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2014-15 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Mark Walton

Oleksii Chokh

  • Position Breaststroke/IM
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 165
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Kovel, Ukraine
  • Highschool Psysical Republical Culture

Biography

2013-14 (Sophomore): Chokh swam more meets than his first year, but still focused mainly on the breaststroke and individual medley events.  He won the 100-yard breaststroke against Southwestern with a time of 1:01.37.  He also swam some relays, but never on the "A" team.  His top 100 breaststroke time of 57.20 puts him among the top 10 swimmers in school history.  He was named to the CCSA All-Academic Team.

2012-13 (Freshman): Chokh competed in the breaststroke and individual medley events for the Cardinals. He was third in the 200 breaststroke at the UIW January Meet swimming a season best time of 2:08.96.His top times in the 100 and 200 breaststroke were both top 10 times in school history.  

High School: Chokh was on the swimming and soccer team at the Republican School of Physical Education. He was a four-time all-region swimer and helped the team to four straight regional titles. He set numerous school records and was named the Swimmer of the Year in Kovel, Ukraine 2007-10.

Personal: Chokh is the son of Valentyn and Ilyna Chokh and is studying psychology. He has a sister, Illa and speaks four different languages. He was born on April 13, 1994. His aunt Lyudmila Dzegovskaya was a silver medalist at the World Cup and was a four-time USSR champion.
 
Year100 Breast200 Breast100 Fly200 IM
2013-1457.202:11.381:00.601:56.88
2012-1357.322:08.961:58.13

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Breaststroke/Butterfly
    5'11" 162 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Butterfly
    5'10" 165 lbs
  • 2014-15Junior

    Breaststroke/IM
    5'10" 165 lbs