Made fourth Big Ten Championships appearance was the Big Ten runner-up in the 100 backstroke in 47.67 was the second Big Ten runner-up finish of career placed eighth in the 200 backstroke and 17th in the 200 IM as well at Big Tens swam the backstroke leg of the GophersÕ third place 200 and 400 medley relay teams posted four event victories during the regular season won the 100 back against Florida (10/13) won the 100 back at Iowa (10/19) set a new meet record in winning the 100 back at the Ohio State Invitational in 47.75 also won the 200 back at the OSU Invite.

Earned four All-American certificates broke the school record in the 100 backstroke, leading off the 400 medley relay that placed 12th shattered his own school record in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:42.41 (broke previous mark of 1:42.89 he set in 2006) finished fifth in the 200 back at NCAAs won the consolation final of the 100 back in 47.22 to place ninth placed also swam lead leg of the 200 medley relay that finished fifth in 1:27.09 finished third in the 100 and backstroke and fourth in the 200 back at Big Tens, both in NCAA automatic qualifying times also finished 15th in the 200 IM swam backstroke leg of the 200 and 400 medley relays that each finished third won seven events during the regular season on the 100 and 200 back at Iowa (10/20) was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week after winning two events against the Hawkeyes won the 100 back at No. 3 Florida (10/27) won the 100 back at North Carolina (11/3) took the 100 back title at the Minnesota Invitational won the 100 and 200 back at the Ohio State Invitational won the 100 and 200-meter back events at the USA_Swimming Speedo Champions Series event at University Aquatic Center in July letterwinner.

Earned Three All-America honors including individual First Team accolades in the 100 and 200 backstroke posted best individual finish by a Gopher at NCAA Championships with a fifth place mark in the 200 backstroke his finish was the best in the event since Alex Massura took third in 2000 time of 1:42.89 shattered the school record set by Adam Mitchell at the Big Ten Championships placed eighth in the 100 back at the NCAA meet with a time of 47.07 also swam back leg of the 400 medley relay that finished eighth finished third in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships posted career-best time and second-best mark (46.91) in school history in the 100 backstroke to lead the NCAA automatic performance in the 400 medley relay that placed third also finished 11th in the 200 IM in 1:48.93 posted 11 individual event victories in regular season won 200 back against Indiana (10/29) won the 200 backstroke against Iowa (10/21) took the 100 and 200 back against North Carolina and North Dakota (11/4) won the 100 back at Georgia Tech (11/12) won the 100 back at Triple Duals (1/27) won the 100 back at Arizona State (1/14) took the 100 and 200 back at Minnesota Challenge (2/4) letterwinner.

Earned All-America honorable mention honors in the 100 and 200 backstroke events, finishing 13th and 15th respectively swam the backstroke leg of the 400 medley relay that finished 10th in 3:13.86 opened eyes by posting the top prelim time of 1:43.81 in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships he bettered his time and broke the school record in the finals (1:43.52) but was the runner-up to MichiganÕs Chris DeJong also finished third in the 100 back in a time of 47.42 won the consolation final of the 200 IM in 1:48.77 led off the 400 medley relay at Big Tens with a the third-best time in school history at 47.37 won the 100 back and finished second in the 200 back at the Georgia Invitational (12/5) in 48.00 won the 100 back and finished second in the 200 back at the Minnesota Challenge (2/5) finished third in the 200 and 100-meter backstroke at USA Summer Nationals in Irvine, Calif. letterwinner.