Freshman All-SEC Selection

Career Best Times

(Yards)

100 Free: 46.69          (2009 Florida Swimming Senior Championships)

200 Free: 1:40.00      (2009 Florida Swimming Senior Championships)

100 Back: 51.13         (2008 Princeton Invitational)

200 Back: 1:47.23      (2009 SEC Championships)

100 Breast: 1:00.94   (LSU, 10/22/08)

200 Breast: 2:11.74   (Florida Atlantic, 1/17/09)

200 IM: 1:46.86          (2009 SEC Championships)

400 IM: 3:48.63          (2009 SEC Championships)

National/International Competition

A NISCA All-American … Also a Junior/Senior National qualifier … Named 2007-08 USA National Junior Team.

At Florida

2008-09: A 2009 CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American…Secured NCAA provisional qualifying marks in both the 200 & 400 IM for the Gators…Earned Freshman All-SEC honors as the top freshman finisher in the 200 IM (11^th), clocking a 1:46.86, at the 2009 SEC Championship meet in Auburn, Ala. …Also clocked a 3:48.63 in the championship finals of the 400-yard IM at SECs, finishing sixth overall with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark as the Gators took second at the 2009 league meet for the eighth consecutive season…Claimed the Princeton Invite title in the 200 IM (1:47.87) and took second in the 400 IM with a provisional qualifying mark of 3:49.64…Also finished fourth in the 200 back (1:48.68) and 14^th in the 100 back …Swam the third place 400-yard medley relay in Princeton, where he led off the relay with a career-best 51.13 backstroke leg…Swam season-best times in the 100 & 200-yard free races at the 2009 Florida Swimming Senior Championships in Orlando…Swam a 1:00.94 in the 100 breast at LSU, his best mark of the season in the event, while rounding out the dual meet season with a 2:11.74 in the 200 breast against Florida Atlantic.

High School

The 2007 Ohio State Champion in the 200 IM … Named a high school Academic All-American … Senior House Captain … Member of Academic Council … Involved with Phi Lambda Pi, a community service program … Coached at Archbishop Moeller by Bill Whatley.

Club

Member of Cincinnati Marlins, coached by Chris Wolford.

Personal

Born Brian Scott Howell on May 22, 1990, in Cincinnati, Ohio … Parents are Andy and Cindy Howell … Has one sister, Emily (24) … Chose UF because of its great athletic and academic tradition … Also considered Kentucky, Virginia, OSU and Indiana … Enjoys being with friends, time on the lake and playing other sports … Majoring in biology.