Free, Back

Chris Richardson

Height 6-3

Major Business Administration

Hometown Baton Rouge, La.

Last School University Lab School

Year Senior

College Bests:

Accolades

2025-26:

Competed in backstroke and freestyle across 10 meets
Set his new 100 back PB (47.42) and was the third leg of the third-fastest 400 medley relay time in program history at the ACC Championships
Placed second overall in the 200 back race versus South Carolina
Collected two second-place finishes in the 200 free and 200 back at Duke
Set a new 100 back season-best time (47.58) at the UGA Fall Invitational
Swam his season-best 100 back time (48.21) to place third against No. 24 Minnesota
Finished second in the 200 back race versus No. 7 NC State
Secured two race victories with a 200 back win and was the leadoff for the winning 400 medley relay team at Emory

2024-25:

Competed in freestyle and backstroke
Opened the season finishing second in both the 100 back (49.31) and 200 back (1:47.39) vs Emory
Came in second in the 200 back (1:45.63) and fourth in the 200 free (1:36.46), while also swimming in the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay at Florida State
Finished fourth in both the 100 back (48.44) and 200 back (1:54.68) at Pitt, while also swimming in the 200 medley and 400 free relay
Came 11th in the 200 free (1:35.75) and 13th in the 200 back (1:43.70) in the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
Finished fourth in both the 200 free (1:37.89) and 200 back (1:47.34) in the tri-meet vs Auburn and Carson-Newman
Came in second in both the 200 free (1:37.57) and 100 back (48.19) vs Duke
Finished fourth in the 200 free (1:38.99) and 200 back (1:46.35) vs South Carolina
Set an NCAA B Cut in the 200 back prelims (1:43.47) at ACC Championships

2023-24:

Competed in the freestyle and backstroke
Finished fourth in both the 200 free (1:40.36) and 200 back (1:49.60) in the FSU Invite
Took sixth in the 200 free (1:40.15) and fifth in the 200 back (1:48.22) vs Georgia
Claimed fourth place in the 200 free (1:41.42) and third place in the 200 back (1:50.24) vs Emory
Finished sixth in the 200 free (1:38.36) and third in the 200 back (1:45.92) vs FSU
Finished sixth in both the 200 free (1:37.74) and 200 back (1:45.87), second in the 100 L back (57.64) and fifth in the 100 L free (5.3.46) vs Texas A&M/Texas
Swam in three events at the Georgia Fall Invite – 200 back (1:44.66), 200 free (1:37.30) and 100 back (47.90)
Finished 11th in the 100 L back (57.30) at the UGA Fall LC Time Trial
Took fourth place in the 200 back (1:48.98) vs Gardner-Webb and Queens
Took third place in the 200 back (1:45.60) vs South Carolina
Finished second in the 200 back (1:46.89) and sixth in the 100 back (1:06.17) vs Carson-Newman and ECU
Swam in three prelims at ACCs

2022-23:

Competed in the freestyle and backstroke
Finished fifth in the 300 free (1:42.10) and second in the 200 back (1:49.69) vs Emory
Finished third in the 200 back (1:50.25) and sixth in the 100 back (51.75) vs UNCW and Campbell
Placed ninth in the 200 S free (1:54.34) and third in the 200 S b ack (2:01.86)
Placed sixth in the 200 free (1:40.03) and fifth in the 200 back (1:49.14) vs FSU
Finished fifth in the 200 free (1:41.23) and fourth in the 200 back (1:49.91) vs Pitt and BC
Swam in three events at the Georgia Fall Invite – 200 back (1:45.07), 200 free (1:39.90) and 100 back (49.76)
Finished ninth in the 200 back (1:42.17) and eighth in the 200 back (1:51.64) vs SCAD and Texas A&M
Placed fifth in the 200 back (1:50.69) and seventh in the 200 free (1:42.37) as Auburn
Finished second in the 200 back (1:47.11) and fifth in the 200 free (1:39.55)
Came in fourth in the 200 free (1:40.92) vs Carson-Newman
Took first in both the 200 back (1:48.86) and 100 back (51.51) vs Gardner-Webb
Swam in prelims for the 200 free, 100 back. and 200 back at ACCs

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