Anthony Chiaro

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Class: Junior Hometown: Tucson, AZ High School: Sahuaro

Height: 6-0 Event: Freestyle

personal bests
50 free - 21.34
100 free - 47.63
200 free - 1:43.97
100 fly - 49.81
200 fly - 1:51.97

2010-11 Highlights:Swam the team's fourth-fastest 100 and 200 fly times and fifth-fastest 50 free ... shaved .55 seconds off his 50 free time ... also swam career-bests in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 free.

2009-10 Highlights:Ranked in the team's top five in the 50 & 100 freestyle and 100 & 200 butterfly events ... best times were 21.89 in the 50 free, 47.63 in the 100 free, 50.77 in the 100 fly and 1:53.87 in the 200 fly.

High School:Lettered four years in swimming for coach Lou Sassi ... state champion in the 500 freestyle in 2007 ... state champion in the 200 free in 2008 ... three-time All-American ... broke the 400 free national age group record at 2:58.33 ... also swam for the Tucson Ford club team, coached by Roric Fink ... member of National Honor Society ... three-time USA Swimming Academic All-American.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 30 ... son of Ken Chiaro and Donna Drilling ... has an older sister ... major is management ... career plans are to become a pilot ... nickname is cheese ... favorite foods are pizza and wings ... favorite movie is Zoolander ... hobbies are bro-ing out, shooting and hanging out with friends ... person in history he'd like to meet is Billy Mays ... something not many people know about him is that he wishes he was a professional badminton player ... favorite athlete is T.J. Tollakson, a "great triathlete, friend, and the hardest worker I've had the chance to train with." ... credits his club coach Roric Fink as having the biggest influence on his sports career ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Jersey Shore.