Gabriel Linton  -  
    Gabriel Linton

    Class:
    Senior

    Hometown:
    Nora, Sweden

    High School:
    Rudbecksskolan

    Event:
    Breast/IM


    2003-04 - Junior Season
    Swam almost exclusively in breaststroke and IM events...recorded the team's top times in both the 100 breast (57.96) and 200 breast (2:06.04) at the Horizon League Championship, earning a pair of third-place finishes...both times were also third-fastest in the league during the season...set career bests in the 200 breast, as well as the 200 IM (1:58.95) and 400 IM (4:30.79)...finished first or second in seven of 19 events, including five wins.

    2002-03 -Sophomore Season
    Was a Horizon League Championships finalist in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes...posted the team's fastest time in the 200 breaststroke (2:07.96), and the second fastest in the 100 breaststroke (58.35).

    2001-02 - Freshman Season
    Named the team's outstanding freshman...was the Horizon League runner-up in the 100 breaststroke and a finalist in the 200 breaststroke...also placed third as part of the 200 medley relay...posted the team's best times in the 100 breaststroke (57.16) and 200 breaststroke (2:06.10).

    High School
    Finalist multiple times at the Swedish National Championships in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes...participated in the Swedish Junior National Championships from 1998 through 2001...member of the national champion high School team....national high school champion in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.

    Personal
    Born March 11, 1982...son of Steven and Ann-Charlotte Linton...vice president of the American Marketing Association and co-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Council...swam for Orebro Simallians under head coach Peter Kordel...business management and labor relations major.