Nils Wich-Glasen
- position Breaststroke/freestyle
- class Senior
- Hometown Coburg, Bayern, Germany
- High school Gymnasium Fridericianum
- position Breaststroke/freestyle
- class Senior
- Hometown Coburg, Bayern, Germany
- High school Gymnasium Fridericianum
Nils Wich-Glasen Bio
AWARDS/HONORS
- 2018 NCAA All-American — 200 breaststroke
- 2018 Second Team All-SEC
- 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- 2018 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 NCAA All-American — 100 breaststroke
- 2017 NCAA All-American — 200 breaststroke
- 2017 Second Team All-SEC
- SEC Swimmer of the Week (1X)
- 2017 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 NCAA All-American — 100 Breaststroke
- 2016 Second Team All-SEC
- 2016 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- 2016 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 NCAA All-American — 200 Breaststroke
- 2015 Second Team All-SEC
- 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2015 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- 2015 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
IN THE RECORD BOOK
- 1st — 100 breaststroke
- 1st — 200 breaststroke
- 2nd — 200 IM
- 1st, 10th — 200 freestyle relay
- 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th — 200 medley relay
- 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th — 400 medley relay
- 3rd, 5th, 9th — 400 freestyle relay
- 7th — 800 freestyle relay
2017-18 (SENIOR)
- Earned All-America honors in the 200 breaststroke for the third time in his career with an 11th-place finish (1:54.26) at the NCAA Championships
- Leaves Carolina as one of the best breaststrokers in school history with individual school records in both the 100 and 200 breast
- Finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke (53.03) at the SEC Championships and third in the 200 breaststroke (1:53.53)
- Tallied six first-place finishes during the season in the 100 breaststroke and five first-place finishes in the 200 breaststroke
- Didn’t finish any lower than third in the 200 breast during the regular season and no lower than fourth in the 100 breast
- Was a part of five winning relay teams during the season
2016-17 (JUNIOR)
- Earned All-America honors in two events as a junior
- Finished 6th in the 200 breaststroke (1:52.87) and 8th in the 100 breaststroke (51.92) at the NCAA Championships
- Finished second in the 100 breaststroke (51.79), second in the 200 breaststroke (1:52.41) and 17th in the 200 IM (1:45.03) at the SEC Championships
- Tallied 14 podium finishes, with seven of those being first place finishes
- Took first or second place in every dual meet during the regular season in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke
2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)
- Earned All-America honors in the 100 breaststroke (52.31) by finishing seventh at the NCAA Championships
- Broke South Carolina’s 100 breaststroke school record (52.12) in NCAA Championships prelims
- Collected All-SEC honors by finishing third at the SEC Championships in the 200 breaststroke (1:53.94)
- Also made the A final in the 100 breaststroke (52.83) at the SEC Championships, finishing fifth
- Swam the 200 IM (1:46.25) at the SEC Championships, finishing 12th
- Earned 13 victories in individual races as a sophomore
- Collected five wins in the 100 breaststroke, five in the 200 breaststroke and three in the 200 IM
- Earned multiple event victories at the FGCU Invite, Purdue Dual, Alabama Dual, Duke Dual and ECU Tri-Meet
- Set a school record and finished second in the 100 breaststroke (52.63) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
- Became first Gamecock in the history of the men’s swimming program to earn All-America honors in the breaststroke
- Finished seventh overall in the 200 breaststroke (1:53.60) at the 2015 NCAA Championships, setting a personal record of 1:52.60 in the preliminary
- Finished 28th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 53.26 at the NCAA Championships
- Earned a medal at the SEC Championships with a second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke with an A cut of 1:52.81, automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships
- Finished 12th in the 100 breaststroke with a career-best time of 53.11 and 20th in the 200 IM (1:47.13) at the SEC Championships
- Tallied a team-leading 13 individual wins
- Never finished lower than second in the 200 breaststroke during the regular season
- Recorded the first wins of his collegiate career in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM in the Gamecocks’ season opener at Kentucky
Wich-Glasen’s Top Times | ||||
Event | Time | Date | Meet | Location |
100 Freestyle | 46.33# | 10/17/14 | Georgia Tech Dual | Atlanta, Ga. |
200 Freestyle | 1:39.55 | 1/23/26 | South Carolina Quad Meet | Columbia, S.C. |
100 Backstroke | 50.79 | 11/8/14 | East Carolina/College of Charleston | Columbia, S.C. |
100 Breaststroke | 51.58p | 2/17/17 | SEC Championships | Knoxville, Tenn. |
200 Breaststroke | 1:52.41 | 2/18/17 | SEC Championships | Knoxville, Tenn. |
200 IM | 1:45.03 | 2/15/17 | SEC Championships | Knoxville, Tenn. |
400 IM | 3:54.29 | 11/21/14 | Virginia Tech Invitational | Christiansburg, Va. |
! = School Record
p = Prelims
t = Time Trial
# = Leadoff Split/Split