Adam Konopka

Position:
Breaststroke, Individual Medley
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Aurora, Ill.
High School:
West Aurora

2005-06: Named First Team All-Mid-American Conference . . . MAC Swimmer of the Week (Feb. 6) . . . finished second in the 200 IM at the MAC Championships (1:53.20) which was good for third all-time in the BSU record books . . . was member of the third-place 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:26.02 . . . placed fifth in the 400 yard IM (4:02.44) which is second all-time at Ball State . . . captured second in the 200 yard back (1:51.65).

2004-05: Second Team All-Mid-American Conference . . . captured fourth in the 200 IM (1:54.09), sixth in the 400 IM (4:04.25) and eighth in the 200 back (1:55.20) at the MAC Championships . . . his clocking in the 400 IM (1:53.78) prelims was a career-best and the team’s top time of the season . . . ranked first on the squad in the 400 IM . . . second in the 200 fly (1:59.54), 100 back (53.44) and 200 back (1:52.68) . . . third in the 50 back (25.49) and 1000 free (10:34.83) . . . earned 15 top three times, including six first-place efforts.

2003-04: Second Team All-MAC . . . named team’s Most Outstanding Freshman . . . placed fourth in the 400 IM (4:03.11), fifth in the 200 back (1:51.43) and ninth in the 200 IM (1:53.78) at the MAC Championships . . . his 200 back and 400 IM times were season-best efforts for BSU, while his 200 IM clocking was second-fastest on the squad . . . had the third-fastest 100 back (52.52) time on the year . . . paced the Cardinals with 13 first-place finishes on the year, while racking up 19 top-three times . . . member of three winning relay squads.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at West Aurora for Coach Bryan Lederhouse . . . was part of two school-record relay teams -- 200 medley and 400 free . . . All-American as a sophomore . . . managed personal-best times in the 200 back (1:52.06), 100 back (52.02), 200 IM (1:55.88) and 400 IM (4:05.05).

PERSONAL: Majoring in exercise science . . . born May 8, 1985, in Aurora, Ill. . . . son of Michael and Debbie Konopka . . . no siblings.