Swimming & Diving
John Fox - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

JohnFox

  • class Redshirt Senior
  • High school Chatfield

2012-13: Served as team captain… Made first-career appearance in NCAA Championships… Named to the University of Kentucky’s Society of Character… Member of the Southeastern Conference’s Community Service Team… Came in 4th place on the 3-meter springboard at the Zone C Diving Championships to qualify for his first appearance at the NCAA Championships… Took home an eighth-place finish on the 3-meter board at the SEC Championships… Earned two top-25 finishes at the NCAA Championships finishing 22nd on 1 meter and 23rd on 3 meter… Finished third on the 3-meter board at Missouri… Grabbed a pair of fourth-place finishes on the 3-meter and 1-meter boards at the Tennessee Invitational… Picked up first victory of the season in the final home meet of the year against Louisville on the 1-meter board… Finished second in the 1-meter event and third on the 3-meter board at Cincinnati.

2011-12: After sitting out the 2010-11 season, Fox came back to have a strong sophomore campaign with two top-10 finishes in the SEC Championships … Named to the SEC All-Academic Team … Grabbed a second place finish in the 1-meter in the opening event of the season against Tennessee and Indiana … Took second place at Vanderbilt on the 1-meter springboard … Took home two second place finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards against Southern Illinois and Missouri … Won the 3-meter event at Alabama … Took second place at Emory in the 1-meter event … Earned a second place score in the 3-meter against Cincinnati … Had a second place finish at Louisville on the 3-meter board … Picked up a fifth place finish in the SEC Championships in the 3-meter (365.20) as well as an eighth place in the platform event (306.20).

2010-11: Did not compete for UK, as he took a medical redshirt year, however he competed at the US Senior National meet at UCLA and took 13th in one-meter springboard.

2009-10: Earned ninth place at the SEC Championships in his first experience diving platform … Finished 15th on both the one-meter and the three-meter at the conference meet setting a career-best score on the three-meter … Had six first place finishes during the season … Tallied 15 top-three finishes during dual meets … Won the three-meter board against rival Louisville.

Pre-College: Was the Colorado 5A state champion as a senior … Also in 2009 he claimed the AAU National Championship in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform … Was the Colorado 5A state runner-up as a junior … Senior national qualifier in 2009 … Took third in the three-meter in 2009 at the Senior Zone … Chose UK because he liked the school and the program.

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