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Hunter Knight
Position: Breast/IM
Year: Senior
City/State: Richmond, Va.
High School: Maggie Walker Governor's School
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Hunter Knight Bio
Courtesy: Duke Sports Information
Updated: 06/19/2013

2011-12: Ended the season with a pair of top-10 performances at the ACC Championships ... finished seventh in the 200 breaststroke at 2:00.23 after shaving nearly two seconds off of his previous personal best in the event prelims (1:59.36) ... also swam a personal best in the 100 breaststroke prelims (55.13) before taking eighth in the finals at 55.38 ... made the finals cut in the 200 IM, recording a time of 1:51.02 to place 21st overall ... collected three NCAA provisional standards at the ACC Championships ... touched first in the 200 breaststroke against ACC opponent North Carolina (2:04.28) ... also earned a first-place finish in the 200 breaststroke against Virginia (2:04.44) and South Carolina/Queens (2:05.25) ... had a strong showing at the Nike Cup Invitational, placing second in the 200 breaststroke and third at the 100-yard distance ... surpassed Eric Steinhouse’s 30-year-old program record in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:00.53 performance at the Nike Cup Invitational ... started the year with a first-place showing in the 200 breaststroke and a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke against Maryland ... over the summer, competed in the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Neb. ... notched a lifetime-best time of 1:04.19 to place 70th in the 100 breaststroke and clocked 2:21.42 at the 200-meter distance to finish 95th.

2010-11: Opened his collegiate career with a first-place finish in the 200 breaststroke against UNC Wilmington, touching in 2:08.95 ... recorded a 10th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke and an 11th-place performance in the 100 breaststroke at the Nike Cup Invitational ... wrapped up an impressive freshman campaign with Duke’s top performance of the season in the 200 breaststroke at the ACC Championships, a 2:01.12, 13th-place showing ... also had a top-20 finish in the 100 breaststroke at the conference meet, where he posted a mark of 56.44 ... one of only two Duke competitors in the 400 IM at the ACC meet, where he finished 16th overall ... during the summer, collected U.S. Olympic Team Trials cuts in the 100 and 200 breaststroke with his performances at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships in Palo Alto, Calif.

Prep: USA Swimming Scholastic All-America ... qualified for USA Senior Nationals, USA Junior Nationals and NCSA Junior Nationals in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM and the 200 butterfly ... 2010 central region Swimmer of the Year ... member of the NCSA All-Star Team that competed in a meet in Dublin, Ireland representing the United States against Ireland and Spain.

Personal: Born Hunter Stephen Ramsey Knight on May 1, 1992 in Richmond, Va. ... son of Kenneth and Carol Knight ... favorite sports are water polo and ultimate Frisbee.


Duke Career Bests:
100 Breast: 55.13 (2/24/2012)
200 Breast: 1:59.36 (2/25/2012)
200 IM: 1:50.81 (2/23/2012)
400 IM: 4:00.21 (2/25/2011)

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