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David Dingess - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

DavidDingess

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Marietta, Ga.
  • Major Accounting
  • High school George Walton HS
BIO

Top Times (SCY):
50 Freestyle: 20.12 (2019 SEC Time Trials, 02/19/19)
100 Butterfly: 46.86 (2019 SEC Championships, 02/21/19)
100 Backstroke: 47.62 (2019 SEC Championships, 02/22/19)
200 Backstroke: 1:44.61 (2019 SEC Championships, 02/23/19)
 
Top Times (LCM):
100 Backstroke: 55.60 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 7/22/18)
200 Backstroke: 2:06.82 (2017 Speedo Long Course Sectionals, 07/16/17)
50 Butterfly: 24.45 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 07/26/18)
100 Butterfly: 53.61 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 07/27/18)
200 Butterfly: 2:01.63 (2017 Speedo Long Course Sectionals, 07/13/17)
 
Career Notes:

  • 2019 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2017, 2018, 2019 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier
  • 2016, 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention

2018-19 (Senior): Scored points at the SEC Championships in five events … There, finished ninth in the 200 medley relay (1:24.98), finished seventh in the 200 free relay (1:17.41), earned 14th in the 100 fly (46.96), finished 23rd in the 100 back (47.75) and earned ninth in the 400 medley relay (3:09.56) … Set career-best times in each of his individual swims at the SEC Championships in the 50 free (20.12), 100 fly (46.86), 100 back (47.62) and 200 back (1:44.61) … Earned a NCAA relay alternate spot, helping the 200 free relay team to a 17th-place finish in 1:17.91 … Helped the UK men break two school relay records, swimming the third leg in the 200 medley relay (1:24.98) and 400 medley relay (3:09.56) … Received the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the end of year banquet … Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Junior): Scored at the SEC Championships in both the 100 back and 100 fly … Top finish at the conference meet came in the 100 back, finishing 16th overall in 48.12 after posting the No. 5 time among UK performers of 47.68 in prelims and he finished 20th in the 100 fly with a lifetime-best 47.20 … There, also finished 30th in the 200 back in 1:45.95 … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Set personal records in four separate events at the SEC Championships … Saw his top finish at the conference meet in the 100 fly, finishing 25th overall with a “B” cut of 47.77 … Came in 27th in both the 100 back (48.48) and 200 back (1:45.24), each of which were “B” standard times … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2015-16 (Freshman): Cracked the Kentucky record books in the 100 and 200 back at the SEC Championships … There, swam the seventh-fastest 100 back time in school history in 48.59 in the prelims, before finishing 24th and swam a NCAA “B” cut and the eighth-fastest 200 back time in school history in 1:46.23 in just his second career outing in the event …. Swam a “B” cut and set a personal record in the 100 fly at the SEC Championships, placing 32nd in 48.14 … Made an U.S. Olympic Trials cut in the 100 fly at the Ohio State Long Course Meet, finishing a time trial in 54.18 … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
 
Prior to UK: Swam for the Marietta Marlins under Yit Lim … High school All-American during his junior and senior seasons … Won the 100 fly at the Georgia High School State Meet.

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