Hilton Woods

Hilton Woods (born 10 September 1968) is a swimmer who swam for Michigan's Oakland University, and represented the Netherlands Antilles at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Korea Olympics.

[2][1] At the 1988 Seoul Olympics on September 24, 1988, as a Sophomore at Oakland, he improved to 16th overall in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 51.25 only around 1.6 seconds from medal contention, had he made the finals.

[1][3] In April 1987, Woods became the first Black swimmer to break a YMCA national record, swimming his best event, the 50-meter freestyle, in a time of 20.82 at the National YMCA Swimming and Diving Championships at the Justus Aquatic Center in greater Orlando, Florida, now the Rosen Aquatic Center.

He graduated Oakland in 1992 with a medical laboratory science degree, and competed and trained with their swim team under Head Coach Pete Hovland.

A three-time All-American, Woods finished in first place in over 14 total championship events spanning both the conference and national level.