2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Dillon Hillis

  • Position Breast
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Highschool Florida Virtual

Biography

2020 Olympic Trials
  • Qualified in the 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, and the 200 fly
  • Finished 26th in the 100 breast and 49th in the 200 breast
  • Finished 48th in the 200 fly and 58th in the 100 fly
Career Accolades
  • 13-time All-American
  • 2023 All-SEC First Team
  • 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 All-SEC First Team
  • 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 All-SEC First Team
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-America
  • 2020 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 SEC First-Year Honor Roll 
2022-23 (Grad)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned three All-American honors
  • Member of the NCAA record-setting and National Champion 400 Medley Relay Team
  • Clocked a 100 breast split of 50.03 in the 400 Medley Relay to contribute to a NCAA record 2:58.32
  • Posted a fifth-place finish in the 100 breast, touching the wall with a personal-best 50.80
  • Went 1:52.10 in the 200 breast to finish 14th
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Gold medals in the 100 breast and 400 medley relay
  • Member of the SEC, Meet and Pool record setting 400 Medley Relay team – 2:59.48
  • Silver in the 200 breast with a 1:51.14, the second-fastest in school history
  • Finished fifth in the 200 IM with a 1:43.19
Regular Season
  • Won the 100 breast against NOVA Southeastern and FAU
  • Posted four top-10 finishes at the Georgia Fall Invitational
2021-22 (Senior)
 NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in three individual events and two relays
  • Member of the 200 medley relay team that broke the NCAA, SEC, U.S. Open, and Pool record with a 1:21.13
  • Notched a sixth place finish in the 100 breast with a season-best 51.24
  • Part of the 400 medley relay team that earned bronze
  • Finished 14th in the 200 breast and 28th in the 200 IM
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Part of the 200 medley relay team that took gold with a SEC meet record of 1:22.06
  • Placed 24th in the 200 IM
Regular season
  • Contributed to a 1:27.95 time and win in the 200 medley relay against FAU
  • Won both the 100 breast (54.82) and 200 breast (2:00.31) while contributing to a 200 medley relay (1:25.71) win against Georgia
  • Swam a 1:55.35 to finish second in the 200 breast and a 52.37 for a third-place finish at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Secured the top seed in the 100 breast with a A-cut time of 51.32 and the 200 breast with a B-cut time of 1:52.88 at the Georgia Last Chance Meet
2020-21 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in 100 breast, 200 fly, and the 200 IM
  • Claimed the silver in the 100 breast with a new personal best of 50.96
  • Finished 16th in the 200 IM with a personal best time of 1:43.00
  • Finished 32nd in the 200 fly
  • Was a part of the 400 medley relay team that broke UF school record and claimed the bronze
  • Was a part of the 200 medley relay team that claimed silver  
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Claimed gold in the 100 breast to earned an A-cut for the NCAA Championships
  • Finished fifth in the 200 fly and eighth in the 200 IM
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 fly, and the 200 IM
  • Was a part of the 200 medley relay team and the 400 medley relay team that took home gold
Regular Season
  • Won the 100 breast in season opener versus Georgia with a swim of 54.73
2019-20 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Reeled in first career All-American accolades in the 100 breast and 400 medley relay 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 breast
SEC Championship
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Earned a bronze medal in the 100 breast A-final (51.46) after posting the second-fastest swim and a personal-best swim in the prelims of 51.28
  • Advanced to the 200 IM A-final, finishing in eighth-place with a swim of 1:46.51
  • Posted a new personal-best swim in the 100 fly prelims with an effort of 46.52
  • Was a member of the second-place 400 medley relay that combined for a swim of 3:04.96, the eighth-fastest in school history
Regular Season
  • Picked up one individual and one relay win throughout the year 

2018-19 (Freshman) 
NCAA Championships
  • Finished in 20th-place in the 100 breast (52.58), 46th in the 200 breast (1:57.28) and 47th in the 200 IM (1:45.83)
Regular Season
  • Posted a career-best time of 52.37 in the 100 breast at Florida’s Last Chance Meet and is the third-fastest in program history 
  • Swam career-best times and secured B-cuts in the 200 breast (1:55.75) , 200 fly (1:44.34) and 200 IM (1:44.17) at Florida’s Last Chance Meet
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 21.29 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational  Nov. 15-17, 2019
100 Free 44.80 Auburn Nov. 20, 2020
200 Free 1:38.50 Auburn Invitational Feb. 8-10, 2019
100 Breast 50.80 NCAA Championships March. 24, 2023
200 Breast 1:51.14 SEC Championships Feb. 18, 2023
100 Fly 46.52 SEC Championships  Feb. 18-22, 2020
200 Fly 1:43.11 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
200 IM 1:43.00 NCAA Championships March. 24-27, 2021

Prior to Florida
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Hillis is the No. 71-ranked recruit overall in the 2018 class
  • Won the D Final at the 2018 Phillips National Championships with a time of 28.92 in the 50-meter breaststroke
  • Qualified and swam at the 2016 US Olympic Trials at the age of 15 in the 100-meter breaststroke
  • Competed at the 2017 World Championship Trials
  • 18 & Under National Champion at the 2016 AT&T Winter Nationals in the 100-yard breaststroke
  • Competed in finals of five events at the 2016 AT&T Winter Nationals in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly, and the 200-yard individual medley.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Breast/IM

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Breast

  • 2020-21Junior

    Breast

  • 2021-22Senior

    Breast

  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Breast

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