Vanja Rogulj
Class:Junior
Hometown:Zagreb, Croatia
High School:Split
Height / Weight:6-0 / 165
Event:Breast/I.M.
NCAA All-American: 2005: 100 Breast (1st), 200 Breast (1st), 200 FR (H.M.); 2004: 100 Breast (H.M.), 200 Breast (H.M.), 400 MR ACC Champion: 2005: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400 MR; 2004: 200 Breast, 400 MR
UVa Career Bests: 50 Free (21.36), 100 Breast (53.27), 200 Breast (1:56.57), 200 I.M. (1:50.56)
Continues to make an impact on the ACC, NCAA and international levels in the breaststroke … tremendous relay competitor … had fastest 100 breaststroke split at the 2005 NCAA Championship meet … represented Croatia in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games … has the ability to challenge for a NCAA title in the breaststroke … 2005 Men’s ACC Swimmer of the Year … holds the second-fastest spot in the 100 breast and third spot in the 200 breast on the UVa all-time top times list … a member of the 200 medley relay team that holds the school record (1:27.70) … a five-time All-American, including two first-team awards in 2005 … a five-time ACC champion.
2004-2005- Named the Men’s ACC Swimmer of the Year … earned first-team All-America accolades in the 200 breast by finishing fifth at NCAAs … placed sixth in the 100 breast at NCAA to garner first-team honors as well … was a member of the 16th-place 200 free relay at NCAAs to earn honorable mention accolades … won the 200 breaststroke for the second consecutive year at the ACC Championships … also won the 100 breaststroke at ACCs … was a member of the ACC title-winning 400 medley relay … swam in the consolation finals of the 200 I.M. at ACCs (10th) … swam on the 200 medley relay that set the school record (1:27.70) at the Last Chance Meet held at UVa … competed in the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke at the FINA World Championships in Indianapolis in October 2004 … was awarded the Ramirez Scholarship.
2003-2004- Earned the first All-America certificates of his career at the NCAA Championships … finished 10th in the 200-meter breast and 14th in the 100-meter breast at NCAAs to earn two honorable mention honors … also earned a certificate for swimming the breaststroke leg of Virginia’s ninth-place 400 medley relay at the NCAAs … won the ACC title in the 200 breast at the ACC Championships … earned All-ACC honors for his second-place finish in the 100 breast at ACCs … was a member of the Cavaliers’ ACC champion 400 medley relay … represented Croatia at the 2003 World Championships and placed 24th in the 50-meter breaststroke and 38th in the 100 breast … also competed in the 400-meter medley relay and helped Croatia to a 15th-place finish … is the Croatian National champion in the 100-meter breast.
Prep & Personal- Represented Croatia in the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney, Australia … holds the Croatian national records in the 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke … son of Silvija and Andrija Rogulj … born February 13, 1982 in Split, Croatia.
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