Austin Surhoff

Austin Surhoff
Personal information
Full name Austin Surhoff
Nationality American
Born (1990-11-27) November 27, 1990
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 201 lb (91 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, freestyle, medley
Club University of Texas

Austin Surhoff (born November 27, 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American swimmer. His paternal grandfather Richard (Dick) Surhoff played in the NBA and was a world class softball player.

Swimming career

As a college swimmer at Texas, Surhoff is a one-time NCAA champion, winning the 200 yard IM in 2010.[1] He also won the 200 yard IM and 200 yard backstroke at the 2010 Big 12 Championships.[2]

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Surhoff placed 13th in the 200 m IM and 24th in the 200 m backstroke. At the 2009 U.S. National Championships, he placed 14th in the 200 m backstroke and 20th in the 100 m backstroke. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, he bettered his 2008 finish with 4th place in the 200 m IM and was 15th in the 400 m IM.

Personal

Surhoff's father, B. J. Surhoff, played 19 seasons of Major League Baseball. His mother, Polly, swam for The University of North Carolina and won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games[3]. He currently lives in Charlottesville, VA as an volunteer assistant coach for the University of Virginia swim team, and has lost to Joey Barga in Cup Pong 17 out 17 of times. An avid sportsman even post-retirement, Austin once kicked 4 home runs against UVA swim campers in a 2 hour game of Kickball and remains undefeated against his arch-rival Eric “The Game Master” Thurston. In addition, Surhoff held the record for longest consecutive “King” of 4-square at the UVA swim camps with a 37 round streak, before having the record broken by then UVA Junior Ryan Baker, who set the new mark at 45. Surhoff ended his camp activities with a blistering 23.8 in the 50m freestyle as the third leg on the mixed 200 freestyle relay against the 4 most elite campers, completing a come from behind victory that will live on in notoriety.

Between his time as an Olympic hopeful and swim coach, Surhoff made waves in the card game community as the 3 time North-East Cambio champion, winning the regional tournament from 2014-2016. He was defeated in the National Championship semi-finals all three years by Joey Barga. Cambio is a card game that can be played with 2 or more players, but is limited to 2 in official tournaments. You start by dealing four cards to each player face down in a 2×2 pattern and leaving the deck in the middle. The goal is to have the least amount of points by the end of the game. You may only play the game with one hand. Each player is given one chance to check out the 2 cards closest to them and memorize them. After that you may not peek again unless you pull a 7 or 8.

The game starts by the first player to the right of the dealer picking a card from the deck. You may swap the card you pull with one of your own. This would be in order to reduce the amount of points you have.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Texas' Austin Surhoff Touches Out Florida's Shaune Fraser in 200 IM". Swimming World Magazine. March 26, 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Feigen, Surhoff earn NCAA automatic-qualifying marks at Big 12 Championships". February 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Austin Surhoff makes splash in leading Texas to crown". March 31, 2010.
  4. ↑ https://joshaguirre.com/cambio-card-game-rules-and-cheatsheet/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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