Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
This was the first time Australia had been beaten in the event in over seven years. The American relay of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Keller are undefeated since the Athens games. Vanderkaay, Larsen Jensen, Erik Vendt, and Keller make up the core of the premier American mid-distance/distance freestyle swimmers.
Klete was one of many 2000 Olympic medalists from The Race Club World Team, a summer swimming camp in Florida.
Keller attended the University of Southern California for two years from 2000 to 2001, but left school to focus on swimming. From 2004 to 2007, Keller trained at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor under Bob Bowman and former head coach Jon Urbanchek.
He has left Ann Arbor and returned to University of Southern California to finish school and train under coach Dave Salo.
In the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.13 seconds. While at University of Southern California, Keller won multiple individual and relay Pac-10 and National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships in the 200, 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle, as well as freestyle relays. Keller has also won many United States. national titles and FINA world championship medals, primarily in 200 and 400-meter freestyles and the 4×200-meter free relay.
