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Career Best Times: 20.87 in 50-yard freestyle; 45.41 in 100-yard freestyle; 1:41.30 in 200-yard freestyle; 48.86 in 100-yard backstroke; 1:49.08 in 200-yard backstroke; 48.13 in 100-yard butterfly. General: Prized recruit who is an incredibly versatile swimmer...outstanding sprint freestyler...excels at both backstroke distances and is an excellent 100-yard butterfly...comes out of high school with a personal best time in the 100 back which would rank third on Carolina's all-time depth chart...his career best in the 100 fly would rank fifth on the Tar Heels' all-time depth chart. Prep: Graduated from Jesuit High School in Tampa, Fla. on May 24, 2007...an outstanding swimmer and basketball player...competed in club swimming for 13 years and played AAU basketball for five years...swam in high school for four years in the sprint freestyle, backstroke and butterfly...played high school basketball for three years as a center and forward...six-time junior national champion...junior national record holder in the 50-yard butterfly...received 13 high school All-America citations...a two-time high school academic All-America choice...U.S. Nationals quailifer and Olympic Trials qualifier...2006 Florida Swimmer of the Year...swam on Tampa Bay Aquatics club team which won long course junior national championship...member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society...logged over 200 hours of hospital volunteer work during high school. Personal: Full name is Tommy Jason Wyher...son of Donald and Maria Wyher...was born October 17, 1988 in New Port Richey, Fla. The Whys of Wyher |
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