2021-22 Swimming Roster
Kusto, Rafal
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Rafal Kusto
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Luban, Poland
- Weight:
- null
Bio
6x All-American
- 2022: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2021: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2020: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
1x ACC Champion
- 2022: 400 medley relay
Academic All-ACC Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019)
2021-22 (SENIOR):
2020-21 (JUNIOR):
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
PREP/PERSONAL:
- 2022: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2021: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2020: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
1x ACC Champion
- 2022: 400 medley relay
Academic All-ACC Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019)
2021-22 (SENIOR):
- Part of a pair of program record-setting medley relays at the NCAA Championships as he competed in the 200 (3rd - 1:21.69) and 400 (5th - 3:01.53) races
- Also competed individually in the 100 breaststroke (34th - 52.83) and the 200 breaststroke (45th - 1:56.59) at NCAAs
- Gold medalist in the 400 medley relay at the ACC Championships (3:01.88)
- Finalist in both breaststroke races at ACCs, placing seventh in the 200 with a personal-best time of 1:53.71 and winning the B final in the 100 (9th - 51.86) with a mark that lowered his own program record
- Also competed in the 50 freestyle at the conference meet
- Helped set a facility record in Virginia’s pool in the 200 medley relay (1:24.14)
2020-21 (JUNIOR):
- Garnered All-America honors as member of eighth-place 400 medley relay team at NCAA Championships. Swam breaststroke leg in 52.14 to help team to time of 3:04.47
- Honorable mention All-American in 200 medley relay (1:23.57)
- Also swam the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the national meet
- Set new program record in the 200 breaststroke at the 2021 ACC Championships. Went 1:54.67 in the B final to take ownership of the No. 1 spot in NC State history
- Also competed in B final of 100 breaststroke at ACCs
- Took top 100 breaststroke finish in duals against Virginia Tech, Virginia and Duke
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):
- Found the top of the podium at the ACC Championships with the Pack's 200 medley relay squad. Swam a 24.30 breaststroke split to help the team take the win in 1:24.13
- Swam in the B final of the 100 breaststroke, finishing 12th overall in a season-best 54.04
- Also reached C final of 200 breaststroke (1:57.96)
- Garnered All-America status in a pair of relays in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Selected after being part of the A cut medley relay teams
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
- Swam in the B finals of both the breaststroke events at the ACC Championships, where he placed 12th overall in the 100 breaststroke (53.55) and 10th overall in the 200 breaststroke (1:56.22)
- Ranks third and second, respectively, in program history with his times from ACCs
- Joined the Pack for the spring semester and made his NC State debut in the home dual meet against UNC-Chapel Hill
- Attended the NCAA Championships as an alternate
PREP/PERSONAL:
- Silver medalist in the 200 breaststroke and bronze medalist in 4x100 medley relay at 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
- Bronze medalist at European Junior Swimming Championships in 2017