Sawyer Grimes

Photo by: Bjorn Franke

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Freestyle/Backstroke/IM
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Nevada Connections Academy

Career Honors and Awards

Earned the W.I.N. Award (Whatever Is Needed) at the 2021 team banquet
1x Big Ten Freshman of the Week

2021-22 Sophomore Season: Placed 27th in the 400 IM prelims (4:30.86) and 30th in the 500 free prelims (4:33.49) at the Big Ten Championships • came in fourth in the 1000 free (9:13.91), ninth in the 500 free (4:30.50) and 13th in the 400 IM (4:05.38) in a tri-dual against Northwestern and Purdue; also helped an 800 free relay to a fifth-place finish (6:41.06) and a 400 free relay to eighth place (3:06.10) • finished ninth in the 1000 free (9:30.04) and 200 back (1:51.26), and 12th in the 100 back (53.10) in a tri-dual versus Wisconsin and Michigan; also helped a 400 free relay to an eighth-place finish (3:08.20) • at the Minnesota Invite, placed 19th in the 1650 free (15:27.25), 20th in the 400 IM finals (3:56.24), 27th in the 200 back finals (1:50.12) and 28th in the 500 free finals (4:27.86) · took fifth in the 1000 free (9:21.70), 200 back (1:50.55) and 400 free relay (3:10.01), and eighth in the 200 IM (1:54.80) versus Wisconsin · won the 400 IM (4:05.33) and placed second in the 100 back (51.19) against St. Thomas · finished second in the 1000 free (9:27.17), third in the 200 back (1:50.34), fourth in the 400 free relay (3:08.47) and seventh in the 200 IM (1:55.75) at Purdue.

2020-21 Freshman Season: Placed in the top-16 in three individual events at the 2021 Big Ten Championships, finishing 11th in the 500 free (4:19.53), 15th in the 400 IM (3:49.50) and 16th in the 1650 free (15:15.28) · touched first in the 1000 free (9:06.74) and second in both the 200 back (1:45.97) and 200 IM (1:49.71) versus Iowa · notched a first place finish in the 1000 free (9:03.21), a second place finish in the 200 back (1:45.79) and a third place finish in the 500 free (4:28.20) during the Wisconsin/Purdue tri-dual · awarded the “W.I.N.” (Whatever Is Needed) award by team at the end-of-season team award banquet · named a Big Ten Freshman of the Week after the Iowa dual meet.

High School: A 2020 graduate of Nevada Connections Academy · solely swam for the Sandpipers of Nevada club team · four-time All-American & All-State selection · notched three Olympic Trials cuts in the 400 free, 800 free & 1500 free (LCM) in 2019 · swam the 14th fastest time in history for a 17-18-year-old in the 1000 free in 2019 · earned the title of Bulldog of the year

Personal: Native of Las Vegas, Nev.