University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete of the Week
12/14/2005 12:00:00 AM | General
Dec. 14, 2005
Name: Szintia Szanto
Class: Junior
Experience: 2L
Sport: Swimming
Event: IM/Breast/Fly
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
HONORS AT HOUSTON
- 2005 C-USA 200-Yard Individual Medley Champion
- C-USA Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 28, 2004)
- 2004-05 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2003-04 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2004-05 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2003-04 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2005-06 SEASON
Captured first place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.69 and finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:22.14 during the season-opening, double-dual meet against C-USA rival Rice and host Texas... Member of the 200-yard medley relay team which finished second against the Owls and Longhorns... Finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.55 against North Texas... Won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.63 and finished second in the 200-yard butterfly at Texas A&M... Finished third in the 200-yard individual medley during a tri-meet against SMU, Wyoming and host North Texas... Also was a member of the 400-yard medley relay team which posted the second-fastest time in school history at 3:51.48 at the Miami (Ohio) meet.
2004-05 SEASON
Set personal best times in four different events... Finished third in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:27.33 at the C-USA Championship... Set a new school record with a time of 2:04.47 on the way to winning the C-USA 200-yard individual medley championship... Became the first Cougar in school history to win a C-USA individual swimming championship... Member of the Cougars' 400-yard medley relay team at the C-USA Championship which posted the eighth-fastest time in school history... Earned three second-place finishes against Texas A&M and Miami (Fla.) during a double-dual meet... Recorded a time of 2:20.68 in the 200-yard breaststroke for the seventh-fastest time in school history... Posted a time of 2:05.29 in the 200-yard butterfly... Finished second in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:28.08, the 10th-fastest time in school history... Finished second in the 400-yard individual medley and third in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard breaststroke against Rice and at LSU... Captured first place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.58 at Incarnate Word... Won the 100-yard butterfly (58.34) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.39) against North Texas and SMU... Placed second in the 200-yard butterfly during the final day of the Cougar Invitational... Finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke during the second day of the Cougar Invitational... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley during the first day of the Cougar Invitational... Finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06.33 at Louisiana-Monroe... Earned three first-place finishes against C-USA rival TCU... Won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.97), 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.33) and 200-yard individual medley (2:09.31) against the Horned Frogs... Finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:05.23 to finish more than four seconds ahead of her closest competitor against Rice... Placed first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:09.08 against the Owls... Named C-USA Swimmer of the Week following that performance.
2003-04 SEASON
Established herself as one of the finest swimmers in school history during her first collegiate season... Recorded the school's Top 10 fastest times in four different events... Posted season-best times in five different events... Recorded the team's five fastest times in the 100-yard butterfly and the eight fastest times in the 200-yard butterfly... Posted the team's four fastest times in the 200-yard breaststroke and the six fastest times in the 200-yard individual medley... Owned the team's four fastest times in the 400-yard individual medley... Made her collegiate debut a successful one against North Texas in the season opener... Captured first place in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:43.67 and followed that with another first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:08.07... Recorded the school's fifth-fastest time in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:06.52.. Finished first in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:26.46 during a tri-meet against Louisville and Kentucky... Was the sixth-fastest time in school history in that event... Claimed first place in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:24.92 during a tri-meet against Louisville and Kentucky... Recorded a pair of first-place finishes in a tri-meet against C-USA rivals Louisville and Cincinnati.... Won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:28.14 and followed that with a time of 1:06.33 in the 100-yard breaststroke... Competed in four individual swimming events at the Cougar Invitational and did not place lower than second in any... Also was a member of the Cougars 200-yard medley relay team which finished third but recorded the school's 10th-fastest time... Won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:25.06, the second-fastest time in school history... Placed first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:01.83, the fourth-fastest time by a Cougar... Finished nearly seven full seconds ahead of the second-place finisher in that event... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:07.52, the eighth-fastest time in school history.. Placed second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.81... Also was a member of the Cougars' 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay teams which finished second at that meet... Finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.31 and added another first-place performance in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.56 against Kansas... Finished second in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:11.88... Finished a close second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.98 and in the 100-yard breaststroke... Topped all swimmers in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.24, nearly six seconds ahead of her closest competitor, during a dual meet at TCU... Placed first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.30 and added a second-place showing in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:33.62 against the Horned Frogs.... Placed first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:11.46 and dominated in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:08.89, nearly 13 seconds ahead of her closest competitor during a dual meet win at North Texas... Captured three first-place finishes at Arkansas... Won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.36 and took top honors in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:20.96.... Capped her day against the Lady Razorbacks with a first-place showing in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.70... Captured two more wins against SMU... Finished with a time of 57.40 in the 100-yard butterfly and 1:06.04 in the 100-yard breaststroke against the Mustangs.
HIGH SCHOOL
Swam for head coach Jozsef Nagy for Honved Budapest... Finished second in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the 1999 European Youth Olympic Games... Placed second in the 200 breaststroke and 400 IM at the 2002 Gymnasiade (world high school games)... Also was an age group national champion and age group record holder... Was a three-time winner of Hungary's Good Student-Good Athlete Award.
PERSONAL
Full name is Szintia Szanto... Born on Feb.11, 1985, in Budapest, Hungary... Daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Szanto... Communications major.... Also recruited by Ohio State, Texas A&M, Miami and Louisville.
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