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2021-22 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Albert Gwo

  • Position Free/Fly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mountain View, Calif.
  • Previous School Los Altos
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Enrolled In Columbia College

Biography

Top Times:
50 Free: 19.32 (2020 Ivy League Championships, 02/27/20)
100 Free: 43.08 (2020 Ivy League Championships, 02/29/20)
200 Free: 1:46.24 (2017 Big Al Invitational, 12/02/17)
100 Fly: 46.85 (2019 Ivy League Championships, 03/01/19)

  • 2020 NCAA Championships Qualifier
  • 2020 Ivy League Champion in 50 Free
  • 2020 Ivy League Champion in 100 Free
  • 2020 Ivy League Champion in 200 Medley Relay
  • 2020 Ivy League Champion in 400 Medley Relay
  • 2020 First Team All-Ivy League (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 MR, 400 MR)
  • 2020 Second Team All-Ivy League (200 FR, 400 FR)

2019-20 (Junior)
Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships in the 50 freestyle, but was unable to compete at the event due to cancelation ... Swept the Ivy League sprint freestyle events, winning individual gold medals in both the 50 free (19.37) and 100 free (43.08) ... Also earned Ivy League gold medals as the anchor leg on both of Columbia’s winning 200 and 400 medley relay teams ... Second Team All-Ivy as runner-up finishers in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays ... Set the school record in the 50 freestyle, going 19.32 in Ivy League prelims, breaking his school record of 19.50 set earlier in the season at Princeton’s Big Al Invitational ... Also placed sixth in the 100 fly at the Ivy Championships (46.96) ... Went undefeated in the 50 free throughout the dual season.

2018-19 (Sophomore)
Qualified for the championship final in each of his three individual events at the Ivy League Championships ... Top finish at the league meet came in the 50 free, placing fifth with a personal-best time of 19.69, ranking third all-time in program history ... Placed sixth in the 100 fly with a PR of 46.85 ... Took eighth overall in the 100 free in 43.71 ... Won the 50 free at the Bruno Invitational on Nov. 30 with a time of 19.77 ... Won the 50 free in eight dual meets ... Swam anchor (19.12) on Columbia's 200 medley relay team which set the new school record of 1:26.61 at the Ivy League Championships.

2017-18 (First-Year)
Finished in the top 16 of all three individual events at the Ivy League Championships ... Top finish at the league meet came in the 50 free, placing 11th in 20.13 ... Posted a season-best time of 20.01 in 50 free prelims (20.01) which ranks sixth in Columbia record books ... Won the 50 free (20.45) vs. Brown (1/20) ... Won the 100 free (46.02) vs. Bucknell (1/14) ... Won the 50 free (20.56) and the 100 fly (50.18) vs. Cornell (1/13) ...  Key member of Columbia's relays, helping earn six relay victories in dual meets.

Prior to Columbia
Originally committed to Cal Berkeley before joining the Lions on Morningside Heights ... The No. 40 recruit in the nation in the class of 2016 according to CollegeSwimming.com ... Back-to-back CIF champion in the 50 free in 2015 and 2016 ... 2015 CIF champion in the 100 free ... 2015 Mercury News Boys Swimmer of the Year.

Personal
Enrolled in Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Freestyle/Butterfly
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Freestyle/Butterfly
  • 2019-20Junior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
  • 2020-21Senior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
  • 2021-22Senior

    Free/Fly