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2020-21 Men's Swimming Roster

James Kaku

  • Yr. Redshirt Sophomore
  • Height 5-9
  • Events Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Hometown Aurora, Ill.
  • High School Oswego East

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 3x Second Team All-RMAC
    • 2021 - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400 IM
  • 2021 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
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Junior (2020-21): 
Competed in five meets, including the RMAC Championships during the abbreviated season… Earned three Second Team All-RMAC honors while accumulating 53 team points in his four events at the conference meet, the best of his career… Finished third in the 200 breast while taking fourth in both the 100 breast and 400 IM… Placed tenth in the 200 IM… Set personal-best altitude-adjusted times in all four during the meet… Those marks were 57.01 (100 breast), 2:06.22 (200 breast), 1:53.62 (200 IM) and 4:03.97 (400 IM)… Ranks tenth in program history with his 100 breast time… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore (2019-20): Redshirt season... Returned to the team and CMU for the 2020 spring semester after a mission.

Freshman (2016-17): Capped his freshman season with season bests in all four of his individual events at the RMAC Championships... Scored in both the 100 and 200 breast taking ninth in the 200 (2:07.66-altitude adjusted) and tenth in the 100 (57.09-altitude adjusted)... Also finished 17th in the 200 IM (1:55.55-altititude adjusted) and 18th in the 100 fly (52.17-altitude adjusted).

Prep: Finished seventh in the 100 breast at the 2016 Illinois State Championships winning the B final in 57.68 seconds while swimming for Oswego East HS... Had also qualified for state as a junior in 2015 in both the 100 breast and 100 fly.

Personal: Is majoring in mechanical engineering... Wants to design vehicles for his career.

Why I Chose CMU: "I chose CMU because of it's swimming program and their mechanical engineering partnership program with CU Boulder."
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Breaststroke
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'9"