Born in the Bronx borough of New York City, Jones moved to Irvington, New Jersey while in elementary school. Cullen learned to swim after nearly drowning at a water park when he was 5.[3] He attended Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, where he first started gaining recognition for his swimming.[4]
He trains with David Marsh at the Center of Excellence at Mecklenburg Aquatic Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He burst onto the international swimming scene at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships[5] in Victoria, British Columbia. He was a student athlete at North Carolina State University, where he was an English major with a minor in Psychology. In the summer of 2006, he became a professional swimmer after signing with Nike.[6]
At the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships he set a meet record in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 21.84. He also swam a leg (split of 47.96) in the world record breaking 4x100 m Freestyle Relay along with Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak and Neil Walker. He also got a gold medal in 4x100 m Freestyle Relay with the same teammates in 2007 World Aquatics Championships
Jones is the first African-American to hold or share a world record (4x100 Freestyle Relay) in swimming.[7] He is also the second African-American to make the US Olympic swimming team after Anthony Ervin. At the 2008 Olympic swimming trials, Jones broke the American record in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 21.59. The record was subsequently broken the next day by Garrett Weber-Gale. In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay in a world record time of 3:08.24 with Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak and Garrett Weber-Gale.
and he still got more events to fuck shit up in. this dude is the shit. remember the name.
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