2011-12 Men's Swimming

Chris Washnock

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-4 / 0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Greer, S.C.
  • High School:
    Greenville

Summary

Biography

2011-12: Three-year letterwinner ... will serveas a team captain during his senior season ... currently holdsschool records in the 200 back (1:49.25) and 400 IM (4:01.60) ...W&L All-Time Top 10 performances in the 100 back (51.60) and200 IM (1:54.94).

2010-11: Named to the CoSIDA Capital OneAcademic All-America Third Team ... earned All-BMC honors in the400 IM and 200 back ... swam at the NCAA Division IIIChampionships, finishing 19th in the 400 IM (4:04.96), 21st in the200 back (1:51.95) and 44th in the 200 IM (1:56.21) ... also swamas a member of the 400 medley relay (3:28.30, 20th) at the nationalchampionships ... competed at the Bluegrass Mountain ConferenceChampionships, recording NCAA ''B'' cut times in the 200 back(1:51.95, 2nd place) and 400 IM (4:04.99, 4th place) ... alsofinished in 12th place in the 200 IM with a time of 1:54.94 at theconference championships ... recorded event victories in both the200 back (1:56.16) and 200 IM (2:00.20) during a dual meet at JohnsHopkins (1/29) ... claimed the top spot in the 200 back with a timeof 1:58.46 during a dual meet with Gettysburg (1/15) ... wasvictorious in both the 100 back (54.22) and 200 back (1:55.84) atthe F&M Quad (11/20).

2009-10: Named to the Bluegrass MountainAll-Conference team … selected to the Second Team 2010CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team for theDistrict III College Division … earned honorable mentionAll-America honors in the 200 back, finishing with a time of1:50.72 at the NCAA Division III National Championships (3/20)… also swam in the 400 IM and 200 IM at the NationalChampionships, but did not advance past the preliminary round… recorded an NCAA "A" cut time of 1:50.13 in the 200 backand also touched in second place at the Bluegrass MountainConference Championship in the 400 IM (2/19) … claimed afirst-place finish in the 400 IM and second-place finishes in the100 back and 200 back against Johns Hopkins (1/30) … tookthe top spot in the 100 back and 200 back while also helping the200 medley relay squad to a top finish against Catholic Universityand Marymount University (1/23) … claimed three top finishesagainst Gettysburg (1/16) in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM… finished fifth in the 200 back while recording an NCAA "B"cut time of 1:53.26 in the 200 back at the University of VirginiaInvitational (12/5) … recorded an NCAA "B" cut time of4:05.45 in the 400 IM during morning prelims at the University ofVirginia Invitational (12/4) … took the top spot in the 100back and 200 back against Carnegie Mellon and the University ofRochester (11/21) … helped the 400 medley relay squad to asecond-place finish while taking second in the 100 back againstCatawba, Rollins and Wingate (11/7) … claimed the 100 backand 200 back swimming against Centre (10/17) … finishedfirst in the 200 back against Mary Washington (10/16).

2008-09: Named the W&L Outstanding FreshmanMale Athlete … earned First Team All-Bluegrass MountainConference honors … participated in the NCAA DIIIchampionships in individual events and as a member of the 200medley relay team … set school records in the 200 back(1:49.25), 400 IM (4:01.60) and 400 medley relay (3:26.29) …earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 400 IM and 200back at the NCAA DIII championship, finishing 13th in the 400 IMwith a time of 4:01.60 and ninth in the 200 back with a time of1:49.25 … member of 400 medley relay squad that set a schoolrecord (4:01.60) while finishing 17th at the NCAA DIII championship… recorded a third-place finish and NCAA “B” cuttime of 1:51.84 in the 200 back at the Bluegrass MountainConference championship … claimed the 200 back at theFranklin & Marshall Quad meet (11/22) … won the 200 backin a meet against Mary Washington (10/18).

High school: Awarded four letters as a memberof the swimming team at Greenville ... named Team MVP all fouryears ... three-time silver medalist and a four-time bronzemedalist at the state championships ... National Merit award winnerin addition to being named valedictorian of his high schoolclass.

Personal: W&L Scholar-Athlete ... served asa DC Volunteer Venture trip leader ... active with the AfricanSocity, ESOL and GLBT equality initiative ... religion and Spanishdouble-major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    6'4"
  • 2010-11Junior

    6'4"
  • 2011-12Senior

    6'4"