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04/25/2012 Gamecocks Tie for Top Honors on SEC Winter Academic Honor RollSouth Carolina places 48 on the league's honor roll, tying Alabama and Florida for the most 11/18/2011 Rutqvist Posts First `B' Cut of Season to Lead Gamecocks on Day Two Prelims at Nike CupGamecocks place 37 swimmers, four divers in Friday's finals 2011-12 - Swam in all but one regular season meet...Had a season-best finish of fourth place in the 100 butterfly against Georgia (51.03) and in a meet with Duke and Queens (50.77)...Swam two exhibitions in the 50 freestyle...Also competed in the 100 freestyle at the Nike Cup Invitational...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. 2010-11 - Walked on the swim team in August...Swam three events in an exhibition role at SEC Championships...Posted 21.04 in 50 free; fourth-best by a Gamecock this year... Top 100 fly time is 49.62, third-best Carolina time of the year...Posted 46.67 in 100 free...All top times came at SEC Championships...Swam butterfly leg on winning 200 medley relay team vs. East Carolina (1:34.93)...Runner-up in 100 fly at ECU. 2009-10 - Enrolled at South Carolina but did not compete on the swim team. PRE-COLLEGE - Graduated from A.C. Flora High School...Coach was Chris Lyons...Team captain...Was a member of the all-state team three times...Club team is Palmetto Aquatics...Named a scholastic All-American...Helped team to the state title in the 400 medley relay...Made three junior national cuts and one senior national cut...Earned Mr. Palmetto Award and Eye of the Tiger Award. PERSONAL - Born August 2, 1990, in Columbia, S.C....Parents are Rodney and Sally Metts...Has two brothers, McDavid and Lee, and a sister, Jane...Has not declared a major...Chose South Carolina because of the business school and the coaching staff.
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