Chris Cole

Class:
Senior
Weight:
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Hometown:
Portage, Mich.
High School:
Portage Central HS
Major:
Art

SIU TOP TIMES

200-yard backstroke: 1:47.92
200-yard butterfly: 1:52.27
200-yard IM: 1:52.20
400-yard IM 3:52.56
500-yard freestyle: 4:30.64
1,000-yard Freestyle: 9:30.67
1,650-yard Freestyle: 15:36.41

2018-19 (SENIOR)

All-MAC second team ... MAC All-Academic team... Swam in six events... Held fastest time on team in the 200-back, 400-IM, 1,000-free and 1,650-free... Earned points in the 200-back (8th), 400-yard IM (5th) and 1,650-free (6th) at the MAC Championships... Swam the second and fifth-fastest 400-IM marks in school history at the MAC Championships... Won eight events... Took first in the 400-IM and 1,000-free twice... 16-top-five finishes.

2017-2018 (JUNIOR)

Second-Team CoSida Academic All-American… CSCAA Academic All-American… All-MAC second team… Sixth place finish in the 400-yard IM and 1650-yard freestyle at MAC Championships… Third place finish at CSCAA National Invitational Championships in the 400 IM where he swam the second-fastest time in Saluki history at 3:52.94… Won the 500-yard freestyle and 1,000-yard freestyle against Ouachita Baptist… Won the 1,650-free at the Butler Invite… Top-five SIU time in four events... 12 top-five finishes.

2016-2017 (SOPHOMORE)

MAC All-Academic team... Swam in seven events... Finished a season-best second place four times... Finished in the top-10 12 times across all events... Had the fastest time of any Saluki in the 400-yard IM... Posted the second-fastest team times in the 1,000 yard freestyle and 200-yard IM... Fourth-fastest in the 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle.

2015-2016 (FRESHMAN)

First place finish in 1,000-yard freestyle at Little Rock Invite... First place finish in 1,650-yard freestyle at Butler... First place finish in 500-yard freestyle at Evansville…Six top five finishes…Top five SIU time in six different events.

HIGH SCHOOL

Earned All-Conference honors all four years...Finished second in the SMAC Conference in he 2012 and 2014 seasons...Finished first in the SMAC Conference in the 2013 and 2015 seasons...Broke the 200 IM school and conference record with a time of 1:55.44 and the 100 breaststroke school recored at 59.43...Won team MVP honors in the 2013 and 2015 seasons.

PERSONAL

Full name is Christopher G. Cole...Born March 8, 1997...Son of Kelly and Lena Cole...Has one sibling...Majors in art and photography.