NITTANY LION SOPHOMORES/FRESHMEN
JAMES
ADIL
Nottingham, Pa. OXFORD AREA
Istanbul, Turkey ENKA
Sophomore • BUTTERFLY/IM
Freshman • FREESTYLE/BUTTERFLY
WILSON
Event 100 Free 100 Fly 200 IM
CAREER BEST TIMES Time Date Site 45.36 2/26/11 Big Ten Championships 48.97 2/25/11 Big Ten Championships 1:50.65 2/24/11 Big Ten Championships
LION CAREER 2010-11: Competed in four events at the Big Ten Championships (100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley, 800 Freestyle Relay)...Bested the NCAA “B” Standard while placing seventh in the Big Ten Championships by swimming 6:29.39...Swam 21.46 to finish ninth in the 50 Freestyle against Indiana (11/19/10)...Finished first in the 100 Freestyle against St. Bonaventure (1/22/11) after swimming 46.19...Finished fifth against West Virginia (10/16/10) in the 200 Freestyle...Swam 59.58 in the 100 Breaststroke against Pittsburgh (1/14/11) to finish fifth...Swam 3:00.59 in the 400 Freestyle Relay to best the NCAA “B” Standard while placing seventh at the Georgia Invitational (12/5/10). HIGH SCHOOL Earned All-America honors in high school while lettering four years straight in swimming...Swam for the Suburban Seahawks club team under the direction of Charlie Kennedy...Named a NISCA All-American, Junior USA National Finalist and USA National Qualifier...Qualified for PIAA Championships junior and senior years...Lettered for four years in golf.
ACAR
HIGH SCHOOL Swam for Ender Kalpak at Enka High School for four seasons...Three-time capgain from 2008-10...Qualified for nationals four times (2007-10)... Holds school records in 50-meter, 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle as well as 50m butter fly...Earned student-athlete of the year recognition from Enka in 2010...Swam for Anka Damiyanidis and the Enka Swim Club...Earned top five finishes in the 2010 Turkey National Winter Championship for the 200m and 50m free...Earned first in the 100m free at the ‘09 International Kavala Race...Participated in the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Turkey NAtional Summer Championships, winning the 200m free in the 2007 edition. PERSONAL Adil Emre Acar was born January 1, 1992 in Istanbul, Turkey to Esra and Bulent Ferdag Acar...Has one sibling, a sister named Asli...Asli swims for the Enka Swim Club...Majoring in industrial engineering. ON CHOOSING PENN STATE “I chose Penn State because of its strong engineering program and its competitive swimming team where I can both contribute to myself and to the team. One other reason is that when I was roaming University Park I realized that the staff and the students embraced the campus as their home, which is a unique quality for PSU.”
PERSONAL James Neel Wilson was born in Oxford, Pa. on July 22, 1992 to Nancy and Dave Wilson...Has one brother, Zach, who is a senior at Penn State in 2010-11...Majoring in kinesiology. ON CHOOSING PENN STATE “I chose Penn State because of the drive the swimmers had. They were not there to mess around, they were there to do work.”
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PENN STATE 2011-12 • MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
1999 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS