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Career Best Times: 1:48.76 in the 200-yard individual medley (6th in school history); 3:47.04 in the 400-yard individual medley (School Record); 1:47.35 in the 200-yard butterfly (6th in school history); 2:01.87 in the 200-yard breaststroke; 1:40.26 in the 200-yard freestyle; 4:29.09 in the 500-yard freestyle; 9:14.36 in the 1000-yard freestyle; 15:35.73 in the 1650-yard freestyle.
General: Ranks No. 1 on Carolina's preseason depth chart in the 200 fly (1:47.35), the 200 IM (1:48.76) and the 400 IM (3:47.04)...a returning letter winner who clearly was one of the most versatile swimmer to enroll at Carolina in many years when he did so in 2007...school record holder in the 400-yard IM as a freshman (3:47.04)... a tremendous IM specialist who also has solid times in the 200 fly, 200 breast and the distance freestyle events.
Long Course Highlights: Set a pair of University long course records in the summer of 2008...also set Virginia state U.S.S. long course records this past summer in the 200 IM and 400 IM...he went 2:04.39 in the 200-meter individual medley and 4:21.94 in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2008 U.S. Open to establish those marks... finished ninth overall and first in the "B" final in the 400-meter IM...he copped 13th place standings in both the 200 fly (2:02.46, prelim time 2:01.85) and 200 breaststroke (2:19.50) as well...qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in three events -- the 200-meter fly, the 200-meter IM and the 400-meter IM...at those Trials, he set what were then school records in the 200 IM at 2:05.89 and in the 400 IM where he placed 12th...finaled in the 400 IM at 2007 summer senior nationals, taking 15th place.
Open Water Highlights: Finished fourth at the USA Swimming 5K Open Water National Championships in Fort Myers, Fla. last spring.
2007-08 (Freshman): Earned All-America honors with a 14th-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley at the NCAA Championships...was the ACC champion in the 400-yard individual medley...at the ACC Championships he set career best times in the 400-yard IM with a time of 3:47.04 and in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:47.35...set a career best in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:48.76 at the NCAA Championships...also set a career best time in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:14.36 in the dual meet against Minnesota...his time of 3:47.04 in the 400-yard IM was a school record and gave him the league title...named ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week on November 13, 2007 after winning a trio of individual events in the Tar Heels' dual meet against Duke...was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay that finished fourth at the ACC Championships with a time of 6:34.66, knocking more than 12 seconds off the relay's seed time...placed sixth in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:49.65...his performance in the 400 IM at the ACC Championships made him the first Tar Heel to take the title in that event since 1986...his time of 1:47.53 in the 200 butterfly at the ACC Championships earned him seventh place...earned first-team All-ACC honors ... named an All-America, one of the three Tar Heels selected, the most for Carolina since 2004...received the team's Most Valuable Swimmer Award... named to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Men's Swimming and Diving Team, one of eight Tar Heels selected
Prep: A June 2007 graduate of The Steward School...a four-year swimming letterman there...competed in club swimming for Poseidon Swimming...attained U.S. Swimming senior national qualifying times in the 200 breast, 200 fly, 200 IM, 800 free, 400 free and 400 IM as a member of Poseidon...entered college having already qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly...Richmond Times-Dispatch 2007 Scholar-Athlete of the Year finalist...was named by the newspaper as its 2007 high school male swimmer of the year...broke Virginia's 17-18 age group records in both the 200-yard fly at 1:47.75 and 200-meter fly at 2:02.52...a Scholastic All-America selection...qualifier for U.S. Junior Nationals in 11 events, including at least one event each in the freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke...attended 2006 U.S. Swimming National Select Camp...March 2007 Richmond Times-Dispatch athlete of the month...honor roll student...member of FCA and treasurer of National Honor Society.
Personal: Given name is William Tyler Harris...is the son of Chip and Bev Harris...was born September 23, 1988 in Los Angeles, Calif. ...has one sister, Sommer, age 13.
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