Swimming & Diving
Carson Hick - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

CarsonHick

  • position Freestyle
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown White Rock, N.M.
  • High school Los Alamos High School

Top Times (SCY):
200 Freestyle: 1:36.77 (SEC Championships, 2/22/24)
500 Freestyle: 4:15.18 (SEC Championships, 2/21/24)
1000 Freestyle: 8:56.90 (NCAA Championships, 3/30/34)
1650 Freestyle: 14:47.84 (SEC Championships, 2/24/24)

Top Times (LCM):
200 Freestyle: 1:51.93 (SE TENN April Invite, 4/20/24)
400 Freestyle: 3:58.19 (Southern Senior Zone Championships, 07/28/23)
800 Freestyle: 8:05.36 (SE TENN April Invite, 4/19/24)
1500 Freestyle: 15:44.83 (Southern Senior Zone Championships, 07/29/23)

Career Notes: 

  • 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. 2 in 500 free (2024) and 1650 free (2024)
  • No. 3 in 1000 free (2024)

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.

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