Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Boston College on September 26, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster
Whelan, Matthew
Matthew Whelan
- Position:
- Fly/Sprint Free
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- John Randolph Tucker
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
Bio
Honors:
- CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2020)
- Team Most Outstanding Performance Award (2020-21)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Career: Graduated with three individual times and three relay times that rank in the top 10 in program history ... He holds the Duke record in the 200 butterfly (1:42.41) and sits second all-time at Duke in the 100 butterfly (46.53) ... Also sits ninth all-time at Duke in the 50 freestyle with a time of 19.96 ... Was a member of three relay times that rank in the program charts , the 400 freestyle relay (2:55.70 - ninth all-time at Duke), 800 freestyle relay (6:26.95 - fifth all-time at Duke) and 200 medley relay (1:25.41 - third all-time at Duke) ... Represented Duke in three events at the 2021 NCAA Championships ... Scored in the 200 butterfly as a junior and senior at the ACC Championships, placing 12th and 16th, respectively ... Also scored in the 100 butterfly as a senior with a career-best time, touching 19th ... Awarded the team's Most Outstanding Performance Award as a junior.
2021-22: Wrapped up his season at the ACC Championship, placing 16th in the 200 butterfly and 19th in the 100 butterfly ... His time of 46.53 in the 100 butterfly was the second-fastest time in program history ... Reached two finals at the Hokie Invitational, including a then career best in the 100 butterfly ... Collected a pair of second-place finishes in the 100 and 200 butterfly against NC State (1/15) ... Reached two finals at the NC State GAC Invitational, placing 16th in the 100 butterfly and 22nd in the 50 freestyle ... Finished first in the 200 butterfly and seccond in the 100 butterfly in the tri-meet against Boston College and UNC Wilmington.
2020-21: Made his NCAA Championship debut in three events, the 50 freestyle and 100 and 200 butterfly ... Clocked a 46.91 in the 100 butterfly at NCAAs for a personal best time ... Broke the Duke school record in the 200 butterfly (1:42.41) at the 2021 UNC Last Chance Meet ... Recorded personal best times in all three events he competed in at the ACC Championship ... Jumped into the top-10 in Duke history in the 50 freestyle with a 19.96 at ACCs ... Placed 12th in the 200 butterfly at the conference meet after securing a spot in the 'B' final with a 1:44.68 in preliminaries ... Also recorded a 47.07 in the 100 butterfly at the conference meet ... Represented Duke in four of the team's relays at ACCs ... Assisted the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay clock times that placed them third and fifth in Duke history ... Placed second in the 200 butterfly against North Carolina (1/29) ... Reached three finals at the mid-season Janice Hape Dowd Invitational ... Touched 10th in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly while placing 12th in the 200 butterfly ... Recorded second-place finishes in the 100 and 200 butterfly against Virginia Tech (11/7)Competed in two events (the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly) at the USA Olympic Team Trials - Wave I ... Placed eighth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.97.
2019-20: Swam career-best times in the 50 freestyle and 200 butterfly in the ACC Championships preliminaries ... Reached the finals in three events at the mid-season NC State GAC Invitational in November ... Placed 13th in the 100 fly, 17th in the 200 fly and 23rd in the 50 free ... Set a personal best in the 100 fly at the tri-meet with Harvard and No. 7 Texas A&M (11/9) ... Placed first in the 100 fly while setting a personal best in the quad meet at Boston College (11/8) ... Took the 50 free and placed second in the 100 fly in Duke's home opener against No. 14 Georgia ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19: Won the 200 butterfly in a Duke victory at North Carolina in the regular season finale (2/2) ... Duke's top finisher in the 100 butterfly at the Tennessee Invitational, taking 10th overall … Also earned a top-16 finish in the 200 butterfly in Knoxville ... Won the 200 butterfly at the Big Al Invitational, with his time of 1:48.86 ranking sixth on Duke's all-time performance list … Also took fifth in the 100 butterfly and swam on winning 400 medley relay in the meet at Princeton.
Prior to Duke: Claimed state title in the 100 butterfly as a senior … Also finished state runner-up in the 50 freestyle … Broke state record in the 100 butterfly … Garnered All-Metro honors in four events, collecting first team recognition in the 50 freestyle and 100 and 200 butterfly ... Zone Select Camp member as a sophomore ... Set Virginia state records for his age group in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterly as a sophomore ... Member of Nova of Virginia Aquatics club program ... NISCA Academic All-American and Scholastic All-American ... Member of the National Honor Society and Science Honors Society.
Personal:Â Son of Dennis and Sarah Whelan ... Has one brother (Elliott) ... Mother played field hockey at Randolph-Macon College (1988-92) ... Father was a diver at William & Mary (1983-87).Â
Whelan Career Bests:
50 Free: 19.96Â ... 9th all-time at Duke ... 2021Â ACC Championships
100 Free: 45.12 ... 2019 NC State GAC Invitational
200 Free: 1:37.91 ... 2020 Janice Hape Dowd Invitational
100 Fly: 46.53 ... 2nd all-time at Duke ... 2022 ACC Championships
200 Fly: 1:42.41 … Duke record ... 2021 UNC Last Chance Meet
On Duke's Relays:
400 Free Relay: 2:55.70 ... 9th all-time at Duke ... 2020 ACC Championship
800 Free Relay: 6:26.95 ... 5th all-time at Duke ... 2021 ACC Championship
200 Medley Relay: 1:25.41 ... 3rd all-time at Duke ... 2021 ACC Championship
At the ACC Championship:
2021: 12th, 200 Fly ... 1:45.14
2022: 16th, 200 Fly ... 1:45.67
         19th, 100 Fly ... 46.53
At the NCAAÂ Championship:
2021:Â 29th, 200 Fly ... 1:44.33
         37th, 100 Fly ... 46.91
         47th, 50 Free ... 20.08
Last updated on 6/9/2022
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