2018-19 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Chris Wills

  • Event Breast/IM
  • Class Senior
  • Position Breast / IM
  • Hometown Middleton, Wis.
  • High School Home School
  • Height 0-0

Biography

2018-19: Qualified for 100 breast finals, finishing 20th overall (54.49) and took 26th overall in the 200 breast (1:59.16) at the Big Ten championships ... finished sixth in the 100 breast (57.44) in double dual vs. Iowa and Northwestern ... finished 20th in the 100 breast (56.30) and 21st in the 200 breast (2:03.54) at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational ... posted a pair of top-10 finishes in the 100 breast (58.49) and 200 breast (2:10.11) vs. Purdue and Tennessee ... secured sixth place in the 200 breast (2:07.15) vs. Minnesota ... finished fourth in the 100 breast (58.92) vs. Green Bay 

2017-18: Finished 19th in the 200 breast (2:06.09) and took part in the 11th-place 400 medley relay squad (3:22.92) at the Shamrock Invitational ... notched a fourth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (57.35) and a fifth-place spot in the 200 breast (2:05.35) at USC ... took part in the 16th-place 400 medley relay squad (3:20.43) and took 27th in the 200 breaststroke (2:03.28) at the Texas Invite ... finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke (57.50) vs. Georgia 

2016-17: Placed 21st in the 400 medley relay (3:08.69) at the NCAA Championships ... placed 20th in the 200 breaststroke (1:58.89), 24th in the 100 breaststroke (55.56) and 39th in the 200 IM (1:49.27) at the Big Ten Championships ... won the 100 breaststroke (55.62) in a new PR time and 200 breaststroke (2:01.60) against Green Bay, also finished third in the 400 medley relay (3:20.88) ... placed fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:04.15), 13th in the 400 IM (4:05.16), 16th in the 100 breaststroke (59.06) and 17th in the 200 IM (1:53.45) at the Notre Dame Shamrock Invitational, also took fourth in the 200 medley relay, sixth in the 400 medley relay and 10th in the 200 and 400 free relays ... took fourth in the 400 medley relay (3:26.48) and 200 breaststroke (2:03.49) while also placing sixth in the 100 breaststroke (57.52) and fifth in the 400 free relay (3:10.03) at USC ... finished 23rd in the 400 IM (3:59.31), 26th in the 200 breaststroke (2:01.83), 28th in the 100 breaststroke (56.27), 10th in the 400 medley relay and 16th in the 200 medley relay at the Texas Invitational ... placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.87) and 200 medley relay (1:33.81) against Georgia, also placed sixth in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.50) and seventh in the 200 IM (1:54.72) ... finished fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.78) and the 200 medley relay (1:34.62) at NC State while also placing sixth in the 100 breaststroke (59.46) and seventh in the 200 IM (1:55.58) ... placed second in the 200-yard medley relay (1:29.27), fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.77), and seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.97) vs. Minnesota ... Finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.62), fourth in the 200-yard medley relay (1:33.07), fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.68), and seventh in the 400-yard IM (4:11.44) against Auburn

2015-16: Set a pair of career-best marks at the Big Ten Championship with a 27th-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.35) and a 47th-place finish in the 200-yard IM (1:49.85), while also finishing 27th in the 100-yard breaststroke (56.41) ... grabbed a trio of third-place finishes vs. Green Bay in the 100- (57.25) and 200-yard (2:06.36) breaststroke as well as the 200-yard IM (1:55.53) ... placed sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.51) and seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.75) at Georgia ... placed sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke at Auburn with a time of 2:05.05, while finishing eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 57.81 ... finished sixth at USC in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.42 ... placed 18th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.94) and 24th in the 100-yard breaststroke (56.94) after finishing 22nd in the preliminary round with a season-best time of 56.17 ... tallied a runner-up finish in the 200-yard breaststroke at Northwestern with a time of 2:08.00 ... finished third in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke at Indiana

Prep: A member of the Badger Aquatics Club with current and former UW swimmers Drew teDuits, Ivy Martin, Maddie Martin, Aja Van Hout and Katie Delaney ... finished ninth in the 200-meter breaststroke and 10th in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2014 NCSA Long Course Junior National Championships ... multiple-time state champion in club swimming ... team and state record holder

Personal: Parents are Deb and Ken Wills ... has one sister, Emma ... major is undeclared

Why Wisconsin?: "Outstanding academics and athletics... Since I was from Madison, I was a lifelong Badger!"

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

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  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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