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Career Highlights
Finished fourth in the 200m breast at the 2011 FINA World Championships ... Also took fourth in the 200m breast at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Captured the 2010 national title in the 200m breast … won a gold medal and set a new world record as a member of the 4x100m medley-relay at the 2009 FINA World Championships… won silver in the 200m breast and placed fourth in the 100m
breast at the 2009 World Championship … won the 200m breast and set an American record in the event at 2009 Nationals ... at the 2008 Olympic Games advanced to the semi-finals in the 200m breast, placing tenth in the event ... finished fifth in the 200m breast while competing in his first World Championships in 2007 ... became the first American ever to sweep the individual medley events at 2005 World University Games, setting a new Universiade record in the 200m IM ... won bronze in the 400m IM at the 2004 Short Course World Championships … finished third in the 200m and 400m IM at the 2004 Olympic Trials
Olympics History
2008: 10, 200m BR
World Champs History
2011: 4, 200m BR ... 2009: Gold, 400m MR (WR); Silver 200 Br, Bronze 200 IM, 4 100m BR ... 2007: 5, 200m BR
World Champs History
WC LCM: 1G, 1S, 1B
World Champs History
2011: 4th 200 BR, Gold (pr) 4x100 MR
Pan Pacs History
2010: Bronze, 200m BR; 6, 100m BR ... 2006: 9, 200m BR
WUGs History
2005: Gold, 200m & 400m IM ... 2003: Silver, 400m IM
SC Worlds History
2004: Bronze, 400m IM
Duel in the Pool History
Won three silver medals competing in his first Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool (07)
Olympic Trials History
2008: 2, 200m BR; 3, 200m IM; 4, 100m BR ... 2004: 3, 200m & 400m IM; 11, 200m BR
U.S. Nationals History
2011: 4, 100m BR ... 2010: 1, 200m BR; 3, 100m BR; 4, 200m IM ... 2009: 1, 200m BR; 2, 100m BR; 2, 200m IM
U.S. Nationals History
2011 Winter- Silver 200 Br, Bronze 200 IM
Short Course National Championships
2008: 2, 200y BR/200y IM; 3, 100y BR
Briefly
Two time Duel in the Pool member
Fun Facts
High School
Parkview HS '02
College
Auburn '06
College Major
Entrepreneurship
Future Professional Aspirations
Sports marketing
Job Outside of Swimming
LIVESTRONG Envoy ... a cancer awareness advocate on behalf of the Lance Armstrong Foundation
Parents
Rick and Janet … father works in retail, and mother is a college English professor
Spouse
Married Jeri Moss on May 21, 2011 ... she is a sales rep for Stryker Orthopedics
Sibling(s)
Older brother (Ryan) swam for Georgia Tech (’02) ... senior project manager for Juneau Construction
Started Swimming
Age 3 ... followed his brother into the sport
Sports Played Before Swimming
Soccer
Hobbies Outside the Pool
Cycling, wakeboarding, surfing
Ultimate Way to Relax
A day on the lake, wakeboarding
Most Influential Person
Club coach at Swim Atlanta (Chris Davis)
Charities
The Lance Armstrong Foundation
Training Stats
Swims 10,000 meters/yards per day, 5 hours a day, 6 days a week
More
Diagnosided with testicular cancer weeks before competing at the 2008 Olympic Trials. He had surgery to remove the cancer after the Olympics. He is now cancer free ... Spends his extra time working with the Lance Armstrong Foundation where he is an advocate for cancer awareness, especially in young adults ... He travels the country giving motivational speeches to swimmers, students, business professionals, and fudraisers
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Makes him unique: Cancer survivor, unbeaten in college swimming, started an open water event to benefit the fight against cancer