Nicole Taheri

Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Presentation HS
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.

2003-04: Second-team All-Conference USA honoree in the 1,650 free and team[apos]s second-leading scorer at the C-USA Championship with 41 individual points and 30 relay points...posted six individual dual-meet wins and helped the relay teams post one victory...set personal-best times at the league meet in the 1,650 free (17:08.54) and preliminaries of the 500 free (4:59.97), and her mile time was a U.S. Open Cut qualifier...tallied wins in the 200 and 500 free in a triple-dual meet sweep of Florida A&M, Florida Southern and North Florida (Nov. 2). High School: Four-year letterwinner at Presentation High for coach Marisa Watts...earned All-America honors as a senior in the 200 and 500 free as well as the 400 free relay...helped the Panthers win the California Interscholastic Federation-Central Coast Section (CIF-CCS) as a sophomore and finish third in the CIF-CCS as a senior...finished second in the CIF-CCS in the 500 free and third in the 200 free as a senior, third in the 200 free and fourth in the 500 free as a junior, fifth in the 500 free and seventh in the 200 free as a sophomore, and sixth in the 500 free and 13th in the 100 fly as a freshman...also lettered once in soccer as a midfielder. Club: Swam for Silicon Valley Aquatics for coach Andy King and Bill Thompson...tallied Junior National qualifying times in the 500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free in 2001, the 200 free in 2002, and the 200 fly and 400 individual medley in 2003. Personal: Born Nicole Anahita Taheri on March 7, 1985 in Winfield, Ill...daughter of Reza and Jane Taheri...has one sister, Kiana, who swims collegiately at Rice University...chose Tulane over Boston College, Duke, Miami (Fla.), Rice, Richmond and UC-San Diego...majoring in mathematics.