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Sam Hanke

  • position Backstroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Cheshire, CT
  • Major Business
  • High school Cheshire
  • position Backstroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Cheshire, CT
  • Major Business
  • High school Cheshire

Sam Hanke Bio

50 Free 21.37p 2-16-22 SEC Championships Knoxville, TN
100 Fly 50.35p 2-16-23 SEC Championships College Station, TX
100 Back 47.84p 2-17-23 SEC Championships College Station, TX
200 Back 1:45.27p 2-18-23 SEC Championships College Station, TX

! = School Record | p = Prelims | t = Time Trial | X = exhibition heat | # = Leadoff Split/Split

AWARDS/HONORS

  • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 9th – 100 back
  • 8th – 200 back

2022-23 (SENIOR)

  • Competed in all seven of ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ’s dual meets
  • Placed third in the 100 back at the Gamecock Invitational and versus UNCW
  • Earned a spot on the SEC Championship team where he competed in the 100 back, 200 back, and 100 fly
  • Set new personal best times in all three events that he competed at the SEC Championships – 50.35 in the 100 fly, 47.84 in the 100 back, and 1:45.27 in the 200 back
  • Became the eighth fastest swimmer in program history in the 200 back and ninth fastest in the 100 back with his SEC performances

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Swam in all five of ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ dual meets
  • Placed first in the 100 back and 200 back during the Gamecock Aquatics Invitational
  • Competed in the 50 free, 100 back, and 200 back at the SEC Championships. Made the final of the 100 back
  • Achieved new personal best times in all three of his events at the SEC Championships

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in all four dual meets during the regular season

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Swam at Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut
  • Was back-to-back conference champion in the 100 backstroke and second in the state for 100 backstroke
  • Competed with the YMCS Sea Dogs under coach Sean Farrell
  • Personal best times:
    • 100 back – 50.34
    • 200 back – 1:49.79

PERSONAL

  • Son of Tracy and Jeffrey, brother to Jack and Grace
  • Business major
  • Hopes to one day be in the Navy