Army West Point Athletics
2014-15 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Richard Xue
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Centreville, Va.
- High School:
- Westfield
2014-15: Competed for Army at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships … placed sixth in the 200 fly with a time of 1:51.48 … finished the 400 IM in 4:03.55 to place 12th as Army's top finisher … also competed in the 200 IM where he touched the wall in 1:55.16 … placed fifth in the 200 fly and 400 IM in the quad-meet with American, Boston U and George Mason … finished third in the 100 fly in the tri-meet with Colgate and Lafayette … was fourth in the 200 fly at Bucknell and fourth in the 400 IM at Lehigh.
2013-14: Finished with the team's second-best time of the season in the 400-IM (4:02.07) at the Navy Invitational ... clocked the team's fifth-best time of the season (16:35.64) in the 1650-free at the Frank Elm Invitational.
2012-13: Broke out as a long distance swimmer during his freshman campaign...posted a personal-best time in the 1650 free at the Patriot League Championships (Feb. 23) clocking in at 16.01.84...scored with a ninth place finish in the 200 fly...was runner-up in the 1000 free at Boston, Rowan and vermont (Oct. 5)...scored in two races in the tri-meet versus Colgate and Lafayette (Jan. 26)...pulled out two top-10 finishes at Delaware (Jan. 18)... came in fifth place in the 200 IM against Navy (Dec. 6) and in the 1000 free at Bucknell (Jan. 12)...clocked in a personal-best time in the 1000 free touching the wall at 9:53.28 in the tri-meet versus LIU Post and Columbia (Nov. 17)...pulled in a fifth-place finish in the 1000 free at UConn (Oct. 26) and 200 IM clocking a personal-best time of 1:58.48...pulled in two top-10 finishes in the 1000 free and 400 IM in the tri-meet versus American and George Mason (Jan. 19).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Graduated from Westfield High School with Honors in 2012 ... helped team win the state championship as a junior in 2011 ... earned All-America honors in the 200 IM that same season ... two-time U.S. Open qualifier (2011-12) ... was an NSCA 200 fly finalist in 2011 and 2012 ... named a Potomac Valley Scholar-Athlete three times (2009-11) ... served as team captain during senior campaign ... collected Westfield High Achievement Awards in finance and business management.
PERSONAL: Richard Xue was born May 13, 1994 in Jersey City, N.J. ... now calls Centreville, Va., home ... parents are Henry Xue and Shuhong Zhao ... earned Air Assault wings … participated in CLDT, CTLT at Fort Hood last summer and did an AIAD with USIP … dream job is to be a businessman … Company E-1 … majoring in Chinese and Human Geography.
