Adam Klein Season 2007-08

Adam Klein Season 2007-08

PositionBREASTSTROKE
ClassFreshman
HometownNew Orleans, La.

Eight-time All-American
NCAA Champion (400 MR)
Three-time SEC Champion (400 MR (2), 100 breast)
SEC Academic Honor Roll
CSCAA Academic All-American

Junior Season (2009-10)
Competed at the 2010 USA ConocoPhillips National Championships and came away with a fourth-place finish in the 200m breast in 2:02.63 ... That finish earned him a spot on the 20 ... Swam in the 100m breast and finished 11th in 1:02.46 ... Earned four All-America honors at the 2010 NCAA Men[apos]s Championships ... Swam a season-best 1:53.34 in the finals of the 200 breast at the national meet and finished third ... Recorded a fifth-place finish in the 100 breast in 52.51 ... Swam the second leg for the 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay that each took second at NCAAs ... Earned his first-ever Southeastern Conference individual title after taking first in the 100 breast (52.78) at the 2010 SEC Championships ... Was runner-up in the 200 breast after finishing in a time of 1:55.68 ... Member of the 400 medley relay that took first in 3:07.01 ... Tallied six first-place finishes during the dual season, including a first-place finish against Texas in the 200 breast (1:57.87).

Sophomore Season (2008-09)
Swam in the 50m breast and 200m breast at the 2009 World Championships in Rome ... Was runner-up in the 200m breast (2:10.39) at the 2009 USA Swimming Championships ... Finished seventh in the 100m breast (1:00.99) ... Three-time All-American in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 400 medley relay ... Swam the second leg of the national champion 400 medley relay team that finished in a NCAA-record time of 3:01.39 ... Set a new school record in the 100 breast with a 51.80 time that earned him second place ... Took fourth in the 200 breast in an Auburn-record time of 1:52.96 ... At the SEC Championships, was a part of the winning 400 medley relay that set a new SEC record (3:04.58) ... Runner up in the 100 breast (52.73) and 200 breast (1:53.84).

Freshman Season (2007-08)
Competed in the 100m breast and 200m breast at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials ... Placed 17th in the 200m breast (2:15.94) and 39th in the 100m breast (1:03.44) ... At the NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Wash., Klein earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 200 breast where he swam to a 15th-place finish, posting a time of 1:58.17 ... Also swam to a 36th-place finish in the 100 breast (55.10) ... At the SEC Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Klein was runner-up in the 200 breast, posting a time of 1:56.72 ... Also swam to a ninth-place finish, winning the consolation final, in the 100 breast, posting a time of 55.28.

High School
Member of the 2007 U.S. Junior National Team ... Competed at the U.S. Senior National Championships ... Finished second in the 200m breaststroke C Final with a time of 2:18.04 ... Also swam in the 100m breast, finishing 46th in the prelims with a time of 1:05.40 ... Swam at Archbishop Rummel High School and the Crescent City Swim Club ... Selected to the 2005 USA Swimming National Select Camp.

Personal
Full name is George Adam Klein IV ... Parents are George and Maggie Klein ... Has a brother, Eric, and a sister, Lauren ... Plans to major in business.