| Tyler McGill |
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Two-time All-American
Freshman Season (2006-07)
Earned a spot on the U.S. National Team for the Japan International Grand Prix... Came in third in the 200m fly B Final (1:59.04) and fourth in the 100m fly B Final (53.66)... Also competed in the 100m free and 200m free... Finished sixth in the 200m fly (2:00.43) at the U.S. Senior National Championships... Also came in second in the 100m fly B Final (53.85) and 31st in the 200m IM preliminaries (2:06.81)... A two-time All-American at the NCAA Championships... Swam a 1:37.06 split as the third leg on Auburn's sixth-place 800 free relay team... Finished 11th in the 200 fly with a time of 1:45.04... His 1:44.87 in the preliminaries ranks sixth all-time at Auburn... Also competed in the 100 fly, finishing 27th in prelims with a 47.67... Came in fourth in the 200 fly at the SEC Championships with a time of 1:46.19... Also finished ninth in the 100 fly (47.95) and 16th in the 500 free (4:29.85)... Swam leadoff on the second-place 800 free relay team with a 1:38.04 split... Swam in the 50m free and 100m fly at the U.S. Open... Also swam on the third-place 400m free relay team, along with the 800m free relay and 400m medley relay teams.
High School
Attended Champaign Central High School... Swam for Storm Aquatics under coach Will Barker... Twelve-time All-American... Swimmer of the Year for Illinois Swimming Inc.... Three-time state champion... Central HS record holder in two events ... National Select Camp participant... Two-time Senior Nationals qualifier... Two-time Academic All-American.
Personal
Full name is Tyler Tennant McGill... Parents are Jeff and Susan McGill... Born on August 18, 1987... Has two brothers, Elliott and Colin, and one sister, Sarah... Brother Eilliott is a swimmer at Eastern Illinois and father played golf for Illinois.
More on Tyler
Chose Auburn because of the coaches and how close the team is... Favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption... Favorite pro athlete is Joe Montana... Most famous person ever met is George W. Bush... Person in history would most like to meet is Jackie Robinson... Greatest gift ever received is his golf clubs... Role model in swimming is Tom Wilkins... Claims to be the master of the triangle game at Cracker Barrell.
