1. John Peet Conger was born on September 26,1994 and is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events.
21 Facts About Jack Conger
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Jack Conger grew up in Rockville, Maryland where he swam for the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club under head coach Sue Chen.
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Jack Conger is the current National Independent High School Record Holder in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 42.81.
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At the 2012 US Open Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Jack Conger took silver in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:58.14.
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At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Jack Conger missed the US Team by finishing 8th in the 100-meter backstroke and 5th in the 200-meter backstroke with times of 54.63 and 1:58.97, respectively.
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Jack Conger took home two more golds in the 200-meter backstroke, 50-meter freestyle, and one bronze in the 100-meter freestyle.
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At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Jack Conger, competing as an incoming freshman, won gold in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:55.47, and bronze as a member of the US team in the 4x100-meter medley relay.
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Jack Conger competed in the 100-meter butterfly and finished 6th in the final.
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Jack Conger accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he swam for Hall of Fame Coaches Eddie Reese and Kris Kubik's Texas Longhorns men's swimming and diving team.
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On February 25,2015, Jack Conger broke the American and US Open record in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:39.31 during a time trial at the 2015 Big 12 Championships.
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At the 2015 NCAA Championships, Jack Conger won the silver in the 100 and 200 yard butterfly behind teammate Joseph Schooling.
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Jack Conger finished 7th in the 100 yard backstroke, with a time of 45.76.
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Jack Conger helped the Texas Longhorns in the 400 yard medley relay, the 800 yard freestyle relay on Day 2, and the 400 yard freestyle relay on Day 3.
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At the 2015 USNationals in San Antonio, Jack Conger competed in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly, the 200 m backstroke, the 100 m freestyle, and the 200 meter freestyle.
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Jack Conger finished second to Michael Phelps in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly, recording times of 51.33 and 1:54.54 respectively.
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Jack Conger narrowly missed his personal best in the 100 m freestyle, going 49.05 to miss it by.
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Jack Conger finished second to Caeleb Dressel in that race.
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Jack Conger represented the United States in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, having qualified in the US Olympic Trials winning bronze in the 200 meter freestyle.
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Jack Conger confirmed the group was confronted by two armed security guards with guns, one "pointed at" Jack Conger.
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At the 2017 NCAA Championships, Jack Conger helped lead the Longhorns to their third-straight team title.
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Jack Conger broke the US Open and American Records in the 200 fly individually, and was part of three championships relays for Texas.