Brock Park
Brock Park

Player Profile
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Kensington, Md.

High School:
The Landon School

Height:
6-3

Event:
Sprint Freestyle

Birthdate:
09/04/1989

Experience:
True Freshman

Major:
Biology

Career Best Times: 21.28 in the 50-yard freestyle; 46.23 in the 100-yard freestyle; 1:40.84 in the 200-yard freestyle; 51.95 in the 100-yard butterfly.

General: Outstanding addition to the Tar Heel depth chart...excels at the sprint and middle distance freestyle events...can also swim the butterfly.

Prep: A 2008 graduate of the Landon School in Washington, D.C ...swam in sprint freestyle events and ran cross country...named All-America in the 50 and 100-yard freestyles his senior year...Academic All-America his junior year...high school swim captain...named champion at his high school Metro meet in the 100-yard free his sophomore year and the 50-yard free his senior year...All-Met swimmer his senior year...national champion in the long course meters 50 freestyle in 2002 and 2004 and fifth in 2006...part of Curl-Burke's NCSA Junior National team for the past four years where he helped to win the combined team high score awards in 2005 and 2006... had the men's team overall high score in 2007 and took third place in 2008.

Personal: Name is Nicolas Brock Park...son of Nicholas and Celeste Park...was born September 4, 1989 in Silver Spring, Md ...has one sister, Sarah, 19.

Brock's Bibliography
Academic Major at Carolina: Biology
Career Plans: To become a doctor or an attorney
Hobbies: Swimming, playing the electric bass
Athlete I Most Admire: Alexander Popov
Biggest Sports Thrill: Winning NCSA Junior Nationals
Person Who Has Had The Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career: Tim Kelly
Favorite Book: Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Favorite Magazine: Bass Player
Favorite Food: Watermelon
Favorite Movie: Gladiator
Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld
Favorite Website to Visit: Video 24/7
City I've Never Been To But Want To Visit: Barcelona
Entertainment Figure I'd Most Like To Have Dinner With: The late Richard Pryor