Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
Height: 5-10
Weight: 160
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Houston, TX
High School: Cypress Creek
Position: Breast, IM
Major: Applied Mathematics
Parents: Bill & Karyn

Career Best Times:

1:42.26 200 Free 12/3/2009 Miami Invitational
4:43.75 500 Free 2/17/2010 UAA Championships
9:55.53 1000 Free 11/4/2009 at Univ. of Georgia
55.93 100 Breast 12/1/2011 Miami Invitational
2:00.26* 200 Breast 12/2/2010 Miami Invitational
1:49.38*
200 IM 3/20/2013 NCAA Championships
3:56.06 400 IM 3/20/2013 NCAA Championships

*Emory record

Honors:

2010 All-America Honorable Mention 200 Breast 11th
200 IM 13th
 
2011 All-America 200 Breast 5th
200 IM 4th
800 Free Relay 4th
200 Medley Relay 3rd
400 Medley Relay 4th
UAA Champion 200 Breast
400 Medley Relay
All-UAA 100 Breast 3rd
200 Breast 1st
200 IM 2nd
400 Medley Relay 1st
CSCAA Scholar All-America
 
2012 All-America 200 IM 7th
800 Free Relay 8th
200 Medley Relay 2nd
400 Medley Relay 3rd
All-America Honorable Mention 100 Breast 15th
200 Breast 9th
UAA Swimmer of the Year
UAA Champion 100 Breast
200 Breast
200 IM
800 Free Relay
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
All-UAA 100 Breast 1st
200 Breast 1st
200 IM 1st
800 Free Relay 1st
200 Medley Relay 1st
400 Medley Relay 1st
Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-District
CSCAA Scholar All-America
 
2013 All-America 200 IM 5th
200 Medley Relay 3rd
400 Medley Relay 6th
All-America Honorable Mention 200 Breast 9th
400 IM 10th
800 Free Relay 12th
UAA Champion 400 Free Relay
All-UAA 200 Breast 3rd
200 IM 2nd
400 Free Relay 1st
Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-District
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
CSCAA Scholar All-America
 

Prior to Emory:

Swam on the Cypress Creek High School team for four seasons... Recorded times of 2:04 in the 200 Breast, 4:01 in the 400 IM, and 1:52 in the 200 IM in high school... Helped his team win district championships from 2006-09, and region championships from 2006-08... Named to the 2009 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team... Earned the distinguished honor of making the team for three consecutive years... Member of the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club... Participated in the Junior Nationals... Coached by Jeff Chandler and Clayton Cagle... Also played water polo in high school.

Personal:

Born December 12, 1990.

Quote:

"Emory provides me with the right combination of swimming and academics.  I really like being on the team!"