2006-07: Competed in the 50, 100 and 200 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam personal-best times of 45.94 in the 100 free and 1:40.22 in the 200 free at the Big Ten meet ... Won the 100 free and placed second in the 200 free against Carthage ... Made the `B' final in all three sprint freestyle events as well as the 100 back at the TYR Invitational ... Earned four top-three finishes in the 200 free and three top-three finishes in the 100 free ... Part of the 400 free relay quartet that won in the dual against Notre Dame.
2005-06: Swam in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free at the Big Ten Championships, turning in personal-best performances in all three events ... Finished third in the 50-yard freestyle against UW-Milwaukee with a time of 22.38 ... Finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle against Indiana ... Member of the team that won the 400-yard freestyle relay against Iowa.
2004-05: Member of the 400 medley relay quartet that won the 'Cats' first event of the season with a victory against UW-Milwaukee (10/22) ... Recorded his highest finish in a dual meet as an individual when he placed fourth in the 200 free against Notre Dame (1/22) ... Earned a pair of top-five finishes at Michigan (1/21), finishing fifth in both the 100 and 200 free ... Member of the 200 freestyle relay that won against Iowa (2/4) ... Swam to two top-14 finishes at the TYR NU Invite, finishing 12th in the 200 free and 14th in the 50 back.
High School: Won Iowa State Championships in the 100 free, 200 free, 200 free relay and twice in the 400 free relay ... Competed in four Iowa State meets ... High school was state champions his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons and set many state records ... Earned All-America honors throughout the Maroons' impressive run ... Class MVP all four years of high school and Team MVP his Senior year ... Lettered all four years of high school and was team captain his senior year ... Swam nine years for Central Iowa Aquatics ... Member of the USA Scholastic All-American Team ... Also earned All-Iowa Academic honors ... Member of the Honor Society ... Named Student-Athlete of the Class of 2004 ... Made the honor roll all four years of high school ... Active participant in Aquianas Key.
Personal: Born James Newton Sourbeer on 12/29/85 ... Son of Jim and Virginia Sourbeer ... Brother John lettered four years for Boston College in swimming ... Chose Northwestern over Iowa ... Major is economics.
SOURBEER'S PERSONAL BESTS
| 50 Free | 21.23 |
| 100 Free | 45.94 |
| 200 Free | 1:40.22 |
| 200 IM | 2:00.42 |