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2022-23 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Kyle Won

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Seoul, South Korea
  • Previous School Lexington (Mass.)
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2022-23 (Sophomore)
Finished sixth-place in the 200- back (1:44.93) at the Ivy League Championships…Won the 200-back (1:48.90) at Cornell on Jan. 28… Won the 100-back (50.10) and 200-back (1:48.49) at Navy on Jan. 21…Won the 200-free against Brown on Jan. 13, clocking in at 1:40.19…Took third in the 200 IM at Yale on Nov. 12 with a time of 1:51.93…Won the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.09) at Penn on Nov. 5. Part of a relay team in the 400-yard freestyle that won with a time of 3:02.77…Won the 200 free (1:39.23) and 200 back (1:47.57) against Army on Nov. 4.

2021-22 (First-Year)
Set personal bests at the 2022 Ivy League Championships in the 200 Back (7th, 44.32), 100 Back (10th, 48.34) and 400 IM (20th, 3:54.74), also competed in the 50 Back (23.18)...Won the 100 Free (46.37) and 100 Back (49.71) against Cornell...Won the 100 Back versus Navy (49.10), Brown (50.14), and Penn (50.14)...Swam for first in the 200 Back against Army (1:48.98), Yale (1:48.62), Princeton (1:50.62), and Penn (1:48.54).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2021 graduate of Lexington High School in Massachusetts … Also attended Youngsan International School of Seoul in ninth grade … Competed at virtual 2020 U.S. Winter Juniors where he picked up lifetime bests in the 50/100 free, 100/200 back and 200/400 IM … He finished 26th in both backstrokes among all sites nationwide .. Participated in the 2019 Winter Junior Championships, racing in both backstrokes.

PERSONAL: Born January 2, 2003 … Son of Krystal and SooHo Won … Has one sibling, Justine … Enrolled at Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Back/IM
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Back/IM