2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Tommy Cope
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Breaststroke/IM
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Dayton, Ohio
- High School:
- Butler
At Michigan
• Big Ten Medal of Honor (2020)
• *Three-time CSCAA All-American in 2020 (200-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 800-yard Freestyle Relay)
• CSCAA All-American (2018: 200-yard Breaststroke)
• Five-time CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (2019: 400-yard IM, 200-yard Breaststroke, 400-yard Freestyle Relay; 2018: 200-yard IM, 200-yard Medley Relay)
• Two-time Big Ten champion (2020: 200-yard Breaststroke, 800-yard Freestyle Relay)
• Three-time All-Big Ten (2020: First Team; 2018-19: Second Team)
• Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018-20)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2017)
• CoSIDA Academic All-American (2020: At-Large, Second Team)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2020: At-Large, First Team)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2018-20)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018-20)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2017-19)
• Recipient of U-M's Bates/Deskins Award (2019), given annually to the top junior student-athlete at the Univ. of Michigan.
• Recipient of Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship (2020)
Senior (2019-20)
• Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient
• *Three-time CSCAA All-American (200-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 800-yard Freestyle Relay)
• Two-time Big Ten champion (200-yard Breaststroke, 800-yard Freestyle Relay)
• All-Big Ten (First Team)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large (Second Team)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large (First Team)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Recipient of Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship
• NCAA Championships (March 25-28): Canceled due to COVID-19; had received invite in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM.
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26- 29): Finished 1st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:51.44), 3rd in the 200-yard IM (1:42.77), and 3rd in the 400-yard IM (3:42.80).
• Michigan State (Jan. 31): Finished 1st in the 400-yard IM (3:48.38) and 1st in the 100-yard Butterfly (48.82).
• Ohio State (Jan. 18): Finished 1st in the 100-yard Breaststroke (53.12) and 1st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:54.87).
• Indiana (Jan. 11): Finished 1st in the 100-yard Breaststroke (53.28), 1st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:56.34), and 1st in the 200-yard IM (1:45.61).
• Minnesota Invite (Dec. 4-7): Finished 4th in the 400-yard IM (3:43.05), 5th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:52.31), 5th in the 200-yard IM (1:43.26) and 6th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (52.54).
* Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Championships because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CSCAA awarded All-America honors to: a.) individuals who were a part of a relay with an NCAA 'A' cut; b.) those who had individually qualified for the NCAA Championships; or c.) divers who had qualified for the NCAA Zone C Championships.
Junior (2018-19)
• Three-time CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (400-yard IM, 200-yard Breaststroke, 400-yard Freestyle Relay)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Recipient of U-M's Bates/Deskins Award
• NCAA Championships (March 27-30): Finished 9th in 400-yard IM (3:40.09), 11th in 200-yard Breaststroke (1:52.91) and 20th in 200-yard IM (1:43.36).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27-March 2): Finished 3rd in the 400-yard IM (3:41.68), 6th in the 200-yard IM (1:43.37) and 9th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:53.68).
• Ohio State (Jan. 19): Finished 1st in 200-yard breaststroke (1:56.82) and 2nd in 100-yard breaststroke (53.94).
• Indiana (Jan. 17): Finished 1st in 200-yard breaststroke (1:56.00), 1st in 200-yard IM (1:46.55), and 2nd in 100-yard breaststroke (54.45)
• UGA Fall Invite (Nov. 29-Dec. 1): Finished 4th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (53.12), 200-yard Breaststroke (1:53.70) and 200-yard IM (1:44.23).
• Big Ten/ACC Swimming & Diving Challenge (Nov. 10-11): Finished 2nd in the 400-yard IM (3:45.80), 4th in the 200-yard IM (1:46.98) and 6th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:58.95).
Sophomore (2017-18)
• CSCAA All-American (200-yard Breaststroke)
• Two-time CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (200-yard IM, 200-yard Medley Relay)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 21-24): Finished 7th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:52.84; set school record in preliminaries at 1:51.87), 15th in the 200-yard IM (1:42.94) and 19th in the 400-yard IM (3:42.51).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 21-24): Finished 2nd in the 400-yard IM (3:42.86), T-4th in the 200-yard IM (1:42.94) and 6th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:53.76).
• Ohio State/Virginia Tech (Jan. 20): Finished 1st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:58.37), 2nd in the 200-yard IM (1:48.12) and 5th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:38.36).
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Won the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:56.77), finished 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (54.36) and 4th in the 200-yard IM (1:47.26).
• UGA Fall Invite (Dec. 1-3): Finished 3rd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:53.72), 6th in the 200-yard IM (1:44.99) and 7th in the 400-yard IM (3:44.48).
• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Penn State (Nov. 4-5): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard IM (1:48.52) and 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (55.23) and the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:58.78).
• Louisville (Oct. 20-21): Won the 400-yard IM (3:52.62), finished 2nd in both the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:59.84) and 200-yard IM (1:48.54) and also swam the 100-yard Breaststroke (54.95).
Freshman (2016-17)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 22-25): Did not qualify.
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 22-25): Finished 10th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:56.24), 12th in the 200-yard IM (1:45.24) and 18th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (53.79).
• Michigan State (Feb. 4): Finished 3rd in the 50-yard Breaststroke (26.08).
• Ohio State (Jan. 27): Finished 4th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:39.16) and the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:01.77).
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Finished 4th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:00.66), 5th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (55.31) and 6th in the 200-yard IM (1:50.74).
• UGA Fall Invitational (Dec. 2-4): Finished 10th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (1:57.75), 14th in the 200-yard IM (1:46.81) and 18th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (54.77). Also finished 11th (in prelims) in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:37.26).
Prep
• High School: Butler High School (2016)
• Four-year varsity letterwinner
• Five-time NISCA All-American
• Two-time OHSAA State champion
• Two-time OHSAA State runner-up
• Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) Athlete of the Year (2015)
• OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award
Club/International
• Club: Dayton Raiders (2013-16)
• 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships (June 27-July 1): 18th in the 100m BR (1:02.67), 20th in the 200m BR (2:15.84), 20th in the 200m IM (2:03.30) and T-34th in the 50m BR (29.03)
• Qualified for 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials
• NCSA Spring National Championships (2013-16)
• Speedo Junior National Championships (2014-16)
Personal
• Full Name: Thomas Edward Cope Jr.
• Birthday: Nov. 1, 1997
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering
• Major: Electrical Engineering
• Parents, Thomas and Valerie, are graduates from Miami University.
Career Bests
| Event | Time | Date |
| 50-yard Freestyle | 21.46 | 10/8/2016 |
| 100-yard Freestyle | 45.04 | 9/20/2019 |
| 200-yard Freestyle | 1:35.25 | 11/30/2018 |
| 100-yard Breaststroke | 52.54 | 12/6/2019 |
| 200-yard Breaststroke | 1:51.44 | 2/29/2020 |
| 100-yard Butterfly | 48.82 | 1/31/2020 |
| 200-yard IM | 1:42.74 | 3/22/2018 |
| 400-yard IM | 3:40.09 | 3/29/2019 |
