Wisconsin Badgers

2018:19: Placed 35th overall in the 200 fly (1:52.08) and 59th overall in the 200 free (1:41.52) at the Big Ten championships … Tallied third-place marks in the 500 free (4:35.59) and 200 fly (1:53.85) vs. Minnesota … qualified for 200 fly finals, finishing 22nd overall (1:51.59) at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational … placed third in the 500 free (4:41.62) vs. Hawaii

2017-18: Earned an 11th-place spot in the 500 free (4:33.30) and a 20th-place spot in the 200 free (1:42.15) at the Shamrock Invite ... notched a fourth-place finish in the 1000 free (9:35.90) at USC ... participated in the 14th-place 800 free relay squad (6:33.31) at the Texas Invite ... took sixth in the 200-yard butterfly (1:55.94) vs. NC State

2016-17: Placed 36th in the 200 fly (1:51.68) and 55th in the 500 free (4:33.52) and 200 free (1:40.68) at the Big Ten Championships ... finished fourth in the 200 fly (1:53.69) against Green Bay ... took eighth in the 1650 free (16:08.94), 10th in the 500 free (4:35.60), 16th in the 200 fly (1:56.83) and 23rd in the 200 free (1:43.57) at the Notre Dame Shamrock Invitational ... placed sixth in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:40.51) and ninth in the 200 fly (1:59.66) at USC ... made his season debut at the Texas Invitational, taking 26th in the 1650 free (16:12.13), 41st in the 200 fly (1:54.39), 42nd in the 500 free (4:32.01), 53rd in the 200 free (1:41.19) and 16th in the 800 free relay

2015-16: Set a career-best mark in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.51) with a 44th-place finish at the Big Ten Championship, while also finishing 46th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:30.18) and 25th in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:41.14) ... placed runner-up in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:57.95) and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 48.65 vs. Green Bay ... finished seventh in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:39.64) and eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.30) at Georgia ... tallied a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke at USC with a personal-best time of 1:56.41 ... placed 18th in the 1650-yard freestyle at the Texas Invitational with a time of 15:45.22 ... finished fourth in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:38.78) at Northwestern ... recorded two fifth-place finishes in the 500- and 1000-yard freestyle vs. Minnesota

Prep: An elite distance swimmer and one of the top prospects out of Maryland, Michael Sullivan hails from Bethesda where he attended Walt Whitman High School ... placed fourth in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events at the 2014 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championship ... NCSA junior national qualifier every year from freshman to senior year ... also qualified for Speedo Junior Nationals and Winter Nationals during his junior and senior year ... 2014 state champion in the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay and state runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle ... 2015 state champion in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle as a senior ... earned All-American status as a junior in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle, as well as during his senior year in the 200-yard freestyle ... was a member of the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club

Personal: Parents are Michael Sullivan and Donna Meyer ... has two sisters, Emma (24) and Maggie (20) ... intends to major in biology

Why Wisconsin?: "I chose Wisconsin because it was a place I knew could help me improve myself academically and athletically. Also, the team and coaches were super welcoming and I could really see myself fitting in well with them."