This is Erik's 3rd Olympics, and like fellow relay swimmers, he wants to keep the USA on top in the 4x200 freestyle relay.
Stats:
- CLUB: Club Wolverine (CW-MI)
- DOB: Jan 9, 1981
- HEIGHT: 5' 11" (180.3 cm)
- WEIGHT: 170 lbs (77.1 kg)
- HOMETOWN: North Easton, Mass.
- RESIDENCE: Ann Arbor, Mich.
- BIRTHPLACE: Newton, Mass.
- COACHED BY: Bob Bowman
Personal Notes:
- High School: Boston College HS ‘99
- College: Southern Cal ‘05
- College Major: International Relations
- Parents: Bill and Kathy
- Sibling(s): One sister: Allison
- Started Swimming: At age 3; "We lived in Saudi Arabia, and it was the only thing to do."
- Sports Played Before Swimming: Baseball
- Hobbies Outside the Pool: Politics, travel, reading, movies, history, bowling, watching Boston sports teams
- An avid Boston sports fan, he also lists boxer Rocky Marciano as his biggest sports hero
- Returned to the pool in April 2006 after retiring from competitive swimming after Athens; spent four months backpacking in Europe after the 2004 Games before moving to New York, where he taught swimming lessons to beginners; working with the kids gave him a new outlook on the sport; after the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, decided to give it another go, this time training at Club Wolverine
- Favorites:
- U.S. city: Boston
- int'l destination: Amsterdam
- musician: Steve Earl
- celebrity: David Ortiz of the Red Sox
- summer activity: the beach
- t.v. show: Lost
- movie: Braveheart
- music: hip-hop
