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Tom Bilden

Position:
Butterfly, Individual Medley
Height:
6-3
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chapel Hill, N.C.
High School:
Carrboro

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFIER

Career Best Times
100-yard Butterfly — 49.75 • 200-yard Butterfly — 1:47.62 • 200-yard Individual Medley — 2:01.11 • 400-yard Individual Medley — 4:00.54 • 500-yard Freestyle — 4:31.18 • 1650-yard Freestyle — 15:52.05 • 100-meter Butterfly — 56.86 • 200-meter Butterfly — 2:01.60

2018-19: Participant in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy’s Leadership Lab (now called Accelerate).

2017-18: Swam a first-place time of 1:49.81 in the 200-yard butterfly against the Duke Blue Devils • Finished first again in the 200-yard butterfly, this time against Navy and Penn State with a time of 1:50.94 • Received the Ullman Award for the best Latin translation in his spring Latin Elegy course • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll • CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention.

2016-17: Named to 2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll • Placed fifth in 200-yard butterfly at Nike Cup meet with time of 1:49.53.

2015-16: At 2015 Nike Cup, he placed 12th in the 200 fly with a time of 1:50.91 • Won the 200 butterfly (1:48.48), placed fourth in 500 free (4:31.18), third in the 400 IM (4:00.54) and seventh in the 100 fly (50.38) at Carolina College Invitational • Earned a 4.0 grade point average in the spring semester of 2016 • Placed 58th at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200-meter butterfly • Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: Attended Carrboro High School from 2011-15 • NCHSAA A/AA state record holder in 100-yard butterfly from 2013-15 • State champion in the event each of those three years • Also won state high school crown in 500-yard freestyle his senior year • Winner of NCHSAA A/AA Sportsmanship Award in 2015 • Senior year team captain • 2014 conference swimmer of the year • Carrboro High MVP in both 2014 & 2015 • Wendy’s High School Heisman State Finalist in 2015 • Named to Raleigh News & Observer All-Metro Swim Team from 2013-15 • Coached in high school by Julie Neal and Victor Lee • Valedictorian of Carrboro High School • Member of Junior Classical Latin Honor Society and National Honor Society • Junior Marshal • Three-time winner of 4.0 Scholastic All-America Team from 2013-15.

Club: Swam for coach Sean Quinn at North Carolina Aquatic Club • 2014 U.S. Open qualifier in 200-meter butterfly • Named to 2011 & 2012 North Carolina Zone Team • Received 2014-15 Performance Blue Training Group Coach’s Award.

Personal: Full name is Thomas Walker Bilden • Son of Paul and Kristin Bilden • Born January 24, 1997 in Houston, Texas • Business administration major and Classics minor • Part of the UNC Kenan Flagler Business School assured admissions program (AAP) • Both parents are Duke graduates • He is the first Tar Heel in the family • His brother, Ted Bilden, is a junior at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., where he is a member of the football team.