INFO
Career
SENIOR SEASON (2003-04)
NCAA Championship in 100 Breast (4th year in a row)
NCAA Championship in 200 Breast (4th year in a row)
JUNIOR SEASON (2002-03)
» Collected three NCAA, American, U.S. Open and school records as well as four NCAA meet records at the NCAA Championships (3/27-29) en route to four NCAA titles, four NCAA All-America honors and one NCAA All-America Honorable Mention Award.
» Broke his own NCAA, American, U.S. Open and school record in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, winning the event for the third consecutive year with a mark of 1:52.62.
» Established an NCAA meet record and came within .10 of a second of Jeremy Linn’s (Tennessee) NCAA Record in the 100-yard breaststroke en route to his third consecutive title in the event with a school-record mark of 51.96.
» Swam the breaststroke legs of the 200- and 400-yard medley relays that set NCAA, American, U.S. Open and school records at the NCAA Championships with times of 1:24.46 and 3:04.47, respectively.
» Received the second NCAA All-America Honorable Mention award of his career after finishing 12th in the 200-yard individual medley at the national meet with a time of 1:46.66.
» Posted an NCAA consideration time or faster in 23 of the 25 races he competed in.
» Topped his own Big 12 meet record by swimming a time of 1:55.40 at the Big 12 Conference Championships (2/19-22).
» Won the 100-yard breaststroke at the league meet for the third year in a row by clocking a time of 53.38.
» Member of the top performing 200-yard medley relay team (1:26.72*) at the league meet and added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (1:48.39#).
» Tabbed the Big 12 Conference Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive season.
» Named Big 12 Conference Swimmer of the Month for December after setting three meet records at the Texas Invitational (12/5-7) en route to posting three first-place finishes and one runner-up finish.
» Established meet records in the 100- (53.24*) and 200-yard breaststroke (1:55.74*) as well as the 400-yard medley relay (3:10.17*) at the Texas Invitational
» Posted four first-place finishes and two runner-up finishes during the dual-meet season.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2001-02)
» Swept the breaststroke events at the NCAA Championships (3/28-30) for the second consecutive year, posting first-place times of 52.47 in the 100-yard breaststroke and 1:52.88 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
» Set new American, NCAA and school record with time of 1:52.88 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
» Swam the breaststroke leg for UT’s 200-yard medley relay (1:25.80) and 400-yard medley relay (3:06.93), both which finished second at the NCAA Championships.
» Time of 52.47 in the 100-yard breaststroke is the second-fastest time on the all-time Texas charts.
» Finished 12th in the 200-yard individual medley (1:46.57) at the NCAA meet.
» Named the Big 12 Swimmer of the Year.
» Was honored as the Big 12 Tri-Swimmer of the Meet following his performance at the Big 12 Championships (2/20-23).
» Earned two individual titles at the conference meet, winning the 100- (53.93) and 200-yard breaststroke (1:55.68).
» Time of 1:55.68 in 200-yard breaststroke was a new Big 12 record.
» Swam on both of UT’s winning 200- (1:26.33) and 400-yard (3:10.78) medley relay teams at the Big 12 Championships.
» Finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.22) at the Big 12 Championships.
» Went undefeated in dual meet action in both breaststroke events, posting a 4-0 record in the 100-yard breaststroke and a 5-0 mark in the 200-yard breaststroke.
» Team leader with 11 first-place showings during the dual-meet season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2000-01)
» Won four NCAA titles (two individual, two relay) and four NCAA All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (3/22-24) in College Station, Texas.
» Victorious in the 200-yard breaststroke, posting a time of 1:53.11 and breaking the 11-year American and NCAA record (1:53.77) held by Michigan’s Mike Barrowman (1990).
» Claimed the NCAA title in the 100-yard breaststroke in a school-record time of 52.35.
» Swam the second leg of Texas’ victorious 200- (1:24.47) and 400-yard (3:05.37) medley relays, both setting NCAA and American records.
» Placed 20th in the 200-yard individual medley prelims at the NCAA Championships.
» Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
» Won the 100- (53.71) and 200-yard (1:55.92) breaststroke events at the Big 12 Championships (3/1-3).
» Broke the conference record in the 200-yard breaststroke with his time of 1:55.92, topping Russell Chozick’s 2000 record of 1:58.62.
» Swam the breaststroke leg of Texas winning 200-(1:26.15) and 400-yard (3:07.69) medley relays at the Big 12 Championships.
» Help set a conference record in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:07.69, which broke Texas’ old Big 12 mark by three seconds (3:11.11).
» Posted eight top-three finishes, the most by a freshman during the 2000-01 dual meet season (six first-place, one second-place and one third-place showings).
In Brief
In 2005
Won two National titles in the 100m Breast and 200m Breast at World Championship Trials
In 2004
Broke the world record in both the 100m and 200m breaststrokes at Olympic Trials to qualify for his first Olympic squad…won both the 100m and 200m breaststrokes for the fourth-straight year at the NCAA Championships.
In 2003
Swam the second-fastest breast split in history to help Team USA to gold and the world record in the 400m medley relay as well as winning a silver in the 100m breast (tying the American record) and a bronze in the 200m breast at the FINA World Championships … was third in the 200m breast at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool … swept the breaststrokes at the NCAA Championships, breaking the American record in the 200y distance.
In 2002
Won two gold medals and a silver at Pan Pacific Championships; won the 200m breast and the 400m medley relay (world record); earned a silver in the 100m breast … won his second national title, taking the 200m breast; also was second in the 100m breast at the P66 Summer Nationals … repeated as 100y and 200y breaststroke champ at the NCAA Championships, breaking his American/U.S. Open record in the 200.
In 2001
Won first international medal at World Championships by taking first in the 200m breast, posting the fourth-fastest time in history … was second in 200m breast and fourth in 100m breast at P66 Spring Nationals … broke American record winning 200y breast and also won 100y breast at NCAAs; also swam on American record-breaking 200y and 400y medley relays.
In 2000
Was third in 100m and 200m breast at Olympic Trials ... tied for second in 100m breast at Spring Nationals.
International Medals
Olympic Games
2004:
1st - 400m MR (WR)
2nd - 100m breast
3rd - 200m breast
World Championships
2003:
2nd - 100m breast (tie AR)
3rd - 200m breast
1st - 400m MR (WR)
2001:
1st - 200m breast
Pan Pacific Championships
2002:
2nd - 100m breast
1st - 200m breast
1st - 400m MR (WR)
Short Course World Championships
2004:
1st - 50m breast
1st - 100m breast
1st - 200m breast
1st - 400m MR (WR)
1999:
no medals
U.S. National Titles
200m breast (3): '02 SUM, '99 SUM, '05 SPG
100m breast (1): '05 SPG
World Rankings
2000:
34th - 50m breast
11th - 100m breast
14th - 200m breast
2001:
39th - 50m breast
5th - 100m breast
2nd - 200m breast
2002:
32th - 50m breast
6th - 100m breast
4th - 200m breast
5th - 200m IM
2003:
3rd - 100m breast
5th - 200m breast
Courtesy of Texas Sports & USA Swimming
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