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Sam Trahin  
Sam Trahin

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Ft. Wayne, Ind.

High School:
Carroll

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 165

Position:
IM


SOPHOMORE YEAR (2010-11)

Picked up points for the Hoosiers at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 25th in the 200 individual medley with a career best and NCAA B cut of 1:47.73 ... topped that with a fifth-place finish in the 400 IM, touching the wall in 3:49.54 ... his prelim time of 3:49.49 is a career best ... finished the meet with a 12th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (1:58.96) ... also posted a career time in the prelims (1:58.34) ... ninth in the 100 breaststroke at Louisville (58.45-season best) and fifth in the 200 breast (2:04.59) ... fourth in the 200 breaststroke in a win over Purdue (2:03.80) ... took fourth in the 200 breaststroke in a dual meet win over Michigan (2:06.33) and seventh in a double dual with Texas and Michigan (2:04.88) ... ninth in the 200 IM vs. Texas and Michigan (1:52.62) and fourth vs. Purdue (1:53.19) ... second in the 400 IM at Louisville (3:58.00) and third at Virginia (3:59.73).

FRESHMAN YEAR (2009-10)

Finished 19th in the 200 breaststroke (2:01.98-season best), 18th in the 200 individual medley (1:42.82-season best), and 13th in the 400 individual medley (3:52.21) at the Big Ten Championships ... posted a season best 3:51.06 in the 400 IM prelims ... placed seventh in the 200 breaststroke in a dual meet with Purdue (2:10.85) ... also took seventh in a dual at Ohio State (2:15.61), at Louisville (2:14.40) and finished eighth at Texas (2:14.98) ... seventh in the 200 IM at Michigan (1:59.64) ... sixth in the 400 IM at the Hoosierland Open (4:11.60) ... placed 37th in the 400-meter individual medley (4:29.51) and 62nd in the 200 IM (2:06.89) at the USA Swimming summer nationals.

PREP/PERSONAL

Holds 10 individual and two relay school records ... holds NHC conference record in the 200 individual medley ... holds Sectional records in the 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley ... four-time team MVP ... four-time all-conference first team and NISCA All-American selection ... three-time all-state selection ... 2006 IHSAA State runner-up in the 500 freestyle ... finished as the runner-up in the 2009 IHSAA state finals in the 200 individual medley ... named the 2009 All-Area Swimmer of the Year ... led Carroll High School to a 2007 Sectional Championship ... parents are Rod and Kate Trahin ... has one brother (Brad) and one sister (Brooke) ... plans to major in business ... born November 22, 1990.