2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster
Hawke, Charlie
Charlie Hawke
- Position:
- IM/Butterfly/Freestyle
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newcastle, Australia
- High School:
- St Francis Xavier's College
Bio
Career Accolades
- All-America
- 2025: First Team: 800 Free Relay, 500 free, 200 free |Second Team: 400 free relay
- 2024: First Team (200 free, 500 free) | Second Team (400 free relay, 800 free relay)
- 2023: Second Team (200 free, 400 free relay, 800 free relay)
- 2022: Second Team (800 yard free relay)
- SEC Champion
- 2023: 200 freestyle
- All-SEC
- 2025: Second Team (200 free)
- 2024: Second Team: (200 free, 500 free, 400 free relay)
- 2023: First Team (200 free) | Second Team (800 free relay)
- School Rankings:
- 1st - 200 free (1:30.14)
- 1st - 500 free (4:09.52)
- 1st - 400 freestyle relay (2:47.67)
- 1st - 800 freestyle relay (6:06.77)
- 6th - 200 fly (1:43.88)
- 7th - 100 free (42.16)
- 7th - 400 IM (3:49.27)
Summer 2025
- Won a bronze medal at the World Aquatic Championships, helping the Australian 4x200m freestyle relay team to a third-place finish
- Placed fourth in the 200m freestyle at the Australian National Championships
2024-25
- Earned his second consecutive First Team All-America honor in the 500 freestyle thanks to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
- Bettered his UA record in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Championships
- Was a member of UA's fourth-place 800 freestyle relay team, helping the group earn First Team All-America honors in the event for the first time in 35 years while setting a school record
- Set a school and facility record in the 200m freestyle as the 800 freestyle relay's lead off swimmer pacing the team to receive fourth place at SEC championships
- Broke his 500m freestyle record twice at SEC championships, placing fourth overall
- Earned bronze in the 200m freestyle at SEC championships
- Set an Alabama Aquatic Center record in the 400 free relay (2:50.28) in UA's double dual meet against Florida State and LSU
- Finished fourth in both the 800 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle at the NCAA Champoinships
- Also placed sixth at the NCAA Championships in the 500 freestyle and ninth with the 400 freestyle relay
- Placed third in the 200 free at the SEC Championships, in addition to finishing fourth with the 800 freestyle relay, fourth with the 400 free relay, fourth in the 500 free, sixth in the 400 medley relay, sixth in the 200 backstroke and 13th in the 100 free
- Won the 200 freestyle at the UGA Fall Invite and finished second in the 500 freestyle and fifth in the 100 freestyle
Summer 2024
- Competed in three events at the Australian Swimming Trials
- Recorded a career-best time of 54.05 in the 100m butterfly at the Australian Swimming Trials
- Also swam in the 100m freestyle and the 200m freestyle at the meet
2023-24
- Four-time All-American picking up first team honors in the 200 and 500 free and second team honors in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays
- Helped score nearly half of UA's points at the SEC Championships with 223.5 points in addition to helping score 47 of Alabama's 56 points at the NCAA Championships
- Placed fourth in the 200 freestyle and fifth in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, earning first team All-America honors
- Split a school-record (1:30.55) as the leadoff leg of Alabama's 800 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships
- Earned a silver medal in the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships
- Earned a bronze medal in the 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships
- Earned a bronze medal as a member of Alabama's school-record setting 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships
- Won the 200 and 500 freestyle versus Auburn, setting a new Alabama pool record in the 200 (1:32.90)
- Won the 200 and 500 freestyle at Kentucky
- Swam a season-best time in the 200 butterfly at Kentucky
- Won the 500 freestyle (4:12.91) at the Tennessee Invitational, setting a then school and meet-record in the event
- Also won the 200 freestyle at the Tennessee Invitational, setting a new meet-record
- Won the 500 and 1000 freestyle during Alabama's win against Missouri
- Also earned a win as a member of the Tide's 400 freestyle relay
- Earned first win of the season in the 100 freestyle, during the Tide's season opener against Delta State
- Also earned a win as the anchor leg of Alabama's 200 freestyle relay against Delta State
2022-23
- Earned second team All-America honors
- SEC 200 freestyle champion
- Advanced to the finals in the 200 freestyle (16th) and both the 400 (12th) and 800 (10th) freestyle relays at the NCAA Championships
- Won the 200 freestyle (1:31.20) at the SEC Championships with an Alabama school record
- Earned a bronze medal at the SEC Championships as a member of the 800 freestyle relay (6:12.46), setting a new school record in the event
- Placed seventh in the 500 freestyle and 11th in the 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships
- Broke his own 200 freestyle school-record five times during the season
- Earned First Team All-SEC honors
- Swam a career-best time in the 500 freestyle (4:14.36) at the SEC Championships, which ranks second all-time in Alabama history
- Posted a career-best time in the 100 freestyle (42.35) as the leadoff leg of the 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championship, which ranks fifth all-time in Alabama history
- Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22
- Placed 4th as a member of the 800 yard freestyle relay at the 2022 SEC championships setting a new school record in the event (6:14.94)
- 2022 Second team All-American as a member of the 800 yard freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships placing 16th
- Swam a career-best time of 1:33.09 in the 200 freestyle at the 2022 Bulldog Invitational, which ranks him second all-time at Alabama
- Swam a career-best time of 4:16.06 in the 500 freestyle at the 2022 SEC Championships, which ranks him third all-time at Alabama
- Swam a career-best time of 3:49.27 in the 400 IM at the 2021 Tennessee Invitational, which ranks him fifth all-time at Alabama
Prep Highlights
- Competed for Kerry Saunders and Shane Arnold at Hunter
- Reached a pair of finals at 2021 Australia Olympic final
- Reached two Open Finals and won three age group medals at 2021 Australian National Championships
- Won seven medals at the 2019 Australian all schools national championships
- Top-10 percent of graduating class
Personal Information
- Full name: Charlie John Hawke
- Parents: Phillip Hawke and Helen Wilks
- Sisters: 1 older sister- Isabella
- Electrical Engineering major
- Birthdate: Sept. 3, 2002
Top Marks
- 200 freestyle 1:30.55-r
- 500 freestyle 4:11.02
- 400 individual medley 3:49.27
- 200 butterfly 1:43.88
Poolside with Charlie Hawke
Friday, July 11
NCAA Championships Preview: Coach Geer
Thursday, March 14
NCAA Championships Preview: Avery Wiseman & Charlie Hawke
Thursday, March 14
SEC Championships Preview: Coach Geer
Monday, February 13