Career
Because of his tremendous career in college swimming, Sutanto was named the 2002 and 2003 Most Outstanding Male Swimmer of the Year by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics). Sutanto accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the California Baptist University in Riverside, California, where he majored in business administration, and played for the California Baptist Lancers swimming and diving team under head coach Rick Rowland. While swimming for the Lancers, Sutanto received sixteen All-American titles, and held three meet records in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, and 200-yard individual medley at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Men"s Swimming and Diving Championships.
He was also named the 2002 and 2003 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics"s Most Outstanding Male Swimmer of the Year, before graduating from the University in the spring of 2004.
He challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Kuwait"s four-time Olympian Sultan First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Otaibi. Sutanto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall in the prelims.
