MEET THE FALCONS
RYAN BRIGMAN
ANTHONY CHIARO
SO. • 5-9 • DISTANCE FREE LAS VEGAS, NEV. (BISHOP GORMAN)
SO. • 6-0 • FREE/FLY TUCSON, ARIZ. (SAHUARO)
2009-10 Highlights: Competed in several dual meets throughout the season ... spe- personal bests cialties are the 500, 1000 and 1650 4:45.07 freestyle events ... also swam the 200 but- 500 free 9:51.81 terfly and the 200 and 400 individual 1000 free 1650 free 16:26.03 medley events last season. High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Ron Aitken … All-American in the 500 freestyle … regional champion in the 500 free ... four-time state qualifier in the 200 and 500 free ... also swam for the Boulder City Henderson club team, coached by Mike Polk … member of National Honor Society … Scholastic All-American. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 33 ... son of Michael and Nadine Brigman … has two siblings, Taylor and Kyleigh … major is foreign area studies with a minor in German ... plans to become a pilot … nickname is bleeps ... hobbies include Xbox, TV and anything outdoors … favorite food is steak … favorite movie is Inception … most notable thing about his hometown is The Strip … person in history he’d like to meet is Theodore Roosevelt … biggest influence on his sports career has been his mother ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Pawn Stars ... favorite quote is: “If you’re not first, you’re last.” Ricky Bobby.
2010-11 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving
2009-10 Highlights: Ranked in the team’s top five in the 50 & 100 freestyle and 100 personal bests & 200 butterfly events ... best times were 21.89 21.89 in the 50 free, 47.63 in the 100 free, 50 free 47.63 50.77 in the 100 fly and 1:53.87 in the 200 100 free 200 free 1:44.06 fly. 50.77 High School: Lettered four years in swim- 100 fly 1:53.87 ming for coach Lou Sassi … state cham- 200 fly pion 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, Celeste … 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.
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