SEC Academic Honor Roll selection É Notched a third-place finish in the 1,650 free (15:19.47) and a 13th-place showing in the 500 free (4:28.04) to earn his first pair of All-SEC honors at the SEC Championships in Lexington, Ky. (2/7-10) É Also competed in the 400 IM (4:00.68) at the conference meet É Recorded his first career NCAA provisional cut with a time of 15:16.85 en route to a first-place showing in the 1,650 free against FAU (1/27) É Won the 500 free Ð his first victory of the season Ð with a career-best time of 4:28.51, and also placed third in the 400 IM (3:59.10) versus Tennessee (1/26) É Finished fifth in the 500 free against Indian River CC (1/13) with a career-best time of 4:35.06 É Placed fourth in the 1,650 free against Virginia (1/12), lowering his personal best to 15:35.50 É Took ninth in the 1,650 free (15:49.80) at the Texas Invitational (11/30-12/2) É Also placed 29th in the 400 IM with a career-best time of 4:08.66 and turned in a career-best 4:37.67 in prelims of the 500 free in Austin É Finished sixth in the 1,000 free (9:29.63) against Florida State (11/21) É Exhibitioned the 1,000 free versus Texas (11/10), posting a time of 9:29.26 É Took fifth in the 1,000 free (9:33.99) against Minnesota (10/27) É Placed fourth in the 1,000 free (9:32.93) and fifth in the 500 free (4:41.69) against Georgia (10/26) É Turned in a career-best 4:40.08 in the 500 free en route to a third-place finish against LSU (10/19) É Also finished fourth in the 1,000 free (9:28.02) in Baton Rouge É Placed sixth in the 1,000 free (9:32.42) in the GatorsÕ road win over Michigan (10/14).
Freshman season
SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll selection É Second in the 1,650 free (15:43.63) against Indian River CC (2/4) É Exhibitioned the 1,650 free (15:47.50) against Auburn (1/21) É Earned a fourth-place finish in the 1,000 free (9:26.75) and placed fifth in the 500 free (4:37.43) against Alabama (1/20) É Fifth in the 1,000 free (9:31.85) against Penn State (1/7) É Exhibitioned the 1,000 free (9:41.30) and 500 free (4:43.89) against Florida State (11/22) É Placed third in the 1,000 free (9:43.73) and exhibitioned the 500 free (4:49.02) against Florida Atlantic (11/11) É Exhibitioned the 500 free (4:43.84) and 1,650 free (16:08.01) against Texas and California (10/21-22) É Finished fourth in the 1,650 free with a time of 16:23.78 against South Carolina (10/15) É Also exhibitioned the 500 free (4:48.96) and 400 IM (4:22.38) É Swam to a fifth-place finish in the 1,000 free (9:36.80) against Virginia (10/14).
Prior to Florida
Placed 51st in the 400 freestyle (4:01.24) at the 2007 ConcoPhillips U.S. Nationals meet É Lowered his career best in the 1,500-meter free to 15:51.94 at the 2006 ConocoPhillips U.S. Nationals É Recorded a time of 15:54.26 in the 1,500-meter free at the 2005 ConocoPhillips U.S. Nationals É Finished 19th at the World Championship Trials in the 1,500-meter free É Placed 12th in the 1,500-meter free at the 2004 U.S. Open É Captured a pair of second-place finishes at the 2004 Speedo Champions Series Buffalo Super Sectionals in the 800-meter free (8:25.40) and the 1,500-meter free (16:01.75).