Repeated as SEC 100 and 200 breaststroke Champion
?? Set a new SEC record in the 200 breaststroke, bettering his own mark by nearly a second
?? Part of the Tide’s U.S. Open Champion 400 medley relay
?? 2005-06 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Team
?? Academic All-SEC
2005 ?? Sophomore
?? NCAA 200 Breaststroke Champion, posting a school record 1:53.93 in the process
?? Fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a school record 53.26
?? SEC 200 Breaststroke Champion, setting an SEC and O’Connell Center pool record of 1:55.09
?? SEC 100 Breaststroke Champion, setting an O’Connell Center pool record of 53.58 in the process
?? Part of the Tide’s school record setting 200 and 400 medley relay teams
?? Earned bronze medals in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the 2004 World Short Course Championships
?? 2004-05 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Team
?? Academic All-SEC
Summer 2004
?? Finaled in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the Athens Olympics
?? One of only three athletes at the Athens Olympics to final in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke along with world record holder Brendan Hansen and double gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima
2004 ?? Redshirt
?? Redshirted to train for the Olympic games
?? Won the 200 breaststroke at the U.S. Spring National Championships
2003 - Freshman
?? Finished second in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a school record 1:55.38
?? Won the consolation final of the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a school record 53.69
?? Part of the Tide’s school record setting 200 medley relay at the NCAA Championships
?? All-American in the 200 breaststroke and as part of the 200 medley relay
?? Honorable mention All-American in the 100 breaststroke
?? Second in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships
Prep Highlights:
?? Swam for Michael Lohberg at Coral Springs Swim Club (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
?? Attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
?? Second in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 US Open
?? Third in the 100 breaststroke at the 2001 US Open
?? Third in the 200 breaststroke at the 2000 U.S. Junior National Championships
?? Holds 100 breaststroke school record
?? 2000 Florida 100 breaststroke state champion
?? 2001 Florida 100 breaststroke state runner-up
Personal Information:
?? Full name: Vladislav Polyakov
?? Son of Vitaliy and Galina Polyakov
?? Sister, Alina
?? Marketing-World Business major
?? Born November 30, 1983
Top Times:
100 breaststroke 53.07
200 breaststroke 1:53.93
