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
Zucker, Colson
Colson Zucker
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- South Iredell
- Hometown:
- Mooresville, N.C.
Bio
Honors:
- CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2020)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Career: Graduated with two times that rank in the top 10 in program history ... Sits eighth in the 200 breaststroke with a 1:58.87 and ninth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 53.72 ... Represented Duke at the ACC meet all four years, scoring in two individual events ... Placed 16th and 23rd in the 100 freestyle in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
2021-22: Wrapped up his season at the ACC Championship, representing Duke in three events ... Competed in the 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke ... Recorded personal-best times in both the 50 freestyle (20.86) and 200 breaststroke (1:58.87) at the 2022 Hokie Invitational in February ... Placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke finals at the event ... Reached the 100 breaststroke finals at the NC State GAC Invitational, finishing 20th ... Placed third in the 100 breaststroke against Georgia Tech (11/6).
2020-21: Competed in three events at the 2021 ACC Championship ... Reached the final of the 100 breaststroke, placing 23rd with a career-best time of 53.72 ... Clocked a career-best 20.90 in the preliminaries of the 50 freestyle at the conference meet ... Qualified for three finals at the mid-season Janice Hape Dowd Invitational ... Touched eighth in the 100 breaststroke while clocking a career best time of 1:59.74 and placing 11th in the 200 breaststroke ... Competed in the 100-meter breaststroke at the USA Olympic Team Trials - Wave I in Omaha (1:03.11).
2019-20: Broke into the top-10 Duke charts and reached his first conference final of the 100 breaststroke with a 53.89 in the preliminaries of the event at the 2020 ACC Championships ... Touched third in the 100 breaststroke with a season-best time in Duke's regular season finale against North Carolina (2/1) ... Placed second in the 100 breaststroke at Queens (1/11) ... Reached two finals at the NC State GAC Invitational in November ... Placed 16th in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events ... Strung together three consecutive top-three finishes in the 100 breaststroke to start the season.
2018-19: Collected a top-three finish in the 100 breaststroke at the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Invitational (55.41) ... Wrapped up his first ACC meet with best times in the 50 freestyle and 100 and 200 breaststroke.
Prior to Duke: Winter Junior Nationals qualifier … High school All-American ... Two-time North Carolina state champion in the 100 breaststroke … Also claimed a state title in the 200 individual medley his senior year … Broke state records in both events as a senior … Finalist at USA Swimming Futures Championship as a freshman and sophomore … Three-time SwimMAC national team member ... Scholastic All-American ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Heather and Scott Zucker ... Has one sister (Hadley) and one brother (Logan) ... Mother played field hockey at Davidson (1990-92) ... Father played soccer for the Wildcats (1987-90) ... Great uncle, William Hanling, is a 1961 graduate of Duke.
Zucker Career Bests:
50 Free: 20.86 ... 2022 Hokie Invitational
100 Free: 46.06 ... 2019 Nike Invitational
100 Breast: 53.72 ... 9th all-time at Duke ... 2021 ACC Championship
200 Breast: 1:58.87 ... 8th all-time at Duke ... 2022 Hokie Invitational
200 IM: 1:54.20 ... 2018 Tennessee Invitational
At the ACC Championships:
2020: 16th, 100 Breast ... 54.57
2021: 23rd, 100 Breast ... 54.26
9th, 400 Medley Relay ... 3:13.75
Last updated on 6/9/2022
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