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Austin Haney - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

AustinHaney

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Mitchell, Ky.
  • Major Civil Engineering
  • High school Beechwood HS

Top Times (SCY):
100 Breaststroke: 53.43 (2019 SEC Championships, 02/22/19)
200 Breaststroke:  1:55.52 (Bulldog Invitational, 03/03/19)
200 IM:  1:47.53 (2019 SEC Championships, 02/20/19)
400 IM: 3:50.41 (2018 SEC Championships, 02/16/18)
 
Top Times (LCM):
100 Breaststroke: 1:03.00 (2017 Speedo Long Course Sectionals, 07/27/18)
200 Breaststroke: 2:16.95 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 07/26/18)
200 IM: 2:05.95 (2017 Speedo Long Course Sectionals, 07/25/18)
400 IM: 4:28.94 (2017 Speedo Long Course Sectionals, 07/14/17)

Career Notes:

  • 2017, 2018, 2019 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016, 2018, 2019 CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention

2018-19 (Senior): Scored points in two individual events at the SEC Championships … There, finished 19th in the 100 breast on a 53.43 mark and finished 12th in the 200 breast on a time stamp of 1:56.53 … Set career best times in the 100 breast (53.43) and 200 IM (1:47.53) at the SEC Championships …  Broke the school record in the 200 breast at the Bulldog Invitational on a 1:47.53 mark … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention …Named SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Junior): Recorded best times in all three of his individual events at the SEC Championships … Scored in the 200 breast at the conference meet, placing 22nd with a time of 1:58.45 … Finished 26th in the 100 breast with a time of 54.26 … Posted a time of 3:50.41 in the 400 IM prelims to place 30th overall … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2016-17 (Sophomore): Moved up to third on UK’s all-time performance list in the 400 IM after winning the event in 3:50.97 at the Ohio State Winter Invite … There, also posted a personal-best time in the 100 breast, finishing 11th in 55.13 … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2015-16 (Freshman): Swam the fifth-fastest 400 IM in program history at the Ohio State Winter Invite, winning in 3:53.15 … Placed 30th at the SEC Championships in the event in 3:55.75 … There, set a personal record in the 200 breast in 2:01.02 to place 32nd, good for the eighth-fastest mark in program laurels … Finished 37th in the 200 IM in a personal record of 1:50.90… Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
 
Prior to UK: Swam for the Northern Kentucky Clippers under coach Norm Wright … Two-time high school All-American with honors in the 100 breast and 200 free for Beechwood High School … Named to the KHSAA All-State First Team after being crowned the 2015 champion in the 200 free … Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

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