Brandon Kingston

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Ontario, Canada
	High School: Newmarket

Position:
DFree/MDFree

05/09/2012

Six Named to All-ACC Academic

Six members of the NC State swimming and diving program were named to the 2012 All-ACC Academic Team

03/31/2012

Kingston Concludes Competition at Trials

Brandon Kingston placed 13th in the 1,500 meter freestyle with a time of 16:02.40

03/29/2012

Kingston Continues at Olympic Trials

NC State junior Brandon Kingston participated in the 400 meter freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials on Thursday

03/28/2012

Kingston Participates in Canadian Olympic Trials

NC State junior Brandon Kingston finished 11th in the 200 meter freestyle on Tuesday

02/25/2012

NC State Places Fifth At ACCs

The Wolfpack set a new school record in the 400-freestyle relay, placing fifth in a time of 2:54.39.

2010-11: Recorded the fifth-fastest 200 freestyle in school history with a 1:38.28 ... Swam the leadoff leg of the second-best 800-freestyle relay in school history ... Hit an NCAA "B" cut qualifying standard in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle swims ... Named ACC Performer of the Week on Feb. 1, 2011, after winning five events across two different meets in the previous week ... Posted the fastest times on the team for the year in the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyles, second in the 200 freestyle ... Grabbed 15 first-place finishes across four different events ... Selected to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll.

2009-10: Recorded three all-time top-10 swims in school history, including the seventh-fastest 1650 freestyle with a 15:24.24, the eighth-fastest 200 freestyle with a 1:39.09 and the ninth-best 500 freestyle with a 4:27.89 ... Led the roster on the year in the 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle ... Recorded the second-best swims on the year in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 400 individual medley ... Swam the final leg of the team's best 400-freestyle relay ... Hit an NCAA "B" cut qualifying standard in the 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll.

PREP/PERSONAL: Attended Newmarket High School in Canada and swam with the Newmarket Stingrays club team ... Swam the sixth-fastest time in the 1500 freestyle at Canada's Olympic Trials in 2008 ... Named Athlete of the Week twice by the Era Banner and Athlete of the Year once by his school ... Owns club long course and short course meter records in the 400 freestyle (4:03, 3:51), 800 freestyle (8:29, 8:06) and 1500 freestyle (16:00, 15:22) ... Placed second academically in his graduating class ... Majoring in biological sciences.

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