| Alan Maher |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Nashville, Tenn.
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| High School:
Brentwood
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| Height:
6-1
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| Event:
Back
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| Experience:
3L
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• 2009 NCAA Championships participant
2009 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
• placed 19th in the 100m backstroke (56.47) and 20th in the 200m backstroke (2:03.37)
2008 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
• placed 55th in the 100m backstroke (57.46)
AS A JUNIOR (2008-09)
• placed 23rd in the 200 backstroke (1:42.60) and 31st in the 100 backstroke (47.50) at the NCAA Championships
• won the 100 backstroke consolation final (47.19) and the 200 backstroke consolation final (1:42.53) at the Big 12 Championships
• placed fourth in the 100 backstroke (50.27) and fifth in the 200 backstroke (1:49.37) against SMU
• took sixth in the 200 backstroke (1:49.55) and seventh in the 100 backstroke (50.70) against Arizona
• placed eighth in the 200 backstroke (1:45.14) and fourth in the 100 butterfly "C" final (49.50) at the Texas Invitational
• took fourth in the 100 backstroke (51.07) and the 200 backstroke (1:51.35) against Washington
• placed sixth in the 100 backstroke (51.23) against Indiana and Michigan
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
• completed two exhibition swims in finals events at the Big 12 Championships; clocked 49.13 in the 100 backstroke and 1:46.56 in the 200 backstroke
• took fifth in the 100 backstroke "C" final (50.09) and first in the 200 backstroke "D" final (1:47.85) at the Texas Invitational
• completed exhibition swims in the 100 backstroke against (Georgia (51.88), Texas A&M (50.92) and SMU (50.58)
• placed third in the 200 backstroke (1:50.00) at SMU
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
• captured his 200-yard backstroke consolation heat (1:50.39) at the Texas Invitational
• placed 13th in the 100-yard butterfly (52.73) and 15th in the 100-yard backstroke (51.94) in the California/Indiana tri-meet
• placed fourth in his 100 backstroke consolation heat (50.96) and fifth in his 200-yard butterfly consolation heat (1:54.71) at the Texas Invitational
• completed 200 backstroke exhibition swims in the California/Indiana meet (1:52.47), against Auburn (1:54.60) and in the Arizona/SMU meet (1:53.60)
HIGH SCHOOL
• 12-time high school All-American and member of Southeastern Swimming Hall of Fame
• competed on swim team all four years in high school
• named most valuable swimmer from 2004-06
• two-time winner of the Tracy Caulkins award as the MVP of the Nashville Aquatic Club
• Southeastern record holder in the 100-meter backstroke
• eight-time high school state champion
• accepted to National Honor Society
• ranked ninth nationally in the USA Swimming Scholastic All-American rankings
PERSONAL
Son of Tony and Ginny Maher...has two sisters, Amanda (23) and Allison (16) and one brother, Aaron (15) ... born on Nov. 10, 1987 in Nashville, Tenn. ... a civil engineering major.
