Courtesy: UCSD Release: 09/29/09
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Paul Guzman
Position: IM/Back
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 155
Year: Senior
City/State: Chula Vista, CA
High School: St. Augustine HS
College: Roosevelt
Major: Cognitive Science/ICAM
Experience: 3 Letters
AS A JUNIOR IN 2011-12
Performed in five events at the Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference (PCSC) Championships ... Swam starting leg of third UC San Diego team to finish in the 200 medley relay (1:35.25) ... Finished 19th overall in the 100 back (53.07) ... Was in the prelims of the 200 IM (1:56.68, 28th), 400 IM (4:06.98, 22nd) and 200 back (1:52.59, 20th) ... Had four top-three finishes throughout the season, including two in dual meet against Cal Poly (12/18) ... In meet against the Mustangs, placed second in the 100 back (1:05.16) and third in the 200 back (2:20.78) ... Also placed second in the 200 back in meet against Cal Baptist (1/21), clocking in at 1:58.67 ... Took third in the 100 back (55.69) in season-opening meet against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (10/29).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010-11
Competed in the PCSC Championships with an 18th-place finish in the 100 back (52.52) ... Also helped the Tritons finish at 10th place in the 200 medley relay by contributing a 25.03 split ... Placed 20th in the 400 IM (4:07.01) and 27th in the 200 IM (1:55.38) ... Named to the Athletics Director's Honor Roll at the Bronze Level (GPAs 3.00 to 3.299).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009-10
Earned All-Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference honors ... At the PCSC championships in Long Beach, placed eighth in the 400 IM (4:09.25) and then took sixth in the 200 back (1:55.96) during the final day of the meet ... Also finished 16th in the 200 IM in Long Beach, crossing the line in 1:57.12 ... Ended the school year on the Athletics Director's Honor Roll at the Bronze Level (GPAs from 3.00 to 3.299).

CLUB
Swam for South Bay Aquatics in National City and for Coronado-Navy Swim Association.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of St. Augustine High School in San Diego ... Placed third in the 100 backstroke as a senior at the 2009 City Conference Championships with a 55.61 mark ... Named to the San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team on multiple occasions after posting a 4.05 grade point average during the 2008-09 school year and a 3.94 GPA as a junior ... Helped St. Augustine to a third-place finish at the CIF Division II level in 2009.

PERSONAL
Born Aug. 13, 1991 in Chula Vista ... Parents are Fernando and Lupita Guzman ... Has a pair of older brothers named Fernando and Juan Carlos ... A cognitive science and interdisciplinary computing and the arts (ICAM) double major at Roosevelt College ... Favorite movie is Zoolander ... Enjoys watching movies, eating and cycling in his free time.


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