LSU Gold

Andrew Reynolds Season 2006-07

Position
Freesytle/butterfly
Height
5'9
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Broussard, La.
High School
Episcopal-Acadiana HS

LSU Record-holder in the 800 freestyle relay
World Maccabiah Games Participant
2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2007 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll

CAREER
Solid contributor to freestyle and butterfly races and part of the men’s school-record 800 free relay squad … Finished his career sixth in program annals in the 200 free with his personal best of 1:37.91 … Second on the team in the 200 free in three of his four seasons … Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition in every season.

NATIONAL COMPETITION (2008-09)
Competed at the 18th World Maccabiah Games in Israel during the summer … Won a silver medal as a member of USA’s 4×200 freestyle relay … Placed fifth in the 100m butterfly (55.34) … Also took fifth in both the 200m free and 200m fly.

SENIOR SEASON (2009-10)
Contributed to the freestyle and butterfly corps as well as the 800 free relay … Competed in every dual meet, the Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and the SEC Championships … Recorded a personal best of 1:49.96 in the 200 fly at SEC’s to take 19th … Placed 21st in the 200 free with a season best of 1:39.53 … Also swam the second leg on the men’s 800 free relay at SEC’s, which placed eighth with a mark of 6:35.76 … Swam to an 11th-place finish in the 200 fly at the Cougar Classic … Also registered 13th in the 200 free at that competition … Earned second in the 100 fly at UNO (51.44) … Claimed third in the 200 free at Florida Atlantic … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Received his fourth varsity letter.

JUNIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Made solid contributions to the middle-distance freestyle and butterfly races and the 800 freestyle relay … Held the team’s second-fastest time in the 200-yard freestyle … Competed in every dual meet, Texas A&M’s Art Adamson Invitational and the SEC Championships … Swam the second leg of the school’s record-setting 800 freestyle relay (6:28.83), which took sixth-place … Secured 21st in the 200 butterfly with a mark of 1:51.76 … Placed 22nd in the 200 freestyle, reaching the wall in 1:38.24 … Also finished 25th in the 500 free with a career-best time of 4:36.04 … Led off the men’s runner-up 800 freestyle relay squad at the Art Adamson Invitational with a personal best of 1:37.91 … That mark ranks sixth in program annals … Won the consolation final of the 100 fly with a time of 49.47 … Claimed a new personal best in the prelims with a mark of 49.01 … Took 15th-place in the 200 fly (1:52.60) … Also recorded an 18th-place finish in the 200 free (1:39.80) … Seized runner-up honors in the 200 free (1:41.45) in a road victory over Texas A&M … Part of a 1-2-3 LSU finish in the 200 free against UNO at the LSU Invitational … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third straight season … Earned his third varsity letter.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2007-08)
Enjoyed a solid sophomore campaign as a middle distance and butterfly swimmer … Competed in every dual meet, the Georgia Tech Invitational and the SEC Championships … Recorded season-best times in the 100 and 200 fly at SEC’s with marks of 49.72 and 1:51.70, respectively … Swam the second-fastest 200-free time of the season during an SEC time trial (1:39.59) … Played a role on the winning 200 medley relay squad in a dual-meet victory over Delta State … Finished 18th in the 100 fly (52.25) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Part of a 1-2-3 LSU finish in the 100 fly at Alabama … Captured fourth in the 200 free (1:43.93) versus No. 18 Texas A&M … Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors … Received his second varsity letter.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2006-07)
Competed in butterfly and middle-distance freestyle … Saw action in every dual meet, the Art Adamson Invitational and the SEC Championships … Posted a team top-five time in the 200 free … Highest finish was 23rd in the 200 fly at SEC’s with a season-best time of 1:53.58 … Placed 27th in the 100 fly (50.69) and took 28th in the 200 free (1:45.36) at the conference meet … Named to the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll … Earned his first varsity letter.

PRIOR TO LSU
Prepped for four years at the Episcopal School of Acadiana … Captured the Division IV state championship in the 100 backstroke and was the state runner-up in the 100 butterfly as a senior … Sectional qualifier and All-state selection … Club swimmer at the City of Lafayette Aquatics … Junior National qualifier … Coached by Colleen Barczyk.

PERSONAL
Born Dec. 10, 1987 … Parents are Tom and Susan Reynolds … Has one sister, Michelle … Majoring in mechanical engineering.

ANDREW’S TOP TIMES
200 freestyle, 1:37.91, 2008 Art Adamson Invitational
500 freestyle, 4:36.04, 2009 SEC Championships
100 butterfly, 49.01, 2008 Art Adamson Invitational
200 butterfly, 1:49.96, 2010 SEC Championships

 

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