Aidan Dillon

Class:
Junior
Position:
Distance Freestyle
Hometown:
Evanston, Ill.
High School:
Evanston Township HS

PRONUNCIATION

2020-21 Junior Season: Registered a seventh place finish in the 200 free (1:43.94) versus Iowa · Big Ten Distinguished Scholar · Academic All-Big Ten.

2019-20 Sophomore Season: Qualified for finals and placed 20^th in the 500 free (4:25.15) at the Big Ten Championships, while finishing 28^th in the 1650 free (15:42.43) · finished fourth in the 1000 free (9:22.21) against Purdue and Northwestern · placed third in the 1000 free (9:30.26) and fourth in the 500 free (4:35.44) against USC · notched second place finishes in both the 500 free (4:34.94) and 1000 free (9:37.08) at the Hawaii dual · touched third in the 1000 free (9:30.41) and fourth in the 500 free (4:40.19) versus Wisconsin · finished fourth in the 500 free (4:37.71) at the Iowa dual · placed third in the 1000 free (9:33.89) and fourth in the 500 free (4:37.37) against Florida State · earned a fifth place finish in both the 500 free (4:42.84) and 1000 free (9:47.88) against Florida · Academic All-Big Ten · Second Team CSCAA Scholar All-American.

2018-19 Freshman Season: Finished fourth in the 1000 free (9:27.77) and eighth in the 500 free (4:39.63) against Purdue and Northwestern. • Took fourth in the 1000 free (9:37.05) and fifth in the 500 free (4:39.69) at the Hawaii Dual. • Finished sixth in the 1000 free (9:40.54) against Iowa and South Dakota.

High School: 2018 graduate of Evanston Township High School • Coached by Kevin Auger • Member of YWCA Flying Fish and coached by Peter Carragher and Terry Silkaitis • Three-time letter-winner • Two-time All-Conference and All-Section selection • 2018 All-State and All-American selection

Personal: Son of Karin and Kellan Dillon • Has two siblings • Curt Johnson, uncle, played baseball at Northern Iowa • Planned product design major, interdisciplinary design minor.