2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Simons, Nick

Nick Simons
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lake Oswego, Ore.
- Major:
- Sports Management
- High School:
- Jesuit HS
- Club:
- Lake Oswego Swim Club / Sandpipers of Nevada
Bio
SIMONS FILE
Top-10 Times in UT History
- Individual
- 100 Back: 45.45 // 3rd
- 200 Back: 1:40.05 // 3rd
- Relay Top Finishes
- 400 Medley Relay: 3:02.05 // 5th
CAREER HONORS
ALL-AMERICA CERTIFICATES (3)2023: 3
CAREER AWARDS
2023-24 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
2024-25 - JUNIOR
- Top times from season: 50 Free (20.24), 100 back (46.63) and 200 back (1:40.77).
- At the 2025 SEC Championships...
- Swam a personal best time of 20.24 in the 50 free prelims.
- Took 23rd in the 200 back C final, touching the wall in 1:43.19.
- Touched the wall in 47.09 during the 100 back C final, placing 24th.
- Competed in three individual events and three relays during the Tennessee Invite (11/19-22/24).
2022-23 - FRESHMAN
- Top times from season: 50 Free (20.46), 100 back (45.45) and 200 back (1:40.05), 100 fly (48.32).
- At the 2023 NCAA Championships...
- Took home fifteenth in the 100 back with a personal best time 45.45 during his championship debut.
- Helped push the Vols to a 6th-place finish in the 400 medley relay with a program record time of 3:02.05.
- At the 2023 SEC Championships, posted the third-fastest time in program history for fifth place in the 200 back (1:40.05).
- Finished second in the 200 back, touching the wall in 1:45.90 against Carson-Newman (1/19/23).
- Took home first place in the 200 back with a time of 1:44.79 during the Florida meet (11/5/22).
- Notched a second-place finish in the 200 back against Louisville (10/20/22) touching the wall in 1:46.66.
- Finished first in the 200 back (1:47.79) and second in the 100 back (49.01) during his collegiate debut against UNC Wilmington (10/1/22).
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Top times prior to Tennessee: 100 back (46.39), 200 back (1:40.78), 200 IM (1:47.21), 400 IM (3:53.90)
- The top backstroker and the seventh-ranked swimmer for the 2022 class according to SwimSwam.
- During the U.S. National Championships in July, he became the 18&Under National Champion after finishing third in the 200 back (1:57.70) and fourth in the 100 back (54.15). His top time in the 200 back (1:40.78) would have qualified for the NCAA Championships last year and been an A final time at the SEC Championships. Both of Simons' best backstroke marks would rank inside the top 10 in Tennessee history.
- As a junior in high school, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials.
Everything Orange S2 | Dave Parrington (Swimming & Diving)
Thursday, May 01
Everything Orange S2 | Matt Kredich (Swimming & Diving)
Thursday, September 05
S&D | Mona McSharry Feature
Tuesday, March 19
Everything Orange | Camille Spink (Swim & Dive)
Thursday, February 29