2013-14 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Ryutaro Kamiya
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Backstroke
- Hometown:
- Tokyo, Japan
- High School:
- St. Mary's International
At Michigan ... Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2012-14) ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2012-14) ... CSCAA Scholar All-America (2013) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2011-14) ... University Honors (Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013).
Senior (2013-14) ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Championships Meets ... Took 23rd in the 200-yard backstroke (1:42.43) and 35th in the 400-yard IM (3:49.55) at the NCAA Championships (March 27-29) ... Finished fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:42.17) and 10th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:19.12) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26-March 1) ... Regular Season ... Won a pair of races at Northwestern (Jan. 11) ... Swam two races at Purdue (Jan. 10) ... Took part in four events at AT&T Winter Nationals (Dec. 5-7), scoring three top-10 finishes, including an 11th-place finish in the 400-yard IM (3:51.81), a 12th-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:43.80) and an 18th-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:23.26) ... swam two events at the Univ. of Michigan Open (Nov. 22-24), including a ninth-place finish in the 400-yard IM ... took third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.80) and eighth in the 100-yard backstroke (50.40) against Indiana and Texas (Oct. 25) ... swam in four events against Notre Dame and Auburn (Oct. 12): second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.74), fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.06), sixth in the 200-yard IM (1:52.52) and seventh in the 100-yard backstroke (51.23) ... won the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.19), finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.06) and swam in two other events vs. Iowa (Sept. 27).
Junior (2012-13) ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... CSCAA Scholar All-America ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ...Championships Meets ... Took 19th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:42.47) at the NCAA Championships (March 28-30) ... Finished eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.00) and the 400-yard IM (3:51.32) and 17th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:23.40) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27-March 2) ...Regular Season ... Finished fourth in both the 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle at Michigan State (Feb. 9) ... swam five events vs. Ohio State (Feb. 1-2) ... won the 200-yard backstroke vs. Purdue (Jan. 12) ... scored three top-10 finishes at the Hawkeye Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 2), including third in the 200-yard backstroke, and eighth in both the 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle ... swam three races at Texas/Indiana (Oct. 26) ...won the 200-yard backstroke and swam two other events vs. Minnesota (Oct. 5) ... swam four events against Wisconsin (Sept. 29).
Sophomore (2011-12) ...Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ...Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... Championships Meets ... Posted career bests in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.87) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.60), good for 21st, at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 22-25) ... Regular Season ... Posted career best times in the 50-yard backstroke (25.02) and 400-yard individual medley (4:06.39) against Michigan State (Feb. 4).
Freshman (2010-11) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... Championships Meets ... Placed 10th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.62 final, 1:45.35), 20th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.71) and 23rd in the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.85) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-26) ... Regular Season ... Posted a career best 500-yard freestyle (4:41.74) at No. 14 Indiana (Jan. 8) ... Swam a career best 200-yard freestyle (1:39.67) and 200-yard backstroke (1:46.65) at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 3-5) ... Swam career best 100-yard butterfly (51.86) vs. Indiana/Texas (Nov. 5).
Prep ... St. Mary's International School (2010).
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Birthday is September 5, 1991.
Top Times
|
Event |
Time |
Date |
|
200-yard Freestyle |
1:36.87 |
2/22/2012 |
|
100-yard Freestyle |
44.64 |
12/2/2011 |
|
50-yard Freestyle |
19.72 |
12/2/2011 |
|
500-yard Freestyle |
4:19.12 |
2/27/2014 |
|
100-yard Butterfly |
47.63 |
2/22/2012 |
|
100-yard Backstroke |
49.37 |
12/1/2012 |
|
200-yard Backstroke |
1:42.17 |
3/1/2014 |
|
200-yard Individual Medley |
1:51.21 |
11/22/2013 |
|
400-yard Individual Medley |
3:44.11 |
2/28/2014 |
