Finished as the runner-up in the 1650 free at Big Tens for the second straight year, improving his career-best time to 14:55.60 ranks second all-time at Minnesota in the event also finished ninth in the 500 free in 4:23.61, his best finish in the event also competed in the 200 free, placing 42nd won five events during the regular season took second in the 1650 free against Florida won the 500 free at Iowa (10/19) swept the distance free events against North Carolina, taking the 500 and 1000 free placed fourth at the Minnesota Grand Prix in the 500 and 1650 free won the 1650 free at the Ohio State Invitational won the 500 free at Hawaii (1/12) ¥_took second in the 1650 free at the Minnesota Challenge (2/8-9).
Sophomore season
Earned first All-America honors, finishing ninth at the NCAA Championships in the 1650 free in 15:01.67 also qualified in the 500 free at NCAAs where he placed 30th in a career-best mark of 4:24.23 was a catalyst for MinnesotaÕs 2007 Big Ten title by dropping 22 seconds off his career-best time in the 1650 free to open the last night of finals in Columbus ended with a Big Ten runner-up finish in the 1650 in 14:58.20 and earned All-Big Ten Second Team accolades the time is the second-fastest in school history and automatically qualified him for the NCAA Championships finished 11th in the 500 freestyle at Big Tens in a career-best 4:24.30 also swam the 200 free at Big Tens, placing 33rd in a career-best 1:40.54 won the 1650 free at the Minnesota Invitational won the 1000 free against Wisconsin and Purdue (1/19) won the 1650 free at the Minnesota Challenge letterwinner.
Freshman season
Walk-on had a breakthrough performance at the Big Ten Championships finished seventh in the 1650 freestyle in 15:20.09, shaving 40 seconds off his personal-best time time also ranks as the seventh-fastest in school history also scored in the 500 freestyle by placing 15th also competed in the 200 free at Big Tens, taking 45th in 1:41.99 earned a spot on the Big Ten travel team after winning the 500 free at the Minnesota Challenge (2/3) in a career-best 4:26.30 letterwinner.
