2016-17 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Griffin, Carter
Carter Griffin
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Parker, Colo.
- High School:
- Chapparal
Bio
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
- 2013-2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
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
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