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At Michigan... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference (2007-09) ... Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award (2007-09).
Senior(2008-09)...Championship Meets... came in 12th in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.51 after a career-best and NCAA consideration time of 1:02.12 in the prelims, placed 21st in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:18.98 after a career-best time of 2:18.46 in the prelims and finished 96th in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 28.49 at the Big Ten Championships(Feb. 18-21) ... Regular Season... recorded season-best times in the 100-yard freestyle (55.68) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.51) at the Indiana Invitational (Jan. 9-10).
Junior (2007-08)...Championship Meets... finished in 23rd in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.10, 1:03.99 prelim), 30th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.17) and 80th in the 50-yard freestyle (29.64) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 21-23) ... Regular Season... touched the wall in aseason-best 1:06.39for17th place in the 100-yard breaststroke; also helped 800-yard freestyle relay (7:28.40) to eighth place at Texas A&M Invitational (Nov. 16-18).
Sophomore (2006-07)... Academic All-Big Ten ... Regular Season... won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.83 and took first in both the 100-yard (52.24) and 200-yard (1:55.47) freestyle at the ABC Invitational (Jan. 27); qualified for the U.S. National Championships this spring ... placed 14th in the 100-yard freestyle (53.34) at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 12-13)... competed exhibition in 100-yard (53.49) freestyle at EMU Invitational (Dec. 1-2) ... swam on second-fastest 200-yard freestyle relay (1:37.87) against No. 24 Princeton (Nov. 11).
Freshman (2005-06)...Championship Meets... placed 31st in the 50-yard freestyle (23.72), 32nd in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.35), and 31st in the 100-yard freestyle (51.96) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 15-18) ... Regular Season... clocked in sixth in the 50-yard freestyle (25.13) against Northwestern (Jan. 21) ... anchored the 800-yard freestyle (7:58.85) relay team to fifth place, and swam on fifth-place 200-yard freestyle (1:39.69) and 400-yard medley (4:00.86) relay teams at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 13-14) ... had sixth-place finishes in the 100-meter (1:02.24) and 200-meter (2:15.50) freestyles at the Copa Coqui 2006 (Jan. 3) ... swam on second-place 200-yard freestyle (1:39.40) relay team against Georgia (Nov. 5) ... part of second-place 400-yard freestyle (3:38.77) relay team in career debut against California (Oct. 27).
Prep... W.T. Woodson High School (2004) ... National Honor Society ... four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming ... two-time Scholastic All-American ... four-time Scholar Athlete ... Speedo and NISCA 2005 Swimmer of the Year ... 11-time All-American ... four-time all-region and all-district ... 2005 all-state ... 2002 team rookie of the year ... 2003 Gatorade MVP ... two-time team MVP ... two-time Washington Post first-team All-Met (2004-05) ... 2005 state champion in 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle.
Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... major undecided ... mother, Janet, was a swimmer and diver at the United States Air Force Academy ....father, David, swam and played water polo at the United States Air Force Academy ... birthday is July 26, 1987.
