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Career Best Times: 20.63 in the 50-yard freestyle; 45.37 in the 100-yard freestyle; 1:41.30 in the 200-yard freestyle; 48.12 in 100-yard backstroke (2nd in school history); 1:49.08 in 200-yard backstroke; 48.13 in the 100-yard butterfly.
General: A returning ACC champion in the 100 back who also ranks No. 1 on UNC's preseason depth chart in the 100 fly at 48.13...was a prized recruit in the Class of 2007 who is an incredibly versatile swimmer...outstanding sprint freestyler...excels at both backstroke distances and is an excellent 100-yard butterfly.
Long Course Highlights: Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in both the 100-meter backstroke and the 100-meter butterfly.
2007-08 (Freshman): The ACC champion in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 48.27...he was the first Tar Heel to win that event since Ted Brisson in 1998...set career best times in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.63 and in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 45.37, both swum at the ACC Championships...his career best in the 100-yard backstroke is 48.12, a time swum at a post-ACC meet time trial...his time in the 100-yard backstroke puts him in 2nd place in school...had a season best 48.18 in the prelims of the 100 fly at the ACCs...that time was short of his career high but it moved him into sixth place in UNC history in the event...in the championship final he finished eighth with a time of 48.56...swam the butterfly leg on the 200-yard medley relay that finished fourth at the ACC Championships with a time of 1:27.97, the new school record...swam a leg on three other relays at ACCs...earned first-team All-ACC honors.
Prep: Graduated from Jesuit High School in Tampa, Fla. on May 24, 2007...an outstanding swimmer and basketball player as a prepster...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 disciplines...played high school basketball for three years as a center and forward...six-time junior national swimming champion...junior national record holder in the 50-yard butterfly...received 13 high school swimming All-America citations...a two-time high school Academic All-America choice...as a club swimmer he was a U.S. Senior Nationals qualifier and 2008 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.
Waxing Lyrical Re Wyher
Academic Major at Carolina: Undeclared
Career Plans: Something that makes me happy
Hobbies: Sports
Athletes I Most Admire: Robert Margalis, Shawn Kemp
Biggest Sports Thrill: Winning the 100 butterfly as a sophomore at the Florida high school state championships from lane eight against the rest of the field which included all seniors
People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career: My grandparents and my high school coach Bill Shaffer
Favorite Book: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Favorite Food: Peanut Butter
Favorite Movie: Zoolander
Favorite TV Show: Rescue Me
Favorite Website To Visit: Facebook
City I've Never Been To But Want To Visit: Edinburgh, Scotland
Entertainment Figure I'd Most Like To Have Dinner With: Jessica Alba
