The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2007-08 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Mike Wong
- Position:
- Diving
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cerritos, Calif.
- High School:
- Cerritos
· Honorable Mention All-American
· Three-time All-Big 12
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
· Placed 17th in the platform event (294.55), and 29th in the one-meter (246.45) and three-meter (287.85) events at the NCAA Championships
· Claimed the platform event (621.15) and placed third in the one-meter event (648.90) and fourth in the three-meter event (633.70) at the NCAA Zone D Diving Meet
· Placed second in the platform event (355.95) and third in the one-meter event (324.67) at the Big 12 Championships
· Took sixth in the one-meter event (299.90) and eighth in the three-meter event (294.30) at the Texas Invitational
· Placed fourth in the one-meter event (280.88) and fifth in the three-meter event (299.70) at Texas A&M
· Registered a season-best 327.22 to take third in the one-meter event at SMU
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
· Scored 282.50 to place 16th and earned honorable mention All-America honors in the platform event at the NCAA Championships
· Placed 22nd in the three-meter event (325.35) and 31st in the one-meter event (257.55) at the NCAA Championships
· Took second in the three-meter (665.40), third in the one-meter (565.25) and fourth on the platform (589.40) at the NCAA Zone D Meet
· Placed second in the one-meter (328.90), three-meter (335.90) and platform (330.25) events at the Big 12 Championships
· Competed in each dual meet, claiming victories in the one-meter (317.20) and three-meter (320.20) events in Arizona/SMU tri-meet
· Placed second on the one-meter against California and Indiana (294.50), Florida (305.78), Georgia (310.95) and Texas A&M (330.37)
· Placed second on the three-meter against California and Indiana (334.85), Florida (326.63) and Texas A&M (338.92)
NATIONALLY
· Placed ninth in the 1-meter and eighth in the 3-meter at the 2006 U.S. Winter Junior Olympics
· Took 12th place in the platform at the 2006 U.S. Senior Nationals
· Captured the 3-meter event and placed third in the 1-meter and second on the platform at the 2006 AAU Nationals
· At the 2005 summer U.S. Junior Nationals, placed fifth in 3-meter synchro
· Also took 21st in 1-meter, 20th at 3-meter and was 11th at the platform competition
· At 2005 winter U.S. Junior Nationals, placed 9th at 1-meter and 16th at the 3-meter dives
· Placed ninth at the 2005 U.S. Open Tower competition
· At the 2004 summer U.S. Junior Nationals, placed 13th on platform and 23rd at 1-meter
· Placed seventh at 1-meter and 11th at 3-meter diving at the 2004 U.S. winter Junior Nationals
· Took 11th in both 1- and 3-meter dives during the 2003 winter U.S. Junior Nationals
· In 2002, placed third on the 1-meter and sixth on the 3-meter dives at the U.S. Junior Nationals
HIGH SCHOOL
· California CIF Division III Champion during his freshman and sophomore seasons
· Earned All-America honors as a sophomore
· Named team MVP for Swimming and Diving
· Helped swimming and diving team to back-to-back CIF Division III third place team honors
· Graduated a year early from high school
PERSONAL
Son of Johann and Roberta Wong... has one brother Kevin (21) ... born on June 20, 1988 in Long Beach, Calif. ... major is environmental science.
