Gage Kohner

Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Position:
Free
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Boca Raton, Fla.
High School:
Boca Raton Community
Prev School:
Boca Raton Community

2016-17: Swam in NU's top 200 free relay team ... Finished top-five in the 50 free against Iowa, Notre Dame, Eastern Michigan and in tri-duals against Duke and NC State, and Chicago and UIC.

2015-16: Swam NU's top 100 free time of the season at the Big Ten Championships when he touched the wall in 44.19 ... Scored points for NU at the Big Ten Championships in the 50 free with a personal season-best time of 20.46 ... Member of the 'Cats freestyle relay teams ... Qualified for and competed in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50 free event ... Appeared on NU's top times sheet in eight different events.

2014-15: Freshman member of Northwestern's sprint freestyle group … Ranked second for the Wildcats in the 50 free and third in the 100 free and 200 free his first season of collegiate competition … Swam on NU's top 200 and 800 free relays of the year, both at the Big Ten Championships … The 800 free relay was the second-fastest in Northwestern history while the 200 free relay was the fifth-fastest … Had a strong Big Ten Championships with career-best swims in all of his events … Qualified for the bonus final of the 100 free before placing second in the heat and 18^th overall in the conference with a 44.70 … Placed 38^th overall in the 50 free with a 20.52 before turning in an even-better 20.33 during a time trial at the Big Ten Championships … Also had a good 200 free swim, cutting 4.45 seconds off his previous season best to touch in 1:38.53 and place 30^th … Qualified for three consolation finals at Northwestern's home TYR Invitational (11/21-11/23), winning the heat in the 100 free while taking 11^th in the 50 free and 14^th in the 50 fly … Also earned a second-swim in the 200 free at the TYR where he eventually finished 18^th overall … Competed in all three sprint free events at the AT&T U.S. Winter Nationals (12/3-12/6) … Scored points in both the 50 free and 100 free in dual meet wins over Eastern Michigan (10/16) and Milwaukee (1/16) … Was third in the 50 free during a double dual sweep of UIC and Oakland (10/25).

High School: Competed in four years of swimming and three years of water polo at Boca Raton Community high school ... Ranked as a top-100 overall recruit in the nation by Collegeswimming.com with prep top times of 20.44 in the 50 free and 44.64 in the 100 free ... All-America, all-area and team MVP honoree ... Is a five-time high school state champion with two individual crowns, two relay titles and one team championship in 2012-13 ... Swam club for three seasons with Saint Andrews Aquatics.

Personal: Born Gage Samuel Kohner ... Son of Karen and Michael Kohner ... Chose Northwestern over Florida, Florida State, North Carolina and N.C. State ... Major is economics and business institutions.

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