Cole Cragin
Friendswood High School
Impact Statement
“Setting the high school record was probably the biggest point in my career and it is really cool that I did it in the pool I now swim in every day.” -Cole Cragin
Biography
Considered one of the nation’s top double-event swimmers this year, Cragin set a national high school record in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 46.75 seconds in the Class 4A state tournament, breaking a record which had stood for 10 years. The victory made him a four-time state champion in the event, in which he first set the state record as a sophomore, then broke it as a junior and again as a senior. His state-record time as a junior (48.63) was the nation’s fastest. Not only did Cragin double in the state meet in the backstroke and the 100-yard butterfly as a junior and a senior, but he set state records each year in the butterfly as well. His state-record time this year in the butterfly was 48.46 seconds, and he was second in that event as a sophomore and sixth as a freshman. Cragin will attend the University of Texas.
Cragin had an impressive career as a Longhorn. He was a four time NCAA All American. He also qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials.
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