2005-06: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Took honorable mention All-America honors in the 1650 free with a 12th place finish (16:05.99), swam 15:54.05 in the preliminaries ... finished 21st in the 1000 free (9:45.24) ...
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Won the 500 free (4:38.72) earning 20 points ... placed third in the 1000 free (9:39.66) earning 16 points ... finished fifth in the 200 free (1:45.32) earning 14 points at the GLIAC Championship.
2004-05: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: A five-time All-America honorable mention recipient for three individual events and two relays ... placed ninth in the 1650 free (15:52.35), 12th in the 1000 free (9:35.64) and 13th in the 500 free (4:37.49) ... member of the 16th-place 200 medley relay team and the 15th-place 400 free relay team ... GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Won the 1650 freestyle in a Matthaei pool record time of 15:55.87 ... took third place in both the 1000 free (9:36.24) and 500 free (4:39.02) ... was a member of the third-place 200 medley relay team (1:36.41) and the sixth-place 200 free relay team (1:27.95) ... member of the third-place 400 free relay team with David Lutz, Christian Erard and Bruno Blanco that set a WSU varsity record (3:08.69).
2003-04: Had three top-five individual finishes at the GLIAC Championship ... placed third in the 1650 free (16:20.60), fourth in the 1000 free (9:43.41) and fifth in the 500 free (4:45.93) ... a member of the second-place 800 free relay squad and the fourth-place 200 free relay team.
2002-03: GLIAC: finished third in the 1650 freestyle (16:37.28)... a member of the third-place 800 free relay with Erard, Collins and Lutz ... placed seventh in the 1000 free with a time of 10:07.13 ... placed seventh in the 500 free with a time of 4:46.16.
High School: Attended Detroit Catholic Central High School...was a four-year member of the varsity swimming team ... elected captain for the 2001-2002 season ... collected All-American honors.
Personal: Full name--Nicholas J. Markou... born in Canton ... son of Sylvia Markou ... has three older brothers, Jason, Nate and Josh ... is a business major... named to the Coach']s Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2004 and Winter 2005.
