| Class:
Sophomore
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Height/Weight:
5-10
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| Home Town:
Charlotte, N.C.
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Position/Event:
FR/IM
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| High School:
Charlotte Country Day School
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B/T:
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| Event | Time | Meet | Date
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| 200 Freestyle | 1:47.93 | UAA Championships | 2/17/2012 |
| 500 Freestyle | 4:37.49 | UAA Championships | 2/16/2013 |
| 1,000 Freestyle | 9:23.86 | NCAA Championships | 3/23/2013 |
| 1,650 Freestyle | 15:32.25 | NCAA Championships | 3/23/2013 |
| 100 Backstroke | 54.42 | Wheaton Invitational | 12/1/2012 |
| 200 Butterfly | 1:52.65 | UAA Championships | 2/16/2013 |
| 400 Individual Medley | 4:01.19 | UAA Championships | 2/16/2013 |
student-athlete bio:
2012-13: Placed sixth in the 1,650 freestyle at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors in the event for the second year in a row ... Swam a career-best time of 15:32.25 in the 1,650 freestyle at the national meet, and also lowered his career-best time in the 1,000 freestyle (9:23.86) ... Also finished 20th in the 400 IM and 28th in the 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships ... Selected as the UAA Men's Swimmer of the Year following a pair of individual conference titles at the UAA Championships ... Broke his own school record, as well as the UAA and pool records, in the 1,650 freestyle with an A-cut time of 15:33.93 to win his second-straight UAA title in the event ... Also set a pool record in winning the UAA title in the 400 IM with a B-cut time of 4:01.19 ... Added all-UAA honors as a member of the third-place 800-free relay that clocked a B-cut time of 6:51.66 ... Also recorded a B-cut and placed eighth in the 200 butterfly (1:52.65) at the UAA Championships ... Named the UAA Athlete of the Week Feb. 18.
2011-12: Earned All-America honors with an 11th-place finish in the 1,650 freestyle at the NCAA Championships ... Broke the 1,000 freestyle school record during his All-America swim in the 1,650 freestyle at the NCAA Championships ... Also competed in the 400 IM (24th) and the 500 freestyle (32nd) at nationals ... Set the school record (15:46.89) in winning the 1,650 freestyle at the UAA Championships ... Posted a B-cut time of 4:06.10 in the 400 IM at the Wheaton Invitational ... Also finished sixth in the 400 IM and 10th in the 200 butterfly at the UAA Championships ... Named the UAA Athlete of the Week Oct. 3.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters and served as swim team captain one year at Charlotte Country Day School ... Won back-to-back state championships in the 100 butterfly and the 200 medley relay, including setting a medley relay state record as a senior ... Also won the 500 freestyle state championship as a senior ... Junior National Qualifier and four-time state qualifier ... Two-time Scholastic All-American ... National Merit finalist.
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration … Son of Tom and Sonja Turpin.