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Ziyad Saleem
- Events:
- Back
- Height/Weight:
- 6-3 / 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- High School:
- Rufus King International HS
- Major:
- Undeclared
Accolades
At Cal
2024-25 (Sr.)
2021-22 (Fr.)
National (USA/Sudan)
High School/Club
Personal
- 1x Olympian (Sudan) - 2024 (Paris)
- NCAA team championship (2022, 2023)
- Pac-12 team championship (2022)
At Cal
2024-25 (Sr.)
- Competed in eight events during junior season
- Clocked two personal-best times during the 2024-25 season:
- 200 back (1;40.18)
- 100 IM (52.24)
- Recorded 11 top eight finishes throughout the season
- Swam in 11 meet during during season
- Placed in the top 10 in two events at the Pac-12 Championships:
- 200 back (6th, 1:40.64)
- 100 back (9th, 46.36)
- Placed in the top eight in 17 events during the season
- Took first in the 200 back (1:45.29) against UC San Diego
- Sophomore member on Cal's 2023 NCAA championship squad
- Had a stellar meet at the Pac-12 Championships
- Set a personal-best in the 50 free with an NCAA B qualifying time of 19.41
- Set a season-best time in the prelims of the 100 back with a time of 47.23
- Advanced to the finals and finished with a time of 47.30
- Set a personal-best time in the finals of the 200 backstroke with an NCAA B qualifying time of 1:41.74
- Took first in the 200 backstroke at the Triton Invitational
- Finished second in the 100 back stroke in the dual meet at UC San Diego
- Swam leadoff in the 400 free relay setting a season-best time of 47.29 in his split in the 100 free
- Set personal-best times in three events at the Minnesota Invitational
- Advanced to the A-final and took fourth in the 200 back with a season-best time of 1:42.33
- Advanced to the C-final in both the 100 and 50 back with season-best times of 47.68 and 22.99
2021-22 (Fr.)
- Freshman member on Cal's 2022 NCAA & Pac-12 championship squad
- Swam season-best times & NCAA B-cuts in 100 back (47.14) & 200 back (1:42.28) as an exhibition entry at Pac-12 Championships (March 3-5)
- Placed fourth in 100 back (48.65) at Triton Invitational (Feb. 5)
- Scored first collegiate point with a fifth-place finish in 200 back (1:47.38) vs. #9 Virginia (Oct. 15)
- Made collegiate debut in annual King of the Pool pentathlon at Cal Poly (Sept. 24)
National (USA/Sudan)
- Owns numerous Sudanese LCM records, including every backstroke event
- Swam for Sudan at 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary (June 18-25)
- 22nd in 200m back (2:01.05)
- 28th in 100m back (55.75)
- Placed 43rd & 29th in 100m back & 200m back events at 2021 FINA Short-Course World Championships
- Won the 100m back (55.27) & 200m back (2:02.31) at the 2021 Speedo Summer Championships (West)
High School/Club
- Graduated from Rufus King International High School (Milwaukee, Wis.) in spring 2021
- Swam club for the Schroeder YMCA Swim Team
- Owned the second-fastest 200 back in the 2021 class at 1:42.36
- Other personal SCY bests upon arriving at Cal include:
- 50 free – 20.74
- 100 free – 45.53
- 100 back – 46.95
- 200 back – 1:42.36
- 100 fly – 48.88
- Swept the backstroke events at the 2021 Wisconsin Swimming 13 & Over Short Course Championship, taking the 100 back in 47.70 & the 200 back in 1:44.53
- Also took the 200 back crown (1:45.93) at the 2020 Wisconsin Swimming 13 & Over Short Course Championship
- Was the 2020 WIAA Division I state champion in the 100 back (49.30) after placing eighth (51.36) in the event a year prior at the 2019 state championships
- 2020 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
Personal
- Name is Ziyad Saleem
- Born on March 24, 2003 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Son of Mohamed Saleem & Azza Malik
- Has two siblings, Amr & Ayman
- Dual citizen of the United States & Sudan
- Intends to major in Business at Cal
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