Connor Oslin

Position:
Backstroke/Butterfly
Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kennesaw, Ga.
High School:
Harrison

Alabama Highlights:
2017 – Senior: First Team All-American as part of the 200 medley relay (2nd) and in the 200 backstroke (2nd) and 100 backstroke (3rd) at the NCAA Championships … earned three All-America honors in 2017, boosting his career total to 13 … bettered his own school record in the 100 backstroke for the second time in an eight-hour span at the NCAA Championships, going 44.56, which ranks him fifth all-time in the event, just ahead of Olympian and former Florida Gator Ryan Lochte … his third-place finish along with teammate Luke Kaliszak’s fourth-place finish in the 100 backstroke marks the first time a team has ever had two swimmers both place and go under 45 seconds in the finals of the event at the NCAA Championships … NCAA runner-up in the 200 backstroke … after Christopher Reid lowered the school 200 backstroke record at the 2017 SEC Championships with a 1:39.64, Oslin swam a 1:39.23 later in the NCAA championship finals to regain the school record … led off Alabama’s NCAA runner-up 200 medley relay that went under the previous NCAA record and broke the school record with a 1:21.89 … 2017 SEC Male Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year … SEC Champion in the 100 backstroke with a 44.73, breaking Lochte’s 2005 SEC Championship record of 45.19 as well as smashing his then-school record of 45.08 in the event … his championship wins in the 100 backstroke marks the first time an Alabama swimmer has won three consecutive SEC titles in the same event since Vlad Polyakov won the 100 breaststroke in 2005, 2006 and 2007 … also finaled at the SEC Championships in the 200 backstroke (2nd) and 100 butterfly (8th) as well as part of the 200 medley relay (2nd) and 400 medley relay (4th) … his career-best 46.16 in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships ranks him second all-time at Alabama … First Team All-SEC … earned a win against Florida State in the 200 backstroke … also scored in the 100 backstroke (2nd) and 100 butterfly (4th) against Florida State … earned wins at Georgia Tech in the 200 backstroke as well as part of the 200 freestyle relay … earned a win as part of the 400 medley relay at LSU … also scored in the 100 backstroke (2nd), 200 backstroke (2nd) and 100 butterfly (5th) at LSU … earned a win as part of the 200 and 400 medley relay at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational … also finaled at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational in the 100 backstroke (2nd), 100 butterfly (8th) and 50 freestyle (10th) … earned a win at Auburn in the 100 backstroke … scored in the 200 backstroke (3rd) at Auburn … also competed in the 100 butterfly at Auburn … earned wins at Mizzou as part of the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay … also scored in the 100 (2nd) and 200 backstroke (2nd) at Mizzou … opened the season by winning the 200 backstroke against Delta State, also earned a win against Delta State as part of the 400 medley relay … scored in the 100 backstroke (2nd) and 100 butterfly (5th) against Delta State.

2016 – Summer: Competed in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha.

2016 – Junior: NCAA Champion as part of the Crimson Tide’s 200 medley relay, Alabama’s first NCAA relay title ... NCAA runner-up in the 100 backstroke, Alabama’s highest finish ever in the event … earned four All-America honors in 2016, boosting his career total to 10 … led off Alabama’s NCAA champion 200 medley relay that broke the school record with a 1:22.28 … First Team All-American as part of the 200 medley relay (1st) and in the 100 backstroke (2nd) and 200 backstroke (5th) at the NCAA Championships … Honorable Mention All-American as part of the 400 medley relay (9th) at the NCAA Championships … became the first UA swimmer under 1:40 in the 200 backstroke during prelims of the NCAA Championships, bettering his own school record to 1:39.92 … after Christopher Reid lowered the school 200 backstroke record in the consolation final of the 2016 NCAA Championships, Oslin swam a 1:39.85 just moments later in the championship finals to regain the school record … SEC Champion in the 100 backstroke with a 45.25, marking the first time an Alabama swimmer has won consecutive SEC titles in the same event since Vlad Polyakov won the 100 breaststroke in 2005, 2006 and 2007 … First Team All-SEC … finaled in the 200 backstroke (2nd) at the SEC Championships … also finaled at the SEC Championships as part of the 200 and 400 medley relays, taking third in both … scored in the 100 butterfly (14th) at the SEC Championships … earned victories as part of the 200 medley relay and the 200 backstroke the home meet against Georgia Tech … also scored in the 100 backstroke (2nd) against Georgia Tech … earned wins in the 100 backstroke and as part of the 200 and 400 medley relays at the Georgia Tech Invitational … scored in the 100 butterfly and 200 backstroke at the Georgia Tech Invitational, taking second in both … took top honors in all of his events (400 medley relay, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly) at South Carolina … took first as part of the 200 medley relay in the home meet against Auburn … scored in the 100 and 200 backstroke against Auburn, taking second in both … picked up wins as part of the 400 medley and freestyle relays and in the 100 butterfly in the season opener at Delta State … named a Peach of an Athlete by the Boy Scouts of America in his native Georgia … CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American … earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester … carries a 3.9 GPA into his senior season … earned the Tide’s Most Outstanding Swimmer Award as part of the NCAA Champion 200 medley relay.

2015 – Sophomore: Swam the backstroke leg at the NCAA Championships on the Tide’s second place 200 medley relay and third place 400 medley relay … NCAA finalist in the 100 backstroke, taking fifth place … set a school record in the 100 backstroke with a 45.08 lead-off leg as part of the 400 medley relay at the NCAA Championships … scored in the 200 backstroke at the NCAA Championships, taking 13th … also scored as part of the Tide’s 400 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships, taking 11th … First Team All-American in the 100 backstroke as well as the 200 and 400 medley relay ... Honorable Mention All-American in the 200 backstroke and as part of the 400 freestyle relay … SEC Champion in the 100 backstroke and as part of the 400 medley relay … set an SEC and school record as part of the 400 medley relay … First Team All-SEC … finaled at the SEC Championships in the 200 backstroke, taking fourth … also scored in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships, taking 12th and posting a career-best 46.76 which ranks him fourth all time at Alabama … part of the Tide’s SEC runner-up 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays … swam a career-best 1:46.76 in the 200 butterfly at the H2Okie Invitational, which ranks him 10th all-time at Alabama … finished no worse than second in either the 100 or 200 backstroke … showed versatility as he picked up wins in five different races … also swam on six relay winning teams during the regular season … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American … Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team … earned a place on the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for the spring semester … earned a place on the Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for the fall semester … carries a 4.0 cumulative GPA into his junior year.

2014 – Summer: Earned a top-16 finish in the 50-meter backstroke at the USA Summer National Championships … finished in the top-30 in the 100m backstroke and top-40 in the 200m backstroke at the USA Summer National Championships.

2014 – Freshman: Earned All-American honors in both the 200 and 400 medley relays after both quartets posted top-eight finishes at the NCAA Championships … lowered his own school record in the 100 backstroke to 46.33 as the leadoff of the 400 medley relay at the NCAA Championships, which is more than a second faster than the nearest swimmer on the Tide’s all-time list … competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the NCAA Championships … part of the Tide’s 200 medley relay that set a school record at the NCAA Championships with a 1:24.47 … Second Team All-SEC … earned a place on the SEC All-Freshman Team … finished sixth in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships with a school record time of 46.77 … also set the school record in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:42.46 to finish fourth at the SEC Championships … swam on three relays – 200 and 400 medley and 800 freestyle - that set school records at the SEC Championships … broke his own school record in the 100 backstroke in the leadoff leg of 400 medley relay at the SEC Championships with a time of 46.47 … narrowly missed scoring in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships with a career-best time of 48.09 … named to SEC Academic Honor Roll … CSCAA Scholar All-American … earned a place on the President’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for both the fall and spring semesters.

Prep Highlights: Swam for Lisa Jacobi at Harrison High school and Yit Aun Lim and Jim Heilman for the Marietta Marlins … set seven school records … two-year captain … three-time High School Swimmer of the Year … two-time first team all-county … second in the 100 butterfly and third in the 100 backstroke at States … All-American … 2012 High Point winner at Georgia Senior State meet … 2013 High Point runner-up at Short Course Senior Sectionals … 2013 club team Swimmer of the Year … Olympic Trial qualifier in the 200 butterfly … top 10% of graduating class … 4.41 GPA … Honor Roll … National Honor Society … Beta Club … AP Scholar.

Personal Information: Full name: Connor Joseph Oslin … son of Cindy and Gary Oslin … brother, Cameron … biology major … born September 14, 1994.

Top Times:
100 backstroke 44.56 SR
200 backstroke 1:39.23 SR
100 butterfly 46.16
200 butterfly 1:46.76
200 individual medley 1:51.84