2016-17 Men's Swimming and Diving

Nick Sehlinger

  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • Highschool St. Xavier High School

Biography

Best Times:   100 Breast:  57.08       200 Breast:  2:03.95

Club: Lakeside Seahawks              Coach:  Todd Larkin


2016-2017 (Senior): Won the William Leeming Jelliffe Memorial Award, who “showed the greatest progress and development in swimming ability and outstanding leadership during their college years... 100-yard breaststroke: 24th place at Virginia Tech Invitational… Personal best time of 57.08 vs. Harvard and Princeton... 200-yard breaststroke: Personal best time of 2:03.95 vs. Harvard and Princeton. 

2015-2016 (Junior): 100-yard breaststroke: Season-best time of 58.31 vs. Harvard and Princeton... Third place vs. Southern Connecticut... 200-yard breaststroke: Season-best time of 2:07.43 vs. Harvard and Princeton. 

2014-2015 (Sophomore): Swam in meets vs. Harvard and Princeton, Dartmouth and Penn, Brown, Bucknell, SCSU. 100-yard breaststroke: 56.93 split on 400 Medley Relay vs. Harvard and Princeton; Third place vs. Brown with personal best time of 57.73... Ninth place in scrimmage vs. Johns Hopkins... 200-yard breaststroke: Season-best time of 2:06.35 vs. Harvard and Princeton.

2013-2014 (Freshman): 100-yard breaststroke: Season-best time of 58.62 vs. Brown, sixth fastest on the team for the season... 200-yard breaststroke: Season-best time of 2:07.88 at HYP. 

Before Yale: Captain of Saint Xavier High School swim team, helping lead them to their 25th consecutive state title...All-American consideration time in the 100 breast and part of 2 state champion 200 medley relays...National Merit Finalist, U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate, and National AP Scholar.
Personal: Member of Ezra Stiles College...In high school, he was president of the service club and a consistent champion in intramural sports...a founding member of the Gentlemen''s League of America.
Why I Chose Yale: "The university offers opportunities which are unmatched any other school.  I found the swim team to be a very close-knit, academic oriented group."


Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14First Year

    Breaststroke
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Breaststroke
  • 2015-16Junior

    Breaststroke
  • 2016-17Senior

    Breaststroke