Cullen Jones - Do you know your Olympic swimmers?
If not, you need to get yourself acquainted because these guys are kicking butt over there and taking names. Phelps, Lezak and one of their other teammates, Cullen Jones have been all over the pool.
Cullen Jones was born in the Bronx but then moving to Irvington New Jersey where he attended a prep school. He trains with David Marsh at the Center of Excellence at Mecklenburg Aquatic Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He is the first African American to hold or share a world record in swimming. He is only the second African American to make the US Olympic team as well. At the 2008 Olympic swimming trials, he broke the American record in the 50 meter freestyle.
He has, as I mentioned above, taken gold in Beijing by swimming with Phelps, Lezak and Garret Weber-Gale in the 4 by 100 meter freestyle relay. His honey on the side (since it obviously can’t be me) is Maritza Correia who won a 400 meter free relay at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.


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