CarsonHick

Top Times (SCY):
200 Freestyle: 1:33.61 (SEC Championships, 2/20/25)
500 Freestyle: 4:10.27 (NCAA Championships, 3/27/25)
1000 Freestyle: 8:45.73 (vs. Louisville, 1/25/25)
1650 Freestyle: 14:30.35 (NCAA Championships, 3/29/25)

Top Times (LCM):
200 Freestyle: 1:49.93 (Speedo Summer Championships, 7/24/24)
400 Freestyle: 3:50.11 (US Nationals, 6/06/25)
800 Freestyle: 7:56.16 (US Nationals, 6/7/25)
1500 Freestyle: 15:05.87 (US Nationals, 6/3/25)

Career Notes: 

• 2025-26 USA Swimming National Team
• 2025 NCAA Qualifier
• 2x All-American
• 2025 World University Games Qualifier
• 2024 NCAA Qualifier
• 2024 SEC All-Freshman
• 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier
• 2024 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America
• 2023-24 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.

In the Record Book: 

• No. 1 in the 500 free (2025), 1000 free (2025), and 1650 free (2025)
• No. 2 in 200 free (2025)

2024-25 (Sophomore): NCAA qualifier… 2x All-American in the 1650 free and 500 free events… In the summer of ’25 he was named to the USA Swimming National Team… Finished sixth at the 2025 NCAA Championship in the 1650 free (14:30.35) and 12th in the 500 free (4:10.27)… Was fourth in the 1650 free (14:43.83) at the 2025 SEC Championship, a B-Finalist in the 500 free finishing 10th (4:10.89), and 19th in the 200 free (1:33.61)… Saw event wins in the 1650 free against WVU (15:15.90) and at the Tennessee Invite (14:43.70)… Finished first in the 500 free at the Tennessee Invite (4:15.45), against Purdue (4:19.60), Cincinnati (4:20.02), and second at Louisville (4:17.55)… Won the 100 fly in his only appearance of the season in that event against Cincinnati (1:48.29)… Competed at the Toyota USA National Championships and finished fourth in the 1500 free behind some of the nation’s best in 15:05.87, shattering the school record for that event… Competed at the 2025 World University Games and finished sixth (15:17.45) in the 1500M free… Won Wildcat of the Year Award at team banquet.

2023-24 (Freshman): NCAA qualifier … SEC All-Freshman team … Was 19th in the 1650 free (14:49.15) and 25th in the 500 free (4:15.43) at the NCAA Championships as the lone Kentucky freshman to qualify … Tallied fifth place result in the 1650 free at the SEC Championships (14:47.84), while adding 10th in the 500 free (4:15.18) and 34th in the 200 free (1:36.77) … Took second in the 200 free (1:38.99) vs. Cincinnati … Second in both 500 free (4:22.46) and 1000 free (8:58.01) vs. Louisville … Pair of seconds vs. Alabama coming in the 500 free (4:24.43) and 1650 free (15:21.95) … Competed at the Toyota US Open Championships … Took sixth in the 500 free (4:23.01) and seventh in the 1650 free (15:28.04) at Tennessee Invitational … Made collegiate debut vs. Indiana … Won Booster Club Award at team banquet.