Picked up his first career All-America honor in the 200 breast with a personal-best time of 1:57.19, good for 13th place, at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis (3/15-17) É Also placed 19th in the 400 IM with a career-best time of 3:50.04 É Took fifth in both 200 breast (1:57.72) and the 400 IM (3:51.02) at the SEC Championships (2/7-10) É Also placed 12th in the 500 free (4:27.75) at the league meet É Totaled three All-SEC honors at his first conference championships É Finished fifth in the 200 back (1:55.07) versus FAU (1/27) É Won the 1,000 free (9:21.36) and exhibitioned the 200 breast in an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 1:59.97 in the win over Tennessee (1/26) É Notched a win in the 400 IM (3:54.07) and finished third in the 200 fly (1:50.18) in the tri-meet sweep of Alabama and South Carolina (1/20) É Both times in the tri-meet represented collegiate bests É Recorded his first career NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 200 breast (2:00.09) en route to a runner-up finish in the event against Auburn (1/19), while also placing sixth in the 100 breast (56.57) É Won the 500 free (4:31.99) versus Indian River CC (1/13) É Finished third in the 100 breast (56.12) and exhibitioned the 500 free (4:31.70) in the win over Virginia (1/12) É Turned in an 11th-place finish in the 200-meter breast (2:22.46) and a 24th-place showing in the 200-meter IM (2:10.41) at the U.S. Open in West Lafayette, Ind. (11/30-12/2) É Placed fourth in both the 100 (57.26) and 200 breast (2:02.54), as well as fifth in the 200 IM (1:53.42) against Florida State (11/21) É Finished second in the 200 breast (2:03.42), and added a sixth-place showing in the 200 fly (1:52.06), versus Texas (11/10) É Had a strong meet against Minnesota (10/27), winning the 200 breast (2:02.80), placing second in the 400 IM (3:58.81) and finishing fourth in the 100 breast (57.29) É Also swam the breast leg on the second-place 200 MR squad (1:31.39) against the Gophers É Claimed runner-up honors in the 200 breast (2:02.66) in the 200 breast, placed fifth in the 200 fly (1:53.04) and turned in a seventh-place finish in the 200 free (1:43.39) versus Georgia É Finished third in both the 1,000 free (9:27.46) and the 200 fly (1:52.15) in the GatorsÕ win over LSU (10/19) É Took runner-up honors in the 200 breast (2:03.28) and swam the breast leg of the winning 400 MR team (3:18.77) at Michigan (10/14).
Prior to Florida
Placed sixth in the 200-meter breast B-Final with a time of 2:15.83 at the International Meet in Japan É Also finished fifth in the 400-meter IM with a time of 4:19.39 É Finished fifth in the 400 IM at the 2007 ConocoPhillips U.S. Nationals (4:20.67) É Took 11th place in the 200-meter IM (2:03.45) É Placed 12th in the 200 breast stroke (2:15.28) É Took third in the 200-meter breast (2:23.54) and eighth in the 100-meter breast (1:07.49) at the 2007 Eric Namesnik Memorial Grand Prix in Ann Arbor, Mich. É Also finished ninth in the 200-meter IM (2:10.15), 10th in the 400-meter IM (4:33.93) and 18th in the 1,500-meter free (16:38.35) É Placed 10th in the 200-meter breast with a time of 2:16.72 at the 2006 ConocoPhillips U.S. Nationals É Also finished 12th in the 400-meter IM (4:24.93) and 14th in the 200-meter IM (2:05.81) at Nationals É His placing in the 400-meter IM earned him the 18-and-under national championship É Touched fifth in the 100-meter breast at the 2006 ConocoPhillips U.S. Junior Nationals (1:04.78) É Member of the 2006 U.S. National Junior team É Won a gold medal in the 400-meter IM at the Victorian State Championships in Australia with a time of 4:26.94.
