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Becky Horning Event: Butterfly/Freestyle
Class: Junior
Hometown: Sterling, Va.
 
photo Skinner on Horning: "Rebecca spent the summer in Blacksburg which has laid the foundation for a great junior season. She always rises in the most challenging of circumstances."

2005-06: Swam the third leg of the 200-yard medley relay team's fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships ... Also placed 20th in the 100-yard butterfly and 22nd in the 200-yard butterfly at ACCs ... Swam the third leg of the event-winning 400-yard medley relay against Marshall ... Also placed second in the 100-yard butterfly at the same meet ... Finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly at the Maryland Quad ... Placed fourth in the 200-yard butterfly at NC State ... Placed ninth in the 100-yard butterfly at the Nike Cup ... Placed third in the 200-yard butterfly at UNC-Wilmington ... Swam the third leg of the 200-yard medley relay team which placed first at East Carolina.

2004-05: Was on the fifth-place 400-yard medley relay team at the ACC Championships ... Placed 13th in the butterfly at the same meet ... Was 14th at the Nike Cup in the 100-yard butterfly ... Won the 100-yard butterfly at the College of Charleston and was third in the event at the North Carolina meet.

High School: Was a three-time Virginia AA state champion in the 100-yard butterfly ... Earned an All-America time of 56.86 in the 100-yard butterfly during her junior year ... Was a two-time 200-yard freestyle state champion ... Participated in the 2004 USS Senior Nationals in the 100-yard butterfly and 50-yard freestyle.

Personal: Rebecca Christine Horning was born Nov. 11, 1985 in Baltimore, Md. ... Daughter of Bonnie and Mark Horning ... Majoring in biology.