Mike Vernoia

Class:
Senior
Position:
Freestyle
Hometown:
Hillsborough, N.J.
Prev School:
College of New Jersey

2011-12 • SENIOR SEASON:
Established top times at the Big Ten Championships • placed tenth in the 200 free (1:35.91) • swam a 4:22.47 in the 500 free for 13th • finished 26th in the 100 free (44.70) • member of the third place 800 free relay • finished first in the 200 free at the Hawaii Dual • won the 200 and 500 free against Wisconsin • Academic All-Big Ten • letterwinner.

2010-11 • JUNIOR SEASON:
Placed ninth in the 200 free at the Big Ten Championships • finished 11th in the 500 free • also part of the fourth-place 800 free relay team • letterwinner.

AT NEW JERSEY:
Spent two years swimming for coach Brian Bishop • 2010 NCAA Division III Championships runner-up in the 200 and 500 free • nine-time All-American • seven-time Metro Conference champion • collegeswimming.com swimmer of the week.

HIGH SCHOOL:
A 2008 graduate of Immaculata High School in Hillsborough, N.J. • earned first-team All-Skyland Conference and third-team all-state honors • four-year letterwinner • swam for Somerset Valley YMCA under coach Matt Donovan.

PERSONAL:
Business marketing major • son of Ann and Michael Vernoia • has three sisters: Sarah, Emma, and Hannah • enjoys driving his green moped, Reptar • born August 3, 1990.

Vernoia[apos]s Top Times:
100 free 44.70 2/25/12
200 free 1:35.91 2/24/12
500 free 4:21.43 2/24/11
1,650 free 15:37.75 2/26/11