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Career Highlights
Won gold as part of the 4x200m free relay at the 2011 FINA World Championships ... Placed third in the 200m free and eighth in the 100m free at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Took second with the 4x200m free-relay team at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... part of the gold medal-winning 800m free-relay team at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific championships … earned a gold
medal and set a world record as a member of the 800m free relay at the 2009 FINA World Championships ... won two bronze medals at the 2009 NCAA Championships in the 200y IM and 200y free ... earned a gold medal and set a world record in the 800m free-relay at the 2008 Olympic Games ... member of the gold medal-winning 400m med-relay at the 2007 Pan Ams ... placed second in the 200y IM at the 2008 NCAA Championships ... member of the American record-setting 800y free-relay team at the 2008 Big 12 Championships.
Olympics History
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R
World Champs History
2009: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Gold, 400m FR-R (pr)
World Champs History
2011: Gold 4x200 FR-R
Pan Pacs History
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R
Pan Ams History
2007: Gold, 400m MR; Silver, 400m & 800m FR-R; 5, 100m FL
SC Worlds History
2010: Silver 4x200 Fr-R
Duel in the Pool History
2011: 1, 100m FR; 1, 200m FR; 1, 4x100m FR-R
Olympic Trials History
2008: 3, 200m FR; 12, 100m FL; 16, 100m FR ... 2004: 21, 200m FL; 27, 200m FR; 28, 100m FL
U.S. Nationals History
2010: 4, 200m FR; 8, 100m FL ... 2009: 6, 100m FR; 4, 200m FR; 5, 100m FL ... 2007: 7, 100m FL; 9, 200m FR; 11, 200m FL; 12, 100m FR
U.S. Nationals History
2011 Winter- Silver 200 Fr
NCAA History
2009(Jr): 3, 200y IM/200y FR ... 2008(So): 2, 200y IM/800y FR-R; 5, 100y FL/400y MR/400y FR-R; 7 200y FL ... 2008(So): 2, 200y IM; 5, 100y FL; 7, 200y FL ... 2007(Fr): 2, 400y MR; 4, 800y FR-R; 5, 400y FR-R; 10, 100y FL; 13, 200y IM; 19, 200y FL
Fun Facts
High School
South Mecklenburg HS '06
College
Texas '10
College Major
Finance
Future Professional Aspirations
Career in athletics
Parents
John and Leslie
Parents
John and Leslie ... father is a CPA and mother is a swim and volleyball coach ... Leslie played volleyball for Miami of Ohio
Sibling(s)
Older sister (Jessica) ... younger brother (Tim) who swims for South Carolina
Started Swimming
Age 4 ... was always at the pool during the summer
Sports Played Before Swimming
Soccer, golf
Pet(s)
One dog (Mika), who is a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Hobbies Outside the Pool
Golf, video games, surfing
Most Influential Person
Parents ... "They have always been there for me and are always supportive no matter what happens. They both are great people and parents and I look up to them a lot."
Charities
Tyler's Treehouse, St. Jude Children's Hospital ... "I like to support and help the families and friends that have helped support me over my career, and this is the perfect opportunity to help me give back."
Training Stats
Trains 7,000 yards per day, 2-3.5 hours a day, 6 days a week
More
Superstitions: lucky googles and golf balls
Favorites
Movies: 300, Superbad, Supertroopers, Knocked Up ... tv: Sportscenter ... music: O.A.R., Umphrey's McGee, Counting Crows, Dispatch ... sports moments: winning the 2010 NCAA men's swimming championship and a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics ... holiday tradition: Christmas Eve the family goes to evening church, a big dinner out, then secrect Santa at home