Christian & O'Brien Take 2nd & 4th In 400-IM; Meet Concludes Saturday
At Rice 2010-2011:Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist; C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Scored for the team in three events at the C-USA Championships held across town at the University of Houston... Only freshman in the conference to reach the championship final of the league's 100-yard butterfly... Finished eighth in the C-USA's 100-fly after a career-best 56.58 in the morning prelims... Placed 15th in the 200-fly with a Rice-best 2:08.91... Contributed to the team's championship title with a 14th in the 200-backstroke on the strength of a season-best 2:07.18... Top time in the 100-back was 1:00.93 at home at the Rice Aquatics Center... Swam the 50-free (25.14) at the Cougar Classic and the 100-free at the Florida Atlantic Invitational (55.24).
High School
A 2010 graduate of Arcadia High School in Phoenix... High School All-America honoree... Twice named the 4A Division II Arizona Female Swimmer of the Year... Seven-time state champion for the Titans... Coached by Erica McClurg... Class Saluditorian... Member of the National Honor Society... Academic All-America.
Club
Competed for the Arizona Marlins Swim Club... Winter Nationals Zone Qualifier... Coached by Mike Maczuga.
Personal
Full Name: Carter Louise Graves. Born: October 30, 1991 in Memphis, Tenn. Parents: Stan and Karin Graves of Scottsdale, Ariz. (one brother). Both grandfathers were college athletes: Cecil Graves played football at the University of Arkansas (1951-53), and Bob Owen was a pole vaulter at Penn (1954). Great-grandfather, Benjamin Owen, was a member of the 1924 U.S. Olympic team. Rice College: Sid Richardson.