2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
2018-19: Qualified for 100 breast finals, placing 9th overall with a UW school-record time of 52.28, 200 breast finals, touching 10th overall (1:53.76) and 100 fly finals, finishing 11th overall (46.48) … took part in a sixth-place showing in the 400 medley relay (3:08.08) and an eighth-place effort in the 200 medley relay (1:26.23) at the Big Ten championships … helped 400 medley relay to victory (3:22.12) in season-opener vs. Green Bay … garnered a win in the 100 fly (48.61) vs. Minnesota … collected a pair of wins in the 100 breast (54.67) and 100 fly (48.60) vs. Tennessee and Purdue … finished fourth overall in the 200 breast finals with a NCAA “B” cut mark of 1 minute, 55.14 seconds and sixth overall in the 100 breast finals with a NCAA “B” cut time of 53.51 seconds at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational … earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week honors on Jan. 9 for wins in the 100 fly (48.37), 100 breast (54.72) and 200 medley relay (1:29.87) vs. Hawaii … Bagged a trio of individual wins in the 100 breast (54.28), 200 breast (2:00.37) and 100 fly (48.41) vs. Iowa and Northwestern
2017-18: Notched an 11th-place finish in the 100 breast final (53.29), 16th-place in the 200 breast final (1:59.69) and the 100 fly final (47.19), and participated in two top-eight relay squads at the Big Ten Championships ... recorded two second place finishes, one in the 200 breast (2:00.87) and one in the 100 breast (55.22) at the Shamrock Invite ... placed second in the 100 breast (56.55) and fourth in the 100 fly (50.16) at USC ... took part in the 13th-place 200 medley relay squad (1:28.33) at the Texas Invite ... was victorious in the 100 fly (48.58), took part in the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:30.76) and took second in the 100 breast (56.81) at Northwestern ... won the 100 breaststroke (56.72) and took part in the victorious 400-yard medley relay squad (3:22.54) at UW-Green Bay ... took part in the fourth-place 400-yard medley relay squad (3:16.89) and fifth-place 200 medley relay squad (1:29.85) at the Big Ten quad duals ... placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (56.48) vs. NC State ... took part in the third-place 200-yard medley relay squad (1:32.26), placed third in the 100 breaststroke (56.83) and 100 butterfly (49.71) vs. Georgia ... took part in the fourth-place 400-yard medley relay squad (3:18.90), placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (49.59) and seventh in the 100 breaststroke (56.90) vs. Auburn and Tennessee
Prep: No. 1-ranked recruit out of Hawaii and the No. 20 recruit in the class of 2017 … holds two state records … four-time Hawaii state high school champion … named 2016-17 Interscholastic League of Honolulu male swimmer of the year … varsity captain senior year … winner of the 100-yard breaststroke and 100 fly in 2016 and the 100 fly and 200 IM in 2017 ... in club competition, with Sun-shine Aquatics Swim Club, swept all six individual events he competed in at the 2016 Hawaii age group championships … emerged as the champion in the 100 breaststroke and 100 fly at the 2017 Speedo Sectionals … also finished third in the 50 free and had a fifth-place showing in the 200 breaststroke … champion in 100 breast at 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals (West)
Personal: Parents are Hongxiang Mao and Chunhong Gong
Why Wisconsin: “It has always been my dream school.”
Historical Player Information
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2017-18Freshman
Fly / Breast
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2018-19Sophomore
Fly / Breast
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2018-19Sophomore
Fly / Breast
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2018-19Sophomore
Fly / Breast
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2019-20Junior
Fly / Breast