| Greg Plank |
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Returning All-American
ASU: Figures to score points in the back events after showing vast improvement in the off-season ... also play a major role in distance relays.
1999: Anchored the 800 free relay squad which was named honorable mention All-America at the NCAA's ... individually, authored ASU's fourth-best mark in 200 free competition (1:39.15) ... finished the 100 free in 46.48 and 50 free in a personal-best 21.54.
1998: Gave the Devils great consistency, recording team's second-best time in the 500 free (4:32.49). fifth-best time in the 100 free (46.45) and fifth-best time in the 200 free (1:39.15) ... also displayed great strokes in the backstroke, swimming the squad's second-best time in the 200 back (1:49.11) and seventh-best time in the 100 back (50.38) ... named Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
1997: Set ASU's season-best time in the 200 back (1:50.14) ... 100 back time (51.77) was fourth-best time on the team ... third-best team time in the 500 free (4:35.00).
High School: A 1996 graduate of Palatine High School, Palatine, Ill. ... lettered four times each in swimming and water polo ... ISA Swimmer of the Year in '96 ... four-year team MVP ... four-time All-America in the 100 backstroke ... three-time All-America in the 200 free ... set high school records in the 100 back, 200 IM, 100 and 200 free and 200 and 400 free relays ... carded times of 50.51 in the 100 back, 2:06.32 in the 200 back and a 1:39.96 in the 200 free ... lists most exciting experience in sports as winning the Junior Nationals East in the 400 and 800 free relays.
Personal: Major is pre-med ... parents are Walter and Margaret Plank ... has one younger sister, Susi ... born March 27, 1978 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... full name is Gregory John Plank.
ASU Best Times
50 free 21.54
100 free 46.45
200 free 1:39.15
500 free 4:32.49
100 back 50.38
200 back 1:49.11
