Personal Bests:
100 free: 49.69
200 free: 1:40.12
500 free: 4:23.79
1000 free: 9:23.61
1650 free: 15:43.79
As a Junior (2008-09): Had four personal bests at the ACC Championships in the 200 free (1:40.12), 500 free (4:23.79), 1000 free (9:23.61), and 1650 free (15:44.5)...swam on the seventh-place 800 free relay team (6:34.02) at the ACC championships while individually finishing 18th in the 500 free and 22nd in the 1650 free...took third in the 1650 free (16:02.30), fourth in the 500 free (4:31.58), 14th in the 400 IM (4:09.00), and ninth in the 200 free (1:41.14) at the Terrapin Cup...member of the second-place 800 free (6:46.74) relay team at the Terrapin Cup.
As a Sophomore (2007-08): Placed in top three in duals v. NC State, Duke, UMBC and Johns Hopkins in 500 free and swam a personal-best (4:27.85) in ACC prelims...provided the Terps with three top-three finishes in duals in 1,000 free, including a career-best 9:37.97 in a second-place finish v. NC State...member of 800 free relay that finished seventh at the ACC Championships...swam a season-best 15:43.79 in the 1,650 free at the ACCs.
As a Freshman (2006-07): Won both the 500-yard freestyle (4:50.37) and 1000 free with the team's season-best time of 9:50.35 in the season opener against Johns Hopkins ... placed ninth in the 200 free (1:48.05), sixth in the 500 free (4:51.42), and fifth in the 1000 free (9:54.71) against Duke and NC State ... placed 11th overall in the 1650 free (16.21.64), 26th in the 500 free (4:43.57), 29th in the 200 free (1:44.67), and swam a 49.82 in the 100 free at the Terrapin Cup ... also swam the second leg for the 17th-place 800 free relay team (7:08.42) at the Terp Cup ... placed second in the 500 free (4:47.59) and fourth in the 200 free (1:46.75) against Western Kentucky ... finished second in the 1000 free (9:56.58) and third in the 100 free (50.43) at West Virginia ... swam the third leg for both the third-place 500 free relay team (4:17.44), fifth-place 200 fly relay team (1:43.12), and led off the fifth-place 400 individual medley relay team (3:58.45) at the FIU Invitational ... finished fourth in the 1650 free (16:37.38), seventh in the 400 IM (4:22.82) and eighth in the 200 free (1:46.96) against Pittsburgh and Villanova at home ... placed seventh in the 200 free (1:47.45), ninth in the 500 free (4:54.54), and swam the second leg for the sixth-place 400 medley relay team (3:19.95) against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech ... took fourth in the 200 free (1:46.19) and sixth in the 100 free (49.69) at North Carolina ... top finisher in the 500 free (4:41.87) and anchored the second-place 200 free relay team (1:29.33) at Virginia...bonus consolation finalist in the 200 free and 500 free at ACC Championships ... finished 19th overall in the 500 free (4:31.47) after setting a career-best time and the team's season-best time of 4:31.10 in the prelim at ACCs ... finished 22nd overall in the 200 free (1:42.10) after swimming a career best and the team's season-best time of 1:41.78 in the prelim at ACCs ... also at the ACC Championships, placed 26th in the 1650 free with a career-best time of 16:01.66 ... anchored the seventh-place 800 free relay team with a season-best time (6:41.15) at ACCs.
Before Maryland: Placed fifth at the Ohio State Championships in the 200 freestyle and ninth in the 500 free ... named All-American and Academic All-American ... participated in the Junior Nationals meet in Orlando, Fla., in 2005.
Personal: Son of Mary Ellen and Mark ... has two siblings; Lauren and Peter ... born in Baltimore, Md., before moving to Ohio ... hobbies include playing golf.
