| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Temecula, CA |
| High School: | Great Oak |
| Position: | Back, IM |
* School record Holder in 400 IM*
* Top 10 in 1000 Freestyle, 100 and 200 Backstroke and 200
IM*
* All Ivy 2nd team - 2010*
2009-10: Broke school record in 400 IM getting 2nd place at Ivy
League Championship meet … Scored in 200 IM (10th) and 200
Backstroke (10th) at Ivy League Championship meet … Swam 7th
fastest time in 100 Backstroke leading off 400 Medley relay ... Won
the Joseph Watmough MVP Award.
2008-09: Scored in 200 IM (15th), 400 IM (9th) and 200 Backstroke
(9th) at Ivy League Championship meet ... Won the Thomas R. Temple
Coaches Award.
2007-08: Made finals in 400 IM (7th) and 200 Backstroke (7th) at
EISL Championship meet … Scored in the 500 Freestyle at EISL
Championship meet … Won the 200 Backstroke and 200 IM vs
UPENN at Florida Atlantic U Invite … Won 1000 freestyle and
200 Backstroke in first college meet against UCONN.
Before Brown: Qualified for both Junior and Senior Nationals (200
back and 400 IM).
Personal: Ryunosuke Kikuchi is the son of Yoshitumi and Atsuko Kikuchi of Temecula, California … Has two siblings, Marko and Yunka … Enjoys snowboarding and going to the beach … Three-year letterwinner at Great Oak High School.
