2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
2018-19: Secured silver in the 200 back final (1:41.29) … qualified for 100 back finals, finishing 7th overall (46.68), and 200 free finals, touching 13th overall (1:35.72) … took part in a trio of relays, including a fourth-place finish in the 800 free relay (6:22.86), and two sixth-place showings in the 400 free relay (2:53.28) and 400 medley relay (3:08.08) at the Big Ten championships … qualified for NCAA championships in the 200 back (1:40.04) at the Boiler-Make-It Last Chance meet … garnered wins in the 200 back (1:47.27) and 400 medley relay (3:22.12) in season-opener vs. Green Bay … earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week honors on Oct. 17 for first-place marks in the 200 free (1:39.02), 200 back (1:46.75) and 400 free relay (3:00.97) vs. Minnesota … won the 200 back (1:45.14) vs. Tennessee and Purdue … was the Big Ten’s third-place finisher in the 200 back (41.96) at the Big Ten vs. ACC Challenge … qualified for 200 back finals, finishing sixth overall (1:42.20) and qualified for 200 free finals, finishing 13th overall (1:36.44) at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational … tallied wins in the 200 free (1:39.20) and 400 free relay (3:01.72) and touched second in the 100 back (49.24) vs. Hawaii … won the 200 back (1:45.51) vs. Iowa and Northwestern
2017-18: Notched a sixth-place spot in the 200 back (1:48.14) and a tenth-place spot in the 100 back (50.07) at the Shamrock Invitational ... finished third in the 1000 free (9:35.01) and fourth in the 200 back (1:50.21) at USC ... placed 25th in the 200 back (1:43.70) and participated in the 12th-place 800 free relay squad (6:31.95) at the Texas Invite ... took fourth in the 200 back (1:49.64) vs. NC State ... placed third in the 200 back (1:49.21) vs. Georgia ... finished fifth in the 200 back (1:49.24) vs. Georgia and Tennessee
2016-17: Placed 17th in the 200 back (1:43.79), 25th in the 200 free (1:37.06) and 41st in the 500 free (4:28.34) at the Big Ten Championships ... earned a trio of third-place finishes in the 200 free (1:42.76), 200 back (1:51.72) and 400 medley relay (3:20.88) ... placed fourth in the 200 back (1:47.91), fifth in the 100 back (50.79), 12th in the 500 free (4:35.79) and 25th in the 50 free (22.22) at the Notre Dame Shamrock Invitational, also placed sixth in the 800 free relay, seventh in the 200 free relay and 10th in the 400 free relay ... took fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (52.30), fifth in the 200 back (1:49.99) and third in the 400 free relay (3:06.30) at USC ... took 22nd in the 200 back (1:46.99), 39th in the 100 back (50.26), 13th in the 400 free relay and 16th in the 800 free relay at the Texas Invitational ... recorded sixth-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (50.96) and 200 back (1:49.34) at Georgia, also placed seventh in the 50 free (21.64) ... finished third in both the 100- (51.36) and 200-yard backstroke (1:50.62) while also placing fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:10.68) and sixth in the 200-yard medley relay vs. Minnesota ... finished fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:08.56) and sixth in both the 100- (51.77) and 200-yard backstroke (1:54.26) against Auburn
Prep: Dual national bronze medalist, ages 15-16, in 200 backstroke … coached by Jim Fowlie at Grinninderra Swim Club … also competed in soccer, rowing and cricket … named to High Schools Certificate honor roll for history and English
Personal: Parents are Helen Saunderson and Ross Tysoe … has one sister, Prue
Why Wisconsin?: “I found that there were no other universities that offered a better balance between academic and swimming success.”
Historical Player Information
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2016-17Freshman
Back/Free
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2017-18Sophomore
Back/Free
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2018-19Junior
Back / Free
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2019-20Senior
Back / Free