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Chris Depew
Chris Depew
Height: 6-2
Year: JR
Hometown: Naperville, IL
High School: Naperville Central
Position: Fly/IM
Major: Mathematics

2010-11:  Sensational sophomore who helped Redlands to the best national showing at the NCAA Championships in the team's history with a seventh-place finish…  Dropped more than four seconds off his season-best mark to finish as the national runner-up in the 200 Individual Medley (1:49.57)… Collected his second All-America accolade of the year by placing fourth in the 400 IM (3:56.18)… Posted another All-America time by taking third in the 200 Fly (1:48.22)… Integral part of the 800 Free Relay that recorded a fifth-place time of 6:40.36 for All-America honors… Helped the 200 Medley Relay to record a 10th-place time of 1:31.95 for All-America Honorable Mention… Contributed to the 400 Medley Realy that finished as runner-up in the consolation final with an All-America Honorable Mention time of 3:21.47… Finished out the national meet with by helping the 400 Free Relay to uncork a season-best time of 3:02.66 for 10th place, resulting in another All-America Honorable Mention nod… Garnered SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors on April 4 for his impressive showing at the NCAA Championships… Earned honorable mention from www.collegeswimmingawards.com as a break-out performer during the 2010-11 season… Became the SCIAC record-holder in the 200 Fly (1:48.22) and 400 Individual Medley (3:56.18) during the SCIAC Championships (2/22)… Contributed to four All-SCIAC relays, including the 200 Free (1:23.69), 400 Free (3:05.94), 800 Free (6:46.45), and 400 Medley (3:25.38)…     

2009-10: Took the conference by storm as a rookie swimmer, primarily competing in the butterfly and IM events… Captured SCIAC championships in the 200 Fly (1:53.35) and 400 IM (4:04.13), garnering All-SCIAC honors in these events as well as in the 200 IM for his third-place finish (1:53.04)… His 400 IM time reset the school record for this event… Also contributed to the All-Conference success of four conference champion relays, including the 400 Free Relay (3:03.78), 800 Free Relay (6:46.10), 200 Medley Relay (1:33.21), and 400 Medley Relay (3:25.79)… He and his teammates’ efforts in the 800 Free resulted in a new SCIAC, conference meet, and school record, while the 200 Medley and 400 Medley relays surpassed the conference and school records... Gained All-America Honorable Mention nods as a contributor to the 200 Medley Relay (16th place), 400 Medley Relay (16th place), 800 Free (13th place) and 400 Free (14th place)… Named the Bulldogs’ Rookie of the Year… UR Scholar-Athlete…  Added academic success by helping the Bulldogs earn College Swimming Coaches Association (CSCA) Team Scholar All-America honors…