Swimming & Diving
Wyatt Amdor - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

WyattAmdor

  • class Junior
  • Hometown Dresher, Pa.
  • Major Marketing
  • High school Upper Dublin

Top Times (SCY):
50 Freestyle: 20.72 (2020 SEC Championships, 02/19/20)
100 Breaststroke: 52.32 (2020 TN Last Chance Meet, 02/29/20)
200 Breaststroke: 1:57.31 (2018 SEC Championships, 02/18/18)
 
Top Times (LCM):

50 Breaststroke: 27.99 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 07/27/18)
100 Breaststroke: 1:02.12 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 07/28/18)
200 Breaststroke: 2:17.96 (2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, 07/26/18)

Career Notes:

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier 
  • 2019, *2020 NCAA qualifier
  • ^2020 All-America in 100 Breaststroke
  • 2019, 2020 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll 
  • 2019, 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention

2019-20 (Senior): Scored 25 individual points at the 2020 SEC Championships … Finished in ninth place and won the “B” final in the 100 breaststroke in 52.71 at the 2020 SEC Championships … Finished in 20th place in the 200 breaststroke in 1:57.39 at the 2020 SEC Championships … Set career-best times in 50 freestyle (20.72) and the 100 breaststroke (52.32) at the 2020 Tennessee Last Chance Meet … Invited to compete at the 2020 NCAA Championships in the 100 breaststroke before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 public-health threat … Earned the Captain’s Award and the Booster Club Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19 (Junior): Scored points in three events at the SEC Championships … There, he took ninth in the 100 breast preliminary heat on a season-best 52.68, followed by earning 10th overall on a 52.87 mark and helped UK’s 200 and 400 medley relay teams to ninth-place finishes and school records (200 med-r 1:24.98, 400 med-r 3:09.56) … Broke the 100 breast school record at the Bulldog Invitational on a career-best 52.43 mark … Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career, earning the nod in the 100 breast … There, earned 35th in the 100 breast on a mark of 53.23 … Earned a personal-best time in the 50 free at the SEC Championships, notching a 20.98 mark … Recognized with the Captains Award and the Team Spirit Award at the end of year banquet … Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Sophomore): Scored in both breaststroke events at the SEC Championships … Top finish came in the 100 breast, placing 12th with a time of 53.31, scored in the 200 breast on 23rd with a time of 1:58.62 … Swam a personal-best 53.18 in the 100 breast at the Ohio State Last Chance Meet, which ranks second on Kentucky’s top-10 list … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention,.

2016-17 (Freshman): Competed in three events at the SEC Championships, posting personal bests in the 50 free (21.19), 100 breast (53.71) and 200 breast (1:57.71) … Scored in both breaststroke events at the conference meet, coming in 16th in the 200 breast and 19th in the 100 breast … His 53.71 mark in the 100 breast ranks second in UK laurels, while his 200 breast time of 1:57.71 is third on UK’s all-time performers list.
 
Prior to UK: 
Junior national champion in the 400 free and 400 medley relays … Fourth-fastest public high school 400-free relay … State champion in 100 breast … Competed for Upper Dublin Aquatic Club … Played football … Member of the National Honor Society.

*The NCAA Championships were canceled because of the COVID-19 public-health threat.
^The CSCAA board adjusted the All-America selection criteria to recognize a group of individuals who would have had the opportunity to compete for All-America status at the canceled 2020 NCAA Championships.

Read more