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Villanova: Will bring leadership and experience to the distance freestyle events for Villanova...Wildcat co-captain. 2002-03: Placed 25th in the finals of the 1,650 freestyle at Big East Championships...Had season-best times in the 50 freestyle (26.06) and the 100 freestyle (54.30) at the Bucknell Sprint Invitational...Recorded season-best performances in the 200 free (1:48.01), 500 free (4:45.56) and 1,000 free (9:53.72) at the Princeton Invite...Swam his top time of 16:18.77 in the 1,650 freestyle at the RU Invite...Posted season best 2:06.46 in the 200 fly versus Notre Dame and Pittsburgh.
2001-2002: Swam a season-best 4:49.73 in the 500 yard freestyle at UVa...Posted a season-best time of 10:06.15 versus St. John's...Recorded a season best time of 16:31.21 at the Rutgers University Invitational...Tallied a 2:06.09 in the 200 butterfly versus UConn and Seton Hall, marking his season-best in that event...Finished first in the 1650 yard freestyle at the Rutgers Invitational with a time of 16:31.21. 2000-2001: One of the team's top distance freestyle swimmers last season...Posted top times in the 200 yard freestyle (1:47.65), the 500 yard freestyle (4:43.94) and the 1,650 yard freestyle (16:23.28) at the Princeton Invitational...Had a season-best time of 9:58.94 in the 1000 yard freestyle versus Maryland and Howard. Carson High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming for world renowned head coach Jack Simon...Carson Aquatic Club Swimmer of the Year in 1996-97 and 1997-98...Carson High School Swimmer of the Year in 2000...Hardest Worker Award recipient at the Olympic Training Center Camp...Member of the Junior National Team in the 800 and 1,500 in 2000, finishing 25th in the 1,500...Four-time Scholar Athlete award winner...National Honor Society member...Earned five All-State Academic Team accolades. Personal: Political Science/ English Chinese major...One of six children of Daniel and Heather Costella...Born 11/15/81. |
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