Austin Surhoff Explained

Austin Surhoff
Club:University of Texas
Birth Date:1990 11, mf=y
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in
Weight:201 lb
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Austin Surhoff (born November 27, 1990) is an American swimmer. His paternal grandfather Dick Surhoff played in the NBA and was a world class softball player.

Swimming career

As a college swimmer at Texas, Surhoff is a 3-time NCAA champion, winning the 200 yard IM and team title in 2010, and the 4x100 free relay in 2012.[1] He also won the 200 yard IM and 200 yard backstroke at the 2010 Big 12 Championships.[2]

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Surhoff placed 13th in the 200 m IM and 24th in the 200 m backstroke. At the 2009 U.S. National Championships, he placed 14th in the 200 m backstroke and 20th in the 100 m backstroke. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, he bettered his 2008 finish with 4th place in the 200 m IM and was 15th in the 400 m IM.

Personal

Surhoff was born in Milwaukee when his father, B. J. was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Surhoff's father played 19 seasons of Major League Baseball between three teams. His mother, Polly, swam for The University of North Carolina and won a silver medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1983 Pan American Games.[3] He currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he serves as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Virginia swim team.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Texas' Austin Surhoff Touches Out Florida's Shaune Fraser in 200 IM . March 26, 2010 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233942/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/23873.asp . 2013-10-04.
  2. News: Feigen, Surhoff earn NCAA automatic-qualifying marks at Big 12 Championships . texassports.com . . February 25, 2010 . June 3, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611070859/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/022510aab.html . June 11, 2011.
  3. News: Austin Surhoff makes splash in leading Texas to crown . . Mike . Klingaman . March 31, 2010 . June 3, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707210338/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-31/sports/bal-sp.surhoff31mar31_1_ncaa-title-texas-coach-eddie-reese-olympic-champion-michael-phelps . July 7, 2011.
  4. News: Austin Surhoff Named Volunteer Assistant at Virginia . . Braden . Keith . May 4, 2018.