Education
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan.
Barrowman was one of the pioneers of the "wave-style" breaststroke technique. Prior to attending University of Michigan, he trained with Montgomery Square Copenhaver Swim Club and the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club in Maryland. He placed fourth in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke.
He set a world record in the same event the following year at the United States of America Swimming Long Course National Championships with a time of 2:12.90.
The following year at the 1990 Goodwill Games he recorded a time of 2:11.53 and beat two other swimmers who also bested the previous world mark. He later temporarily retired from swimming and took up competitive flatwater kayaking, competing at the United States. Olympic Festival in 1995.
He is now a banker, and part-time masters swim coach in the Cayman Islands, but had previously owned a film studio which created an award winning underwater television program for children, "Under the Waves". Barrowman was known for his high consumption of hamburgers and French fries during his taper period just prior to a major meet, while he would maintain a strict diet during training season.
Barrowman attended the University of Michigan, and swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Big Ten Conference competition.
He was named the Big 10 Athlete of the Year (all sports) in 1991. His National Collegiate Athletic Association record of 1:53.77 from 1990, would stand strong for eleven years, and was the oldest men"s National Collegiate Athletic Association record in 2001, when it was broken by Brendan Hansen. He was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1989 and 1990 by Swimming World Magazine, and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1997.