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2007-08 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Eric Thomasson

  • Position Fly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Severna Park, Md.
  • Highschool Severna Park

Biography

Personal Bests:
100 fly: 49.78
200 fly: 1:49.79
100 back: 51.84
200 Back: 1:54.86

As a Junior (2006-07): Opened the season with a second-place finish and season-best time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.81) and won the 100 backstroke (53.61) against Johns Hopkins ... placed fifth in the 200 back (1:57.86) and seventh in both the 100 back (54.86) and 200 butterfly (1:59.49) against Duke and NC State ... qualified for the bonus consolation final in four events to place 18th in the 100 back (53.49), 18th in the 200 back with a season best (1:56.22), 21st in the 100 fly (51.96), and 20th in the 200 fly (1:57.79) at the Terrapin Cup ... also led the 16th-place 400 medley relay team (3:30.41) and 18th-place 200 medley relay team (1:37.20) at the Terp Cup ... finished third in the 200 back (1:56.63), anchored the first-place 400 free relay team (3:16.05) and led the third-place 400 medley relay (3:30.18) against Western Kentucky ... had a second-place swim in the 200 fly (1:59.64) at West Virginia ... member of the first-place 200 back relay team (1:37.45), first-place 400 individual medley relay team (3:40.38), second-place 200 fly relay team (1:36.00) and led off the fourth-place 400 medley relay team (3:34.97) at the FIU Invitational ... led off the fourth-place 200 medley relay team (1:37.49) and swam the third leg for the second-place 400 medley relay team (3:29.06) against Pittsburgh and Villanova ... also finished fifth in the 100 back with a season-best time (53.25) and fourth in the 200 fly (1:56.82) in the final home meet of the season against Pitt and Nova ... placed sixth in both the 200 back (1:56.93) and 200 free (1:46.41), and led off the sixth-place 400 medley relay team (3:42.97) against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech ... finished second in the 100 fly (52.05), third in the 100 free (48.93), third in the 200 fly (1:55.53), and led off the fourth-place 200 medley relay team (1:36.75) at North Carolina ... took fourth in the 100 back (53.68) and swam the third leg for the 200 medley relay team (1:38.59) at Virginia ... ACC consolation finalist in the 200 fly, finishing 12th overall (1:50.27) after setting a career-best time of 1:49.79 in the prelim...qualified for the bonus consolation final at ACCs in the 100 fly and finished 19th overall (50.14) after setting a career-best time of 49.78 in the prelim ... also at the ACC Championships, had a season-best time of 52.34 in the 100 back for 27th place.

As a Sophomore (2005-06): Part of the sixth-place 800 free relay team (7:02.94) and the ninth-place 200 medley relay team (1:37.64) at the Terrapin Cup Invitational ... placed 17th in the 100 back (53.85) and 18th in the 200 back (1:57.72) at Terp Cup ... won the 200 IM with a career-best time of 1:59.71 against UNC.

As a Freshman (2004-05): Finished 12th in both the 100 fly (52.12) and the 100 back (53.22) and sixth in the 200 fly (1:55.70) at the Terrapin Cup Invitational ... also contributed to the 12th-place 200 free relay team, the seventh-place 400 medley relay team, the sixth-place 800 free relay team, and the seventh-place 400 free relay team at the Invitational.

Before Maryland: Severna Park did not field a swim team ... finished fourth at the YMCA Long Course Nationals in 2002 ... member of the All-County team.

Personal: Eric Michael Thomasson ... son of Elizabeth and Michael ... has a brother, Greg, and a sister, Diane ... enjoys cars and wake boarding ... chose Maryland because he has always been a Terp fan ... was also recruited by Virginia Tech and Towson.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Junior

    Fly
  • 2007-08Senior

    Fly