Greg Achors

Swimming for Kokomo’s Haworth High School, Greg Achors placed as either state champion or runner-up in eight of the nine events in which he participated at the IHSAA State Swimming Championships from 1980-82. Achors’ three gold medals in ‘82 were instrumental in Haworth winning its only IHSAA team state championship in school history.

In ‘82, Achors captured individual IHSAA titles in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 breast stroke where he established a meet record. He swam a leg on the Huskies’ state championship 200 medley relay that also established a record, breaking Haworth’s state meet mark from ‘81 by nearly two seconds. As a senior, he was a three-time All-American after finishing the season with top-10 times nationally in the 100 butterfly, 100 breast stroke and 200 IM.

As a junior, Achors led the Huskies to a team runner-up finish at the IHSAA state championships. He swam on the victorious record-setting 200 medley relay and took second place finishes in the 200 individual medley and 400 freestyle relay. As a sophomore at the state meet, Achors earned second place finishes in the 200 IM and 200 medley relay.

Achors then lettered two seasons at the University of Tennessee where he finished sixth in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 100 breast stroke at the 1983 Southeastern Conference Championships. That same year, he swam a leg on the Volunteers’ 400 medley relay that claimed 10th place at the NCAA championships.

Achors is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and currently flies for FedEx Express. He and his wife Christi live in Fleming Island, FL. They have two sons, Kyle and Konner.