Ofer Finkler Class: Senior Hometown: Rishon Le-Zion, Israel High School: Ramot Last College: Penn State Height / Weight: 6-3 / 170 Event: Sprint Free Club: Hapoel Jerusalem

As a Senior (2006-07): Swam third leg of 200-yard freestyle relay team that broke school record with a NCAA 'B' standard time of 1:20.35 at ACC Championships ... Qualified for the consolation finals at ACC meet and tallied an 11th-place finish in the 50 free with a lifetime-best time of 20.57 ... Finished 20th at conference championship with a personal-best swim of 49.85 in the 100 butterfly ... Clocked a personal-record time of 45.60 in the 100 free to finish in 18th place at the ACC meet ... Ended his career third in the 50 free, fifth in the 100 free and sixth in the 100 fly ... He also holds school records in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 800 free relay ... Recipient of ACC Postgraduate Scholarship.

As a Junior (2005-06): Swam the second leg of the 800 freestyle relay team that touched the wall in fifth place at the ACC Championships with a NCAA 'B' standard time of 6:37.09 ... Was part of the record setting 400 free relay team that posted a time of 2:59.52 at the conference championship ... Qualified for the consolation finals of the 200 free at the ACC meet with a personal-best time of 1:39.69 in the prelims, finishing in 16th place in the finals ... Posted a lifetime-best time of 20.81 in the bonus finals of the 50 free at the ACC Championships ... Swam a season-best time of 46.12 in the 100 free at the ACC meet ... Participated on his third relay of the conference championship in the 200 free relay which posted a season-best time of 1:21.15 ... Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free events ... Recipient of team's Tommy Towles Scholar-Athlete Award.

As a Sophomore (2004-05): Joined the Tech squad in January after transferring from Penn State ... Quickly became one of Tech's top sprint freestyle competitors ... Swam a leg of the record setting 800 freestyle relay team at the ACC Championships, tallying a NCAA 'B' cut time of 6:34.45 ... Qualified for the consolation finals of the 200 freestyle at the ACC Championships, finishing in 13th place with a season-best time of 1:39.77 ... Clocked a season-best time of 21.00 in the prelims of the 50 free at the ACC meet ... Posted a season-best time of 46.46 in the prelims of the 100 free at the conference championship ... Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 200 free for the season.

At Penn State (2003-04): Earned one letter while swimming for the Nittany Lions ... Competed at the 2004 Big Ten Championships in the 50 and 100 freestyle events ... Finished the preliminaries of the 50 free with a season-best time of 21.30 ... Posted a second season-best time at the Big Ten meet in the 100 free with a time of 47.01.

Club: Swam on Hapoel Jerusalem club team ... Helped lead team to six straight club championships from 1999-2004 ... Won the 2003 Israeli Senior Championship in the 50-meter freestyle and 50-meter butterfly ... Tallied runner-up finishes at the 2002 Israeli Senior Championships in the 50-meter free, 100-meter free and 50-meter fly ... Finished first in the 50- and 100-meter free and 50-meter fly at the 2000 Israeli Junior Championships ... Swam on the same club team as former Tech men's swimming standout Shilo Ayalon.

Personal: Born Ofer Finkler on Sept. 13, 1982, in Rishon Le-Zion, Israel ... Parents are Vitold and Rika Finkler ... Sister, Maya, is a junior swimmer at Maryland ... Majoring in electrical engineering.