Alan Ribeiro Class: Senior Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil High School: Ft. Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons Height: 6-2 Event: Free Birthdate: 07/09/1983

2003-04: Continued to show improvement by posting new careerbest times in both the 200 and 500-yard freestyle at the ACC Championships (Feb. 25-28). Scored valuable points for the Seminoles in both events as he scored a pair of top-16 finishes...Started the league summit by notching a personal-best 1:39.75 to finish 13th in the 200 freestyle...Came back at the 500- yard distance to hit the wall with a 15th-place 4:29.60. Mark in the 500 free moved him up to eighth on the school's all-time top ten... Member of the 800 freestyle relay that finished third...Finished in the top six of both the 200 and 500 free at the Texas A&M Fall Invitational (Nov. 21-23)...Placed third in the 200 with a time of 1:39.61, while his 4:32.88 in the 500 free was sixth...Posted 12 top-three finishes during the dual meet season with five victories, including four in the 200 free...Started the season by finishing no lower than third in his first seven races, including victories in three of the first five.

2002-03: Turned in a 500 free time of 4:30.50 to finish a team-best 15th at the ACC Championships...Placed 14th in the 200-free at the ACC meet, accomplishing a season-best mark of 1:40.42 in the prelims ...Top Seminole finisher in the 1650-free at the league championships with an 18th-place time of 15:59.31...Took the 200 free at Miami (Oct. 12), won the 1,000 free versus Indian River (Nov. 9) and beat everyone to the wall in the 500 free against LSU (Jan. 25).

2001-02: Turned in top Seminole times in the 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyle races at the ACC Championships...Top finish was an 18th-place mark in the 1,650...Finished 14th in the 200 free at the Georgia Invitational and 20th at the 500-yard distance...Picked up a pair of victories against Miami in the 200 and 500 freestyle...Alsowon the 200 free versus Maryland, UNC-Wilmington and Indian River...Captured the 500 free against Florida Atlantic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year competitor at Cardinal Gibbons for coach Duffy Dillon...Named team captain and MVP in 2000...Coaches Award recipient the previous year...First-Team All-American in the 100 free, 200 free and 400 free relay, with a honorable mention accolades in the 200 free relay...Originally set the school record in the 200 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay in 1999, before breaking all of the marks as a senior...Placed fourth at states in the 200 and 500 free in 1999, followed by a fifth place finish in the 500 free and sixth-place 200 free finish the following year...Two-time district champion in the 200 free--1999 & 2000--with a 500 free title in 1999 and a 2000 100 free crown...Won a trio of championships at the Catholic State meet...Named All-County in the 100 free (First-Team) and 200 free (Second-Team)...Brazilian age group national champion in the 400 free...US Open qualifier in the 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 meter freestyle and a Junior National participant in the same events...Swam for Ft. Lauderdale club team.

PERSONAL: Born July 9, 1983...Majoring in management...Son of Alan and Natashe Ribeiro.