Missouri State

Background
Chocholaty made his way to Springfield as a transfer from the University of Utah where he swam for two years…As a freshman he earned a sixth place finish at the Pac-12 Championship with his team, and individually earned a 1650 freestyle win at UNLV, 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle win at BYU, breaking the Richards Pool record with a mark of 15:27:85, and a 200 freestyle C final and 1650 freestyle 15th-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships…In his sophomore year he earned a third place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with his team and individually earned a spot in the 400 individual medley C final and a 1650 freestyle 18th place finish…In high school he swam for Plavecky Klub Slavia VS Plzen while attending Sport Grammer School Pilsen…In his freshman year he won the Czech Club Team Nationals, as well as the Junior 100, 200 and 400 freestyle at the Czech National Championships …In his sophomore year he finished second in the Czech Club Team Nationals, individually at the Czech National Championships finished third in the 200 freestyle and at the Czech National Junior Championships won the 200,400 and 800 freestyle…In his junior year he finished second in the Czech Club Team Nationals Czech National Championships and individually at the Czech National Championships finished first in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle junior races, in the open category he won the 400 and 800 freestyle…At the Czech Open Water Indoor National Championships 5k he won the junior division and came 2nd in the open division…At the Czech National Junior  Championships he won the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyle…At the European Open Water Championships Rome 2022 5k he finished 16th…In his senior year he finished third in the Czech Club Team Nationals, individually at the Czech National Championships he won the 200 butterfly and 400,800 and 1500 freestyle in the junior category and finished 2nd in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle and third in the 400 individual medley in the open category…He also finished third at the Czech National Open Water Indoor Championships 2023.

Personal
Tomas Chocholaty was born on 04/20/2004 in Horovice, Czech Republic…Son to Ondrey Chocholaty and Petra Kocanek Chocolata…Has one sister Katerina…Majoring in Exercise Science/Health.