Wisconsin Badgers

Career Highlights

• 2024 200 Back NCAA Champion
• 2024, '25 Big Ten Swimmer of the Championship
• 2024 Big Ten first team
• 2023 Big Ten Swimmer of the Year
• 2023 All-American first and second team
• 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team 
• Silver medalist in the 200 back at the 2022 FINA World Championships
• Won the 200 back and finished seventh in the 100 back at the 2022 Phillips 66 International Team Trials
• 2021 and 2022 Big Ten champion in the 100 back and 200 back
• 2020 U.S. Olympian, finishing fifth in the 200-meter back
• 2021 NCAA Champion in the 200 back
• 2021 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• Two-time gold medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games (100m Back, 400m medley relay)
• Three-time gold medalist at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships (100-meter backstroke, 400 mixed medley relay, 400 medley relay)
• Four-time U.S. National Team Member
• Big Ten Swimmer of the Week --  Oct. 23, 2024; Jan. 10, 2024; Nov.22, 2023; Oct. 25, 2023; Dec.7, 2022; Oct. 27, 2021; Feb. 10, 2021; Jan. 27, 2021
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Feb. 10, 2021; Jan. 27, 2021
• 2022, '23, '25 Academic All-Big Ten
• 2021 and 2023 CSCAA Scholar-Athlete

Personal Bests
200 Free	1:45.16	2/8/25
200 Fly	1:57.37	10/19/24
100 Back	50.00	3/21/25
200 Back	1:47.60	3/22/25
200 IM	1:51.98	3/20/25

USA Swimming Bio  |  SwimCloud Profile

2024-25: Finished third in the 200 back in 1:47.60, fourth in the 200 IM in 1:51.98 and fifth in the 100 back in 50.00 and a the fly leg of the school record setting 400 medley relay and 200 medley relay, in addition to the second leg of the school record setting 800 free relay at NCAA Championships (Mar. 19-22)...Earned a clean sweep in the 200 back, 100 back and 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 19-22)...Won the 200 free in 1:45.16 at the Badger Invite (Feb. 7-8)... Won the 100 back in 51.04 and the 200 IM in 1:55.86 vs Northwestern (Jan. 18)...Finished first in the 100 fly with a time of 53.59 and the 100 IM at 55.47 seconds, also took home first in the 200 medley relay (fly leg) and 400 free relay (second leg) against UC San Diego and UCLA (Jan. 4)...Won the 200 back (1:49.66 - NCAA "A"), 400 free relay (3:13.54 - NCAA "A") as the anchor leg, set a school record in the 200 medley relay (1:35.04 - NCAA "A"), won the 100 back 51.02 (NCAA "B"), won the 400 medley relay (3:30.19 - NCAA "A"), won the 200 IM with a time of 1:55.37 (NCAA "B") and the 200 free relay with a time of 1:28.67 (NCAA "B") at the Texas Invite (Nov. 21-23)...finished second on the 200 back at 1:53.05 and won the 200 medley relay as the fly leg vs Minnesota (Nov. 1)... Finished first in the 200 IM in 1:58.50, the 200 fly in 1:57.37 and the 200 back in 1:55.61 vs Notre Dame and Michigan (Oct. 18-19)...Won the 100 fly in 53.38 and 200 free in 1:47.62 vs Green Bay

2023-24: Won the 200 back in 1:48.23 and placed fourth in the 100 back in 50.55 at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 21)...Won the 200 back in 1:50.05 and won the 200 IM in 1:54.29 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.28)...Won the 200 back in 1:52.96 and came in second in the 100 back in 51.37 against Indiana and Louisville (Feb.2)...Won the 200 free in 1:47.82 against Green Bay (Jan.26)...Won the 100 back in 51.69 and the 100 fly in 52.17 against Northwestern (Jan.20)... Won the 100 back in 53.36 and won the 200 IM in 2:00.44 against UC San Diego and UCLA (Jan.6)...Won the 200 back time trials in 1:50.36 to earn an Olympic trial cut, placed third in the 200 IM in 1:55.14 and placed fourth in the 100 back in 51.43 at the Texas Invitational (Nov.17)...Won the 200 back in 1:56.51 and placed second in the 200 free 1:48.41 against Minnesota (Nov.3)...Won the 100 back (53.37 - NCAA B), 200 back (1:54.44 - NCAA B), 100 fly (53.10 - NCAA B) and 200 IM (2:00.47) against Arizona and Michigan (Oct. 20); also a member of the winning 200 free relay, 400 free relay (3:37.70), 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay in the triangular... won the 100 back in 53.50 (NCAA B) and won the 200 IM in 1:59.21 (NCAA B) against Notre Dame (Oct.6); also a member of the winning 200 medley relay in 1:40.00

2022-23: Competed at the NCAA Championships earning All-America honors in the 200 back with a second-place finish in 1:49.28, placed fifth in the 200 IM with a personal best time of 1:53.56, and placed fourth in the 100 back in 50.54 (Mar. 15)...Earned a bonze medal in the 100 back in 51.58 and garnered a silver medal in the 200 IM in 1:55.06 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.15)...Placed second in the 200 IM in 2:01.78 against UW-Green Bay (Feb.3)...Won the 200 back in 1:58.35 and came in second in the 100 back in 54.86 against Northwestern (Jan.21)... Won the 100 IM in 57.11 against UC San Diego (Dec.30)...Placed third in the 100 back in 51.40, came in third in the 200 back in 1:51.22, and finished second in the 200 IM n 1:55.13 at the Minnesota Invitational (Dec.3)...Won the 100 back in 54.35 and won the 200 back in 1:55.61 vs. Minnesota (Nov.4)...Won the 100 back in 54.50 and won the 200 back in 1:57.20 vs. Arizona State (Oct.22)... won the 200 free in 1:49.22 and placed second in the 100 fly with a time of 54.11 vs. Arizona (Oct.21)

2021-22: Finished second in the 200 back in 1:59.29, ninth in the 100 back in 50.83, 10th in the 200 IM in 1:54.39, 10th in the 400 free relay in 3:12.00, 10th in the 800 free relay in 6:59.24, 15th in the 400 medley relay in 3:30.36, and 22nd in the 200 free relay in 1:28.80 at the NCAA Championships (March 16-19) ... Big Ten champion in the 100 back in 51.58 and 200 back in 1:51.23; also finished third in the 200 IM in 1:55.64, third in the 400 free relay in 3:11.58, fourth in the 800 free relay in 7:00.47, fourth in the 400 medley relay in 3:33.72, and fourth in the 200 free relay in 1:28.23 (Feb. 16-19)

2020-21: NCAA champion in the 200 back in a personal best time of 1:48.32 ... also placed third in the 100 back in 50.39, fourth in the 200 IM in 1:54.55 and member of the 13th-place 800 free relay in 7:02.63 at the NCAA Championships (March 17-20) ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... Big Ten champion in the 100 backstroke in 51.32 and 200 backstroke in 1:50.90 ... also placed second in the 200 IM in 1:55.50 and member of the fourth-place 400 free relay in 3:15.71 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-27) ... won the 100 back in 52.27, 200 back in 1:53.87 and 200 IM in 1:57.80 vs. Minnesota and Purdue (Jan. 23) ... won the 100 back in 51.76, 200 back in 1:51.63, and 200 IM in 1:57.26 against Northwestern and Illinois (Feb. 6)

High School: Ranked No. 5 on SwimSwam's Girls High School Class of 2020 ... 2020 Independent School League champion in the 100 back, setting a national record, and 100 fly ... won the 50 back while finishing second in the 100 back, 200 back, 100 IM, 200 IM and 100 fly at the 2019 NCSA Spring Championships ... won the back at the 2019 U.S. Open ... qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials ... swam with Nation's Capital Swim Club

Personal: Daughter of Tim and Phoebe Bacon ... has three siblings: Reid, Sophie and Finn ... born Aug. 12 ... major is health promotion and health equity