Mike Barrowman

Beginning in the Fall of 1988, Barrowman attended the University of Michigan, and swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Big Ten Conference competition under Hall of Fame Coach and former University of Michigan swimmer Jon Urbanchek. Urbanchek held the NCAA championship in the one-mile freestyle while at Michigan. He was named the Big 10 Athlete of the Year (all sports) in 1991. Between 1989 and 1991, he won three consecutive NCAA national championships in the 200-yard breaststroke, and was named NCAA Swimmer of the Year in 1990. His NCAA record of 1:53.77 from 1990, would stand strong for eleven years, and was the oldest men's NCAA record in 2001, when it was broken by Brendan Hansen. Barrowman broke the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke six times, and held the world's record for over thirteen years; both achievements are world records in themselves. ==1988-92 Olympics==

At the August, 1988 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Austin, Texas, Barrowman had to cut seven and one-half seconds from his 200-meter breaststroke, from a time of 2:21.39 to an American record time of 2:13.74, to place first in the event in the trial finals and make the 1988 US Olympic Team and compete in Seoul. Barrowman placed what he considered a somewhat disappointing fourth in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:15.45. Barrowman had swum in third place before being dropped to fourth. Barrowman's former coach Joszef Nagy was also coaching Hungarian swimmer Jozsef Szabo who took the gold medal with a time of 2:13.52. World records, championships Barrowman set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke in 1989 at the USA Swimming Long Course National Championships with a time of 2:12.90. In 1991, he was named Champion of the World in the World Championships in Perth, Australia, winning the 200-meter breaststroke in world record time. Dominating breaststroke during his career, he was selected as a finalist for the AAU Sullivan Award in 1990, 1991 and 1993. ==See also==