Mark Nakanishi Class: Sophomore Hometown: La Canada, Calif. High School: La Canada Height / Weight: 6-0 / 164 Position: Fly/Free

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007-08: Specialized in the freestyle and butterfly in 2007-08 and swam a personal best in the 200 fly at the conference championship, clocking in at 1:54.41 to place third overall ... Swam the third leg of the third-place 800-free relay team ... At the conference championships, placed eighth overall in the 500 free.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Graduated from La Canada High School in 2007 ... Swam for coach Larry Naeve on the La Canada team ... Was an All-American junior and senior year ... Was the CIF championship in the 100 fly with a time of 52.2 seconds ... Won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) swimming title two consecutive years ... Led team to the CIF championship game as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born on July 3, 1989, in Northbrook, Ill. ... Son of Atsuya and Tomoko Nakanishi ... Enrolled in the College of Engineering as an aerospace engineering.