Chad La Tourette Class: Senior Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA High School: Mission Viejo HS Height / Weight: 6-0 / 175 Event: Free Experience: 1V

Feature Story: March 23, 2011 in San Francisco Chronicle |

All-American [6]: 500 Freestyle -- 2009, 2010, 2011 | 1650 Freestyle - 2009, 2010, 2011
NCAA Champion [1]: 1650 Freestyle -- 2010
Pac-10 Champion [3]: 1650 Freestyle -- 2009, 2010, 2011

Stanford Record Books: 1650 Free (1st - 14:33.55, 2009), 1000 Free (4th - 8:56.40, 2010), 500 Free (7th - 4:15.84, 2009)

International Competition: Member of the 2009-10 U.S. National Team with five other Cardinal swimmers, earning a spot on the team with America's top 1500-meter time at 14:53.77 and the third-fastest 400-meter time, both set at the World University Games... won silver medals at the Pan Pacific Games in Irvine in August, 2010 finishing as the runner-up in the 800 and 1500-meer races... at the ConoccoPhillips National Championships in the summer of 2010, swam the then-fastest time in the world in the 1500 freee (14:55.39) to win his first national title... was also fourth in the 400 free (3:48.76).won five medals over the summer season in 2009... competing at the 2009 World University Games in Serbia, won three medals; a gold medal in the 800 freestyle with a time of 7:47.24, a second place finish and silver medal in the 400 freestyle (3:46.72) and another silver in the 1500 freestyle (14:53.77)... won his fourth medal of the summer at the U.S. Open in Federal Way, Wash. in August, pacing the field in the 400 with a time of 3:48.26... two days later won a gold in the 800 freestyle setting a course record with a mark of 7:47.27, just three hundredths short of his career-best.

2010-2011 Season (Junior): NCAA runner-up in the 1650 free, one of two top-eight finishes for the American distance swimmer, finishing with a time of 14:34.80 behind Michale McBroom's time of 14:32.86... finished sixth in the 500 free with a time of 4:16.15... ranked No. 1 nationally in the 1000 free and finished second nationally in the 1650 free... was also 11th nationally in the 500 free... defended his Pac-10 title in the 1650 free for the third-straight year, swimming a top time of 14:38.13... also in Long Beach, finished fifth in the 500 free one of six Cardinal in the top-11 as the Cardinal won its 30th-straight Pac-10 title... did not lose a dual long distance event, winning the 1000 free (USC, Arizona, Cal) and 500 free (ASU, Cal, CS Bakersfield, Pacific) seven times.... won the tri-distance event over Cal in the longer distances of the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyles... Academic All-Pac-10.

2009-2010 Season (Sophomore): One of the top distance swimmers in the country... a two-time All-American, 1650 freestyle NCAA Champion with a pool record 14:42.87 time... placed 11th in the 500 freestyle...also a 1650 freestyle Pac-10 Champion (14:46.70)...placed 12th in the 500 freestyle at the Pac-10s...won the 500 freestyle at the Toshiba Classic...won the 100 freestyle against Arizona.

2008-09 Season (Freshman): Named an All-American twice as a freshman, in the 500 and 1500 freestyles... was also honored as the Pac-10 Conference's Newcomer of the Year... won the Pac-10 individual title in the 1650 freestyle... during the year had the NCAA's second-fastest 1650 freestyle time (14:33.55), while also posting the second-best 1000 freestyle mark (8:59.35)... finished third in the 500 freestyle at the Pac-10s (4:16.29)... won the Pac-10's 1650 freestyle with the time of 14:39.01, the third-fastest time in school history... at the NCAA 1650, he smashed the Stanford record, setting a new standard (14:33.55) to finish as the NCAA runner-up.

High School: Led Mission Viejo to the CIF-Southern Section title in 2005-2007...All-American and member of the national champion 400 free relay...competed for the United States as a member of the 2006 junior national team and at the 2007 World University Games...also competed in two years of water polo at Mission Viejo.

Personal: Majoring in earth systems...parents are Ken and Pam...has one brother, Mathew, and one sister, Megan.