Carter Griffin
Carter Griffin

Carter Griffin Season 2013-14

PositionBack/Free
ClassFreshman
HometownParker, Colo.
Previous SchoolChapparal
TOP TIMES (YARDS)
  • 200 Free: 1:34.48 (SEC Championships, 2016)
  • 500 Free: 4:24.04 (SEC Championships, 2015)
  • 100 Back: 46.51 (NCAA Championships, 2017)
  • 200 Back: 1:39.46 (NCAA Championships, 2017)

2016-17 (SENIOR)

  • Claimed individual All-America first team honors after a sixth-place finish in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships
  • Also earned honorable mention accolades as part of Missouri's 800 free relay
  • Qualified for his fourth NCAA Championships in the 200 back
  • Placed fourth in the 200 back at SECs
  • Ended his career as Mizzou's 200 back record holder with a time of 1:36.46
  • Also ranks third in the 100 back (46.51) and 200 free (1:34.48) and fourth in the 500 free (4:23.68)
  • Claimed seven event titles on the year, with four in the 200 back, two in the 200 free and one in the 100 back

2015-16 (JUNIOR)

  • Earned one first team and two honorable mention All-America honors at the 2016 NCAA Championships
  • Part of Mizzou's fourth-place 400 medley relay team at NCAAs
  • Placed 12th in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships
  • Also swam on the Tigers' ninth-place 200 medley relay team at the Championships
  • Earned NCAA bids in both the 200 back and 200 free
  • Placed fifth in the 200 back, sixth in the 200 free and 10th in the 100 back at the SEC Championships
  • Owns Mizzou's 200 back record (1:40.16)
  • Also ranks second in the 100 back (46.64), third in the 200 free (1:34.48) and fourth in the 500 free (4:24.04)
  • Won six titles during the season, including three in the 200 back, two in the 100 back and one in the 50 free
  • Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

2014-15 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Earned two All-America honorable mention honors at the NCAA Championships
  • Named to the All-SEC Second Team
  • Finished 11th in the 200 back at NCAAs to earn All-America honorable mention accolades
  • Part of Mizzou's 10-place 400 medley relay team at the NCAA Championships
  • Swam season best times of 1:36.99 in the 200 free, 4:24.04 in the 500 free, 46.64 in the 100 back and 1:40.17 in the 200 back
  • Finished as the 200 back runner-up at the SEC Championships to claim All-SEC second team honors
  • Also placed 10th in the 100 back at SECs
  • Won eight event titles in 2014-15, including five in the 200 back, two in the 100 back and one in the 500 free
  • Earned a silver medal in the 200 back at the 2015 Pan American Games
  • Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

2013-14 (FRESHMAN)
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in his first season of collegiate swimming
  • Swam the 200 back at NCAAs and finished 28th overall
  • Part of Mizzou's 800 free relay team that set a school record of 6:26.30 at the NCAA Championships
  • Holds Mizzou's 200 back (1:41.67)
  • Also ranks fifth in the 100 back (47.69) and 500 free (4:24.63) and seventh in the 200 free (1:37.38) at Missouri
  • Placed sixth in the 200 back at the 2014 SEC Championships
  • Won three event titles as a freshman, all in the 200 back

PREP
  • Attended Chaparral High School and swam for the Denver Hilltopper Swim Club
  • Ranked as the 47th-best recruit in the nation
  • Member of the 2013-14 Junior National Team
  • Earned four All-America honors in high school
  • Holds the Colorado state records in the 1000 SCY free and 200 LCM back
  • Earned three state-title
  • Won three Western Region Sectional championships
  • Earned Academic All-America honors in 2012 and 2013
  • Named an AP Scholar with Distinction in 2013

PERSONAL
  • Son of Don and Wendy Griffin
  • Brother Jordan Fish swam distance and freestyle at Whitworth University
  • Majoring in nutritional sciences
Carter Griffin

Senior
2016-17

Back/Distance Free
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Junior
2015-16

Back/Free
Carter Griffin

Sophomore
2014-15

Back/Free