SWIMMER STATS
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Career Highlights
Finished third in the 50m free and fifth in the 100m free at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Claimed the 50m free national title at the 2010 CP National Championships ... earned a silver medal and American Record in the 400m free-relay at the 2008 Olympic Games; also placed sixth in the 50m free ... qualified for the 2008 Olympic team by placing seventh in the 100m free at Trials
... won silver and set an American record as a member of the 400m free-relay team at the 2007 World Championships ... earned bronze in the 400m free-relay at the 2005 World Championships, where she also finished seventh in the 50m free ... won two relay silver medals at the 2004 Olympic Games ... later helped set new American records in both 400m relays at 2004 SC World Champs ... set the Pan American Games record en route to winning gold in the 50m free in 2003.
Olympics History
2008: Silver, 400m FR-R (AR); Silver, 400m MD-R (AR); 6, 50m FR ... 2004: Silver, 400m FR-R & 400m MR; 5, 50m & 100m FR
World Champs History
2007: Gold, 800m FR-R(pr); Silver, 400m FR-R(AR); 5, 50m FR ... 2005: Bronze, 400m FR-R; 7, 50m FR
World Champs History
WC Medal Count: 3 - 1G, 1S, 1B
World Champs History
2011: Silver (pr) 4x100 FR-R
Pan Pacs History
2006: Gold, 50m FR & 400m FR-R(AR); 9, 100m FR
Olympic Trials History
2008: 4, 50m FR; 7, 100m FR; 8, 200m FR ... 2004: 1, 100m FR; 2, 50m FR; 7, 200m FR
U.S. Nationals History
2011: 3, 50m FR; 5, 100m FR ... 2010: 1, 50m FR; 2, 400m MR; 4, 100m FR ... 2009: 7, 100m FR
NCAA History
2007(Sr): 1, 50y/100y FR; 2, 200y FR-R; 3, 400y/800y FR-R; 5, 200y MR; 9, 200y FR
Fun Facts
High School
Ann Arbor Pioneer HS '03
College
Georgia '08
College Major
Speech communications (with a minor in drama)
Future Professional Aspirations
Media
Parents
Robert and Kathy … father works in software development for Thompson Publishing, and mother is a swim coach for the Ann Arbor Swim Club
Sibling(s)
Two older brothers (Sean and Kevin) … both swam for Eastern Michigan University
Started Swimming
Age 5 ... her mother was the coach and her two older brothers were already swimming
Hobbies Outside the Pool
Cooking, yoga, the beach, games
Ultimate Way to Relax
Buying Coach purses, singing in the shower