| Luke Anderson |
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NCAA All-American: 2003 - 50 Free (H.M.), 100 Free (H.M.), 400 MR (H.M.), 400 FR (H.M.); 2002 - 50 Free (1st), 100 Free (1st), 800 FR (1st), 200 FR (H.M.), 400 FR (H.M.), 400 MR (H.M.); 2001 - 200 FR (H.M.), 400 FR (H.M.), 800 MR (H.M.)
ACC Champion: 2003 - 50 Free, 100 Free, 400 FR, 800 FR, 400 MR; 2002 - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR, 800 FR, 400 MR; 2001 - 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR, 800 FR
UVa Career Bests: 50 Free: *19.64, 100 Free *43.08, 200 Free: *1:36.54, 500 Free: 4:32.80, 100 Breast: 55.22
*school record
Talented athlete who will lead UVa in the sprint freestyle events ... one of the
top freestyle sprinters in the nation ... one of 15 Virginia swimmers named to the
ACC 50th Anniversary Men's Swimming and Diving Team in 2002 ... a 13-time
All-American, including three first-team honors in 2002 ... a 17-time ACC
champion ... school record holder in the 50 free (19.64), 100 free (43.08) and
200 free (1:36.54) and the UVa Aquatic and Fitness
Center pool record holder in the 100 (43.65) and
200 free (1:36.54) ... a member of UVa's school
record setting 200 (1:19.78), 400 (2:55.41) and 800
(6:28.73) free relay teams.
2003-2004- Did not
compete collegiately ... trained in Irvine, California
for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials under the tutelage
of Dave Salo ... a dual lumbar stress-fracture in
February curtailed his training efforts for the Trials
... finished fourth at the 2003 US Open in the 50
freestyle ... was fifth in the 50 meter free at the
2003 U.S. Summer Nationals (22.96) ... competed
in the 50 free at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.
2002-2003- A four-time honorable mention All-
American ... placed 12th and 13th in the 50 and 100
free at NCAAs to earn two honorable mention certificates
... broke his own school record in the 50
free with his lead-off swim in the 200 free relay
(19.64) ... swam the breaststroke leg of the 400
medley relay that won 11th-place at the NCAAs ...
also swam on the 12th-place 400 free relay ... ACC
title-winner for both the 50 and 100 free events ...
was a member of the winning 400 and 800 free and
400 medley relays at the ACC Championships ...
selected as a Men's All-ACC honoree ... finished
13th in the 50 free, eighth in the 400 free relay and
swam the 100 free at the 2002 Summer Nationals.
2001-2002- A six-time All-American, including
first-team honors in the 50 and 100 free and 800
free relay ... was sixth in both the 50 and 100 frees
at NCAAs ... helped UVa to an eighth-place finish
in the 800 free relay in a school record time of
6:28.73 ... an honorable mention All-American in
the 200 and 400 freestyle relays (11th) and 400
medley relay (ninth) ... helped UVa set the school
record in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:55.41
in the preliminaries of the NCAAs ... ACC Swimmer of the Year as well as the
ACC Meet MVP... repeated as the ACC champion in the 100 and 200 free and
also won the 50 free ... a member of the Cavaliers' ACC title winning 200, 400
and 800 free relays and 400 medley relay ... selected as the team MVP... named
CollegeSwimming.com's Swimmer of the Week on January 21 ... a three-time
ACC Swimmer of the Week.
2000-2001- A three-time honorable mention All-
American ... earned All-America honors on UVa's 200 free relay (16th), 400 free
relay (14th) and 800 free relay (12th) at NCAAs ... swam the 50, 100 and 200
free at the NCAAs with a 17th-place finish in the 100 free ... a five-time ACC
champion ... won the 100 and 200 freestyle at ACCs with times of 43.65 and
1:36.54, respectively ... member of UVa's ACC title winning 200, 400 and 800
free relays ... helped set ACC meet and UVa pool records in the 800 free relay
and a pool record in the 400 free relay ... second in the 50 free at ACCs ... two-time
ACC Swimmer of the Week ... competed for the USA in the 2001 Goodwill
Games in Brisbane, Australia ... won a team bronze medal and a bronze medal
in the 400 free relay ... placed sixth in the 100 free at 2001 Summer Nationals ...
swam the 50 (10th) and 200 free at Nationals.
Prep & Personal- Competed in
the 100 and 200 free at the 2000 Olympic Trials ... three-year varsity swimmer
at The Bolles School ... two-year Prep All-American ... Bolles was the high
school national champion in 2000 ... 2000 Junior National champion in the 100
freestyle ... two-time Scholastic All-American ... three-time published author in
national magazines ... son of Charlotte Zeithaml and Carl Anderson ... born
February 2, 1982 in Durham, N.C. ... sister, Caitlin, graduated from UVa in 2002
and was captain of the swim team ... stepfather
Carl is Dean of UVa's McIntire School
of Commerce ... mother, Charlotte, was a
masters state champion in North Carolina...
father Carl was captain for Joe Paterno's
football team at Penn State and teaches business
at North Carolina ... older brother,
Brian is a senior at UNC ... majoring in
English literature.
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