Summer 2001: Qualified as a member of the Mexican National Team and competed at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan ... swam to a 28th-place finish of 98 swimmers in the 200 free (LCM) ... finished 23rd of 145 swimmers in the 200 IM (LCM) with a time of 2:07.80 ... placed 20th of 145 swimmers in the 400 IM (LCM) with a time of 4:34.17 ... swam lead-off leg of the ninth-place 800 free relay team (7:41.12, LCM) ... swam breast leg of the 15th-place 400 medley relay team (3:54.24, LCM) ... in Mexico, nationally ranked first in the 200 free and 200 and 400 IM..
2000-01: Academic All-Big Ten ...recorded the team’s top times in the 200 free (1:38.16) and the 200 IM (1:49.35) ... scored in the 200 IM (16th, 1:51.29) and the 200 free (14th, 1:38.31) at the conference championships ... finished 21st in 1:49.80 in the 200 fly at Big Ten’s ... swam the lead-off leg on both the 400 and 800 free relays that finished seventh and fifth with NCAA ‘B’ cut times at Big Ten’s ... member of 800 free relay team that set Purdue varsity record with a time of 6:34.74.
Summer 2000: Represented Mexico in the 2000 Olympic Summer Games ... finished 30th of 120 swimmers in the prelims of the 200 free with a time of 1:53.00 (LCM) ... placed 28th of 115 swimmers in the prelims of the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.00 (LCM) ... in Mexico, nationally ranked first in the 200 free and 200 and 400 IM.
1999-00: Placed ninth in the 200 IM (1:49.74), 12th in the 200 free (1:38.71) and 13th in the 100 free (45.06) at Big Ten’s ... had team’s top times in the 100 free (45.03), 200 free (1:38.48) and 200 IM (1:49.74) ... member of the season’s top 200, 400 and 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams ... had the team’s third-fastest 1,000 free time ... earned the team’s fifth-fastest 400 IM time.
1998-99: Placed 12th in the 100 free (44.89) at Big Ten’s ... member of 200 free relay team that finished fourth at Big Ten’s ... set Purdue freshman records in the 100 and 200 free ... set a Lambert Pool record against Indiana in the 200 free in 1:39.89 ... finished first on the Purdue squad in the 100 (44.86) and 200 free (1:37.74).
High School: Named Sportsman-of-the-State (Coahuila) and Sportsman-of-the-City (Saltillo) at ages 16 and 15 ... member of the Mexican team at the Centroamerican and Caribbean Games ... placed 18th in the 100 free at the Pan-Pacific Games in Fukuoka, Japan ... set national records in the 50, 100 and 200 free and 200 IM as a sophomore ... finished second in the 100 and 200 free at Mexican Nationals as a senior.
Personal: Born Sept. 13, 1979 ... given name is Javier Diaz ... parents are Javier and Ana Catalina Gonzales de Diaz ... has two younger brothers, Jose Alejandro and Rodrigo, and a younger sister, Maria Catalina ... economics major.
— Diaz’s Personal Bests —
100 Free 44.86
200 Fly 1:49.80
200 Free 1:37.74
200 IM 1:49.35