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Morgan Farrell
 Morgan Farrell
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pensacola, Fla.
High School:
B.T. Washington
Height:
5-8
Event:
Back, Fly, Free, IM
Club:
Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club (Coach Joe Goeken)

Career Best Times
50y free23.59
100y free 50.87
200y free 1:49.50
100y back 53.85
200y back 1:55.86
100y fly 54.69
200y fly 2:02.83
200y IM 2:04.82
100m back 1:03.58
100m fly 1:02.86
200m back 2:24.37
200m fly 2:19.11
2008-09: Captured her second All-America award as a member of the eighth-place 400y medley relay at the NCAA Championships...Also competed in the 100y back and 200y back at NCAAs...Contributed points at Southeastern Conference Championships by finishing 15th in both the 100y and 200y backstrokes as well as swimming a leg on the fifth-place 800y free relay...Ranked third on the Lady Vols in the 100y fly (54.69), 100y back (53.85) and 200y back (1:55.86)...Tallied a pair of runner-up finishes in the backstrokes versus Georgia...Was on the winning 400y medley relay at the Indiana quad meet and Tennessee Swimming Invitational...Recorded three top-three finishes against Arkansas/Vanderbilt and at Kentucky, including a pair of 200y medley relay wins...Opened season with four top-three finishes versus Louisville...Is the fourth-fastest performer in Big Orange history in the 100y and 200y back events...Also ranks in the top-10 all-time in the 100y fly...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2007-08: Earned All-America honors as a member of the ninth-place 800y free relay at the NCAA Championships...Also competed in the 100y free, 100y fly and 100y back as well as on the 400y medley relay at NCAAs...Her time of 54.83 in the 100y back was the top Lady Vol performance of the season...Contributed to UT point total at SEC Championships with a 13th-place finish in the 100y back and a fifth-place finish as a member of the 400y medley relay...Swam a career-best 23.59 in a 50y free time trial at SECs...One of the team's most versatile athletes, set personal records in five different strokes and added her name to the UT record books as a top-20 performer in the 50y and 100y free, 100y and 200y back and 100y and 200y fly...Scored points for Rocky Top in every meet this year...Competed in 14 different events at Hoosierland Open.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Competed in two events at 2008 Olympic Trials, finishing 54th in the 100m back (1:03.58).

HIGH SCHOOL: Was named the 2005 Florida Class 2A Swimmer of the Year and the Northwest Florida High School Swimmer of the Year each season from 2003-05...Earned five All-America awards in high school and was a five-time Florida class 2A state champ...Qualified for senior nationals in the 100y fly, 100y back, 200y free and 50y free, and attended the competition in 2004 and 2005...Posted three district records in the 100y fly, 50y free and 100y free events in her time at B.T. Washington High School...Competed in the World Championship Trials in 2005....Was a Scholastic All-American in 2005 and a member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology...Her highest ambition in swimming is to represent the United States in the Olympics or score for the Lady Vols at the NCAA Championship meet...Morgan Marie Farrell was born on Feb. 9, 1989, in Pensacola, Fla....She is the sister of Austin, 17, and daughter of Michael and Danise Farrell.