Today's topic of the week is going to be about Cullen Jones. I am going to do a Kid-friendly biography on her.
Family, Age, and Birth
Cullen's parents names are Debra and Ron Jones. He was born at Bronx New York. On, February 29th, 1984. His given name from birth is Cullen Andrew Jones. Cullen weighs 210 lbs and is six feet and five inches. Wow! Now that's tall!
Childhood
When Cullen was in elementary school he moved to irvington, New Jersey. He learned to swim at the age of five, after almost drowning at a splash down pool. He became an age group swimmer at Metro express. Later on Cullen switched team's to the Jersey Gators in Cranford. Cullen graduated from ST. Benedicts prep in 2002. He attended North Carolina state in 2006.
Swimming Career
Cullen set a personal best in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle. For the 50 meter freestyle he got a time of 21.40 on July 2009. For the 100 meter freestyle he got a time of 48.31 on July 2008. In 2012 he made his first Olympic team. He helped USA make a world record and gold in the 4x100 medley meter relay. He was the anchor of the relay so all the pressure was on him. He sat the American record for the 50 freestyle. Cullen made two silvers in the Olympics. One for the 4x100 freestyle relay and one for his 50 freestyle.
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Sources/refrences:
http://www.greatblackspeakers.com/upload/405-2013-12-01-07-28-17-Cullen_Jones_4.jpg
http://www.teenvogue.com/images/my-life/profiles/2012-08/00-Cullen.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen_Jones
http://swimming.about.com/od/swimhistoryandstars/p/jones.htm
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