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Cerritos (2007):
Was a member of the Falcon swimming team last
season… Placed 12th at the state
championships in the 200-yard backstroke and 14th
in the 400-yard IM… Finished in second place at
the South Coast Conference Championships in the
400-yard IM… Spent the last year and a half at
the US Military Academy at West Point, NY…
Sunny Hills HS:
Spent four years on the swimming team… Named the
Freeway League Most Valuable Player, his team’s
MVP and advanced to the CIF Finals his senior
season… Through his first three years, he
specialized in the 500-yard freestyle and posted
a personal best time of 4:40.16… Also swam the
200-yard individual medley (2:02.60), 100-yard
backstroke (55.35) and 200-yard freestyle
(1:46.76)… As a junior, he reached the CIF
Finals and won the league in the 500-yard
freestyle, while his team won the league title…
Team also won the league title as a junior and
he reached the CIF Finals… Voted the team’s
Rookie of the Year as a freshman after he
advanced to the CIF Finals… Was coached by
former Falcon swimmers Al Reyes and Roy
Contreras…
Personal:
Most memorable moment was when he was a
consolation finalist at the 18-Under Nationals
at Stanford University in the summer of 2004…
Plans to return to the Army upon graduation from
college… Would like to transfer to either UCLA
or UC Berkeley and aspires to be a city
councilman, congressman or house dad… His
sister, Gina (17), is a swimmer in high school…
Likes to hang out with the team in his spare
time… Nicknamed “Eddie”… Is the son of Sung and
Sun Hee Kim… Born in Los Angeles, CA on
September 1, 1987….. |