| Paul Erben |
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2003-04: Surprised many in his inaugural trip to the ACC
Championships (Feb. 25-28) with a pair of top 12 finishes,
including a swim in the finals of the 100 breaststroke...Dropped
his 100 breaststroke time by nearly seven seconds from his first
collegiate swim with a sixth-place time of 55.46...Mark was an
NCAA "B" cut and the first sub-56.00 100 breaststroke time by a
Seminole freshman since Wickus Nienaber in 2001...Slashed four
seconds off his previous best time in the 200 breaststroke,
finishing 11th with a time of 2:04.02...Efforts at the conference
championships made him the obvious choice for Most Improved
Swimmer at the annual team banquet...Also added a 200-yard
individual medley tally of 1:56.61...Showed early promise during
the Texas A&M Invitational, finishing fourth in the 100 breast with
at time of 56.97...Posted ten top-five finishes during the dual meet
season...Earned high marks in the classroom as a member of the
ACC Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Capped off senior season with a state
championship in the 100 breaststoke (58.79)...Four-time district
and county champion...Posted his best times in the 100 and 200
breaststroke at the 2003 spring COD3 southeastern meet,
touching in at 58.26 and 2:08.08 respectively...Named team MVP
all four years...Swam at Bay for coach Pam Schlinas...Member of
Panama City club team under the direction of Jeremy Vail.
PERSONAL: Born September 13, 1984...Majoring in Biological
Sciences...Son of Julia and Steve Erben...Sister Andrea swam at
North Carolina.
