2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Kawakami, Tyler

Tyler Kawakami
- Class:
- Freshman
- Major:
- Finance
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, HI
- High School:
- Punahou School
- Club:
- Kamehameha Swim Club
Bio
2022-23
CSC Academic All-District...Scored 19 points at A-10 Championships to help GW win third-consecutive team title…Qualified for B-final after 11th-place finish (20.54) in 50 free before finishing second (20.38) in 50 free B-final (10th overall)...Finished the 100 breast prelims in 13th place (55.77) to qualify for B-final before finishing fourth (55.71) in 100 breast B-final (12th overall)...Finished 10th (45.06) in the 100 free prelims and earned second-place (44.55) finish (10th overall) in B-final.
2021-22
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team...Won three individual silver medals and four relay golds at A-10 Championships to help GW capture second straight team title...Took silver in the 50 free (:20.03), 100 breast (:54.71) and 100 free (:44.74)...Part of relay wins in the 200 medley (A-10 record 1:25.78), 200 free (A-10 record 1:19.36), 400 medley (3:10.45) and 400 free (2:56.49)...Part of A-10 record 400 medley relay at Big Al Invitational (3:09.40).
2020-21
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team...Won six medals, five of them gold, in final trip to A-10 Championship to help GW win fourth team title in five years...Claimed gold in the 50 free in a personal-best time of 19.97 seconds...Also won individual gold in 100 free in 44.18 seconds...Finished second in the 100 breast in an NCAA B-cut time of 54.00 seconds...Part of a conference-record swim in the 400 medley relay (3:10.28) and a program-record effort in the 400 free relay (2:55.68)...Also claimed gold with 200 free relay (1:20.58)...Named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar.
2019-20
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team...Made an instant impact in first trip to the A-10 Championships, earning two individual and four relay medals to help Colonials finish runner-up in the team standings...Won silver in the 100 free behind teammate Moritz Fath in a personal-best time of 44.34 seconds...Claimed bronze in the 200 free in a personal-best time of 1:38.10...Placed 11th in 50 free in personal-best time of 20.61 seconds...Swam third leg of GW's win in the 800 free relay (6:30.44)...Completed leadoff leg of 400 free relay victory (2:57.62)...Also earned silver in the 200 medley relay (1:27.95) and 200 free relay (1:20.69)...Twice named A-10 Rookie of the Week (11/9, 2/4)...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School
Represented Hawaii at Oceania Swimming Championships in 2016 (Fiji) and 2018 (Papua New Guinea)...Swam at 2018 Junior Winter National Championships...Competed at USA Swimming's Futures Championships in 2017, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the 100 free...Placed first in the 100 free and second in the 50 free as a senior at Hawaii State High School Championships to help Punahou School take title...Owns an individual Hawaiian age group record in the 50 free and also part of age group relay records in the 400 free, 200 free and 200 medley with Kamehameha Swim Club.
CSC Academic All-District...Scored 19 points at A-10 Championships to help GW win third-consecutive team title…Qualified for B-final after 11th-place finish (20.54) in 50 free before finishing second (20.38) in 50 free B-final (10th overall)...Finished the 100 breast prelims in 13th place (55.77) to qualify for B-final before finishing fourth (55.71) in 100 breast B-final (12th overall)...Finished 10th (45.06) in the 100 free prelims and earned second-place (44.55) finish (10th overall) in B-final.
2021-22
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team...Won three individual silver medals and four relay golds at A-10 Championships to help GW capture second straight team title...Took silver in the 50 free (:20.03), 100 breast (:54.71) and 100 free (:44.74)...Part of relay wins in the 200 medley (A-10 record 1:25.78), 200 free (A-10 record 1:19.36), 400 medley (3:10.45) and 400 free (2:56.49)...Part of A-10 record 400 medley relay at Big Al Invitational (3:09.40).
2020-21
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team...Won six medals, five of them gold, in final trip to A-10 Championship to help GW win fourth team title in five years...Claimed gold in the 50 free in a personal-best time of 19.97 seconds...Also won individual gold in 100 free in 44.18 seconds...Finished second in the 100 breast in an NCAA B-cut time of 54.00 seconds...Part of a conference-record swim in the 400 medley relay (3:10.28) and a program-record effort in the 400 free relay (2:55.68)...Also claimed gold with 200 free relay (1:20.58)...Named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar.
2019-20
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team...Made an instant impact in first trip to the A-10 Championships, earning two individual and four relay medals to help Colonials finish runner-up in the team standings...Won silver in the 100 free behind teammate Moritz Fath in a personal-best time of 44.34 seconds...Claimed bronze in the 200 free in a personal-best time of 1:38.10...Placed 11th in 50 free in personal-best time of 20.61 seconds...Swam third leg of GW's win in the 800 free relay (6:30.44)...Completed leadoff leg of 400 free relay victory (2:57.62)...Also earned silver in the 200 medley relay (1:27.95) and 200 free relay (1:20.69)...Twice named A-10 Rookie of the Week (11/9, 2/4)...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School
Represented Hawaii at Oceania Swimming Championships in 2016 (Fiji) and 2018 (Papua New Guinea)...Swam at 2018 Junior Winter National Championships...Competed at USA Swimming's Futures Championships in 2017, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the 100 free...Placed first in the 100 free and second in the 50 free as a senior at Hawaii State High School Championships to help Punahou School take title...Owns an individual Hawaiian age group record in the 50 free and also part of age group relay records in the 400 free, 200 free and 200 medley with Kamehameha Swim Club.
CAREER BESTS | ||
50-Yard Freestyle | 19.97 | 2021 A-10 Championships (4/15/21) |
100-Yard Freestyle | 44.18 | 2021 A-10 Championships (4/17/21) |
200-Yard Freestyle | 1:38.10 | 2020 A-10 Championships (2/19/20) |
100-Yard Breaststroke | 54.00 | 2021 A-10 Championships (4/16/21) |
100-Yard Butterfly | 50.58 | at Navy (12/10/21) |
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