Charles Houchin is an American competition swimmer who has had his greatest international success in freestyle relay events.
Education
Houchin graduated from William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Houchin attended the University of Michigan, where he swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 2006 to 2010. He graduated from Michigan with a bachelor"s degree in sports management in 2010.
Career
Their product, Meet Central, is a mobile app that can operate an entire swim meet from iPhones. He currently swims for IX3 in Jacksonville, Florida. Houchin used the money he earned from his gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics to found HydroXphere and create Meet Central.
Adamant about increasing the value of participation for young swimmers, Houchin innovated a better swim meet experience for athletes, parents, and coaches.
Meet Central operates an entire swim meet from iPhones and iPads, creating a more relaxing environment for parents, volunteers, and officials. Using Meet Central, swim clubs can operate a meet in less time, with fewer volunteers, and less complexity.
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, Houchin competed in one event, the 400-meter freestyle. Houchin posted a time of 3:48.80 in the heats and did not advance to the final, finishing fourteenth overall.
Houchin also competed in the 400-meter freestyle at the trials, and finished fourth overall (3:4832).
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Houchin earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning United States. team in the preliminaries of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Houchin combined with Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, and Ricky Berens in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, with the team finishing in first place for the gold medal. Swimming the third leg, Houchin recorded a split of 1:45.59, and the team finished with a final time of 7:01.72.
Houchin is a Christian.
Houchin has spoken about his faith saying, "I like to think I carry a quiet confidence into the water because of my relationship with Christ.He created a swimming timing system called Meet Central, a system that helps swim meets go faster and have more accurate times. This allows swim teams to use mobile devices to start, time, judge, and score very quickly.
Membership
He earned a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Houchin made the United States. Olympic team for the first time by finishing sixth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:46.88, which qualified him to swim in the 4×200-meter freestyle as a member of the United States. relay team