2023-24 Swimming and Diving Roster

Tanner Filion Swimming and Diving Roster

Fly/Back


Class Graduate
Hometown Louisville, CO
High School Monarch/Whitman College
Tanner Filion - Swimming and Diving - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Three-time 2024 NCAA All-American — First Team in 200/400 free relays and Honorable Mention in 200 back
  • Finished ND career with three top-10 times in program history: second in 100 back (44.99) and 200 back (1:39.16) plus fourth in 100 fly (45.47). Filion is also the school record holder in the 200 and 400 free relays (1:15.42/2:45.58)
  • 2024 NCAA qualifier (100 back, 200 back, 100 fly)
  • 2024 ACC champion (400 free relay)
  • 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2024 Blanchard Award
  • 2024 Olympic Trials qualifier (100 back)
  • Three-time DIII NCAA champion
  • DIII NCAA record holder in the 200 back (1:41.49)
  • Two-time Northwest Conference Swimmer of the Year
  • 2023 Swimdive National Swimmer of the Year
  • Three-time CSCAA All-American

AS A GRADUATE AT NOTRE DAME (2023-24)

  • Swam two events at Olympic Trials — 100 back (54.40) and 100 fly (54.05). Made the semifinal in the 100 back and finished 15th overall
  • Took 11th place in the 200 back at the 2024 NCAA Championships with a time of 1:39.16, earning All-America Honorable Mention honors. Also placed 25th in the 100 back (45.72) and helped the 200 and 400 free relays place eighth, earning First Team All-America honors
  • At the 2024 ACC Championships, won the B final in the 100 back with a time of 44.99, which was a school record at that time. Also finished seventh in the 200 back (1:41.82) and 10th in the 100 fly (45.47). Filion also swam the 200, 400 and 800 free relays, helping the Irish win the 400 free relay with a time of 2:45.58
  • Won the 200 IM at the Tim Welsh Classic with a best time of 1:45.91. Also placed second in the 200 back (1:42.26), fifth in the 100 fly (46.77) and helped win the 400 free relay
  • Placed third in the 100 back (47.27), third in the 200 back (1:43.28) and swam four relays, including the winning 400 free relay, against Navy and Princeton
  • Competed in the 100 back (56.53) and 200 back (2:04.70) at the U.S. Open. Notched 30th- and 34th-place finishes, respectively
  • Had multiple notable performances at the Ohio State Fall Invitational
    • Finished fifth in the 100 back with a season-best time of 46.33. Also earned an Olympic Trials cut in the morning with a LCM time of 54.78
    • Finished second in the 100 back with a season-best time of 1:42.21. Also earned a U.S. Open cut in the morning with a LCM time of 2:03.53
    • Posted a personal best time in the 200 IM with a 17th-place finish and a time of 1:47.41
    • Earned a U.S. Open cut of 53.79 in the 100 fly
  • Won his first individual event in an Irish cap against Louisville, taking the 200 IM gold with a time of 1:47.94. Filion also placed second in both backstroke events (47.48/1:44.87)
  • Against Pitt and Penn State, finished fifth in the 100 back (46.99), third in the 200 back (1:42.82), fourth in the 100 free (44.01). Was also part of the 200 free relay that won and 400 free relay that placed third
  • Finished third in the 100 free (44.31), second in the 100 back (47.61), fourth in the 200 medley relay (swam back) and first in the 400 free relay against Purdue.
  • Finished second in the 200 back (1:45.42) and fifth in the 200 free (1:40.12) at the opener against Wisconsin. Also was part of the winning 400 free relay

AS A SENIOR AT WHITMAN COLLEGE (2022-23)

  • DIII NCAA champion in the 100 and 200 back, placed third in the 200 breast
  • CSCAA All-American
  • NWC Male Swimmer of the Year
  • Swimdive National Swimmer of the Year

AS A JUNIOR AT WHITMAN COLLEGE (2021-22)

  • DIII NCAA champion in the 200 back with an DIII NCAA record 1:41.49
  • NWC Male Swimmer of the Year
  • CSCAA All-American

AS A SOPHOMORE AT WHITMAN COLLEGE (2020-21)

  • CSCAA All-American

AS A FRESHMAN AT WHITMAN COLLEGE (2019-20)

  • Northwest Conference Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Earned a master of science in management
  • Son of Scott and Raili Filion. Has one brother, Luc, and one sister, Summers