Education
University of Alabama.
University of Alabama.
Since 2004, Ashby currently holds two Zimbabwean records in the 100 and 200 m backstroke from the World championships and United States. invitational meets. Ashby stands 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) and weighs 100 kg (220 lb). Ashby qualified for the men"s 100 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 58.28 from the United States of America Swimming Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana.
He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Olympic veterans Nicholas Neckles of Barbados, George Gleason of the Virgin Islands, and Sung Minister of South of Korea.
Swimming in lane one, Ashby raced to sixth place by a 1.27-second margin behind Gleason in 58.91. Ashby failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.
He is also a former member of the swimming team for the Alabama Crimson Tide at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.