| Tal Shpaizer |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Shoham, Israel
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 | High School: Hof-Hasharon
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 | Event: Fly/Back
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 | Birthdate: 01/30/1983
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IN 2005-06: At the America East Championships, was sixth in the 200 IM with a time of 2:09.03 which set a new school record ... Added a fifth place finish in 100 butterfly in 58.92 and was also fourth in the 200 back in 2:05.41 ... Member of the 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams that set new school records ... Won two events against New Hampshire (2/2) ... Won the 200 IM and 200 back against Boston College (1/28) ... Took first place in three individual events against Providence (1/15) ... Won the 100 back and 200 back at Boston University (12/10) .. Won three events at Rhode Island Invitational (12/3) and at Holy Cross (11/20) ... Named to the America East Commissioners Honor Roll and a Maine Scholar-Athlete ... Received the Maine Swimming Palmer Award for Academic Excellence.
IN 2004-05: At the America East Championships was eighth in the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.56 and added a fifth place finish in the 100 butterfly in 58.78 and a fifth place finish in the 200 back in 2:06.82 ... Was first in the 100 butterfly against New Hampshire (2/5) ... Took first in the 200 IM at Boston College (1/30) ... Won the 50 free in 25.54and the 100 butterfly in 59.13 against Providence (1/16) Against Boston University (12/11) won the 100 breast and 100 butterfly ... At the Rhode Island Invitational (12/4) won the 200 IM and 100 back... In the meet against Northeastern (11/7), won the 200 IM and 200 back ... Won the 100 breast and 200 back against Vermont (11/6) ... In the opener against Rhode Island (10/31), won the 100 back, 100 fly and 200 IM ... Named to the America East Commissioners Honor Roll ... Named a Maine Scholar-Athlete.
IN 2003-04: Set the school record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.43 in the America East Championship, good for sixth place ... Also finished 11th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:11.41 and eighth in the 200 back with a time of 2:09.14 ... Against Boston College (1/31) won the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM ... Won the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM at Providence (1/17) ... Also won multiple events against Yale and Rhode Island ... Named to the America East Commissioners Honor Roll.
BEFORE MAINE: Swam for club team Hapoel Jerusalem with coach Leonid Kaufman ... Participated in the 1999 Junior European Championship in Moscow finishing eighth in 50 back and tenth in 200 back ... Participated in Youth Olympic Games in 1998 in Moscow, finishing third in the 4x100 medley relay.
PERSONAL: Business finance major ... Born January 20, 1983 ... Daughter of Nechama and Motti Shpaizer.