Emory University junior Ellie Thompson qualified for the finals of both backstroke events at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin, a long-course meet that featured some of the top swimmers in the country.  Thompson finished 29^th in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:20.07 in the finals, after swimming a mark of 2:20.95 in the morning session, finishing 29^th in the preliminaries.  She also finished 26^th in the finals of the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:04.81, after recording a 29^th-place finish in the preliminaries with a time of 1:05.28.