Ted Harris

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Greenville, Ill.
High School:
Greenville HS

2007-08 (JUNIOR) - Earned Academic All-Big 12 first team honors ... named the Missouri Men's Most Improved Swimmer ... member of the 400 medley team that took second at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 3:19.99 - good enough for fifth ... came in fifth in the 100 breast at Big 12's with a time of 56.85, a new personal best and ninth-best all-time in MU history ... set another personal best at the conference championships with his seventh-place finish in the 200 breast (2:03.63), the seventh-fastest ever recorded at MU ... ended the dual season with first-place finishes in the 100 breast (58.28) and the 200 breast (2:08.76) against Drury.

2006-07 (SOPHOMORE) - Ended the year with top-10 finishes in the 200 free (1:40.92) and 200 breast (2:05.33) at the Big 12 Championships ... claimed third in the 200 breast (2:10.21) against Iowa and Drury ... touched in third in the 200 free (1:44.73) at home vs. Truman State two weeks later.

2005-06 (FRESHMAN) - Turned in a fifth-place finish in the 100 breast (1:01.06) in the win over Missouri State ... placed fifth in the 200 breast (2:12.04) against Iowa ... finished fourth in the 200 IM (1:58.53) in the dual meet versus Drury.

HIGH SCHOOL - Earned two letters in swimming at Greenville High, where his father, Howard Harris, was coach ... also coached by Bob Rettle at the Edwardsville YMCA ... high school All-American and state champion in the 100 breast as a senior ... also garnered All-America honors in the 100 breast as a junior ... received YMCA All-America accolades in the 100 and 200 breast as a junior.

PERSONAL - Ted Harris is the son of Howard Harris and Cheryl Muich ... father swam at Southern Illinois ... mother and two uncles also attended Mizzou ... a fisheries and wildlife major ... aspires to be a wildlife biologist.