Joe Patching Season 2013-14

Joe Patching Season 2013-14

PositionBACKSTROKE
ClassFreshman
HometownAscot, England
Previous SchoolPlymouth College

16x All-American
SEC Champion (200 back, 200 IM)
Auburn Record Holder (200 IM, 400 IM)
All-SEC Second Team (2015, 2017)
5x SEC Swimmer of the Week (11/4/14, 11/18/14, 10/13/15, 10/13/15, 10/18/16)
3x SEC Freshman of the Week

Senior Season (2016-17:)
Earned 5 All-America honors (200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM, 800 FR, 400 MR) ... Set the Auburn record in the 400 IM (3:41.19) in finishing 10th at NCAAs ... Finishes career with top 2 400 IM performances in school history, 5 of the top 6 and 10 of the top 25 ... Also swam the 200 IM at NCAAs, finishing 12th (1:42.54) ... Finishes career with top 4 200 IM performances in school history, 8 of the top 10 and 11 of the top 25 ... Also swam the 200 back at NCAAs, finishing 15th (1:41.11) ... Led off the school record-setting 800 free relay at NCAAs in a personal-best 1:34.06, making him the 4th-fastest performer in school history ... Led off the 400 medley relay with a 45.75, a personal-best ... Took 3rd at SECs in the 200 back (1:40.46) and 4th in the 200 IM (1:42.63) and 400 IM (3:42.60) ... SEC Swimmer of the Week following 3-event win (200 free, 200 back, 200 IM) during Kentucky dual meet ... Finished career with 51 individual dual meet wins ... Had 17 individual dual meet wins, sweeping the backstroke events during the Wisconsin, Tennessee and Florida dual meets and having 3-event wins during the Wisconsin, Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee and Florida dual meets ... SEC Community Service Team ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Junior Season (2015-16):
Established Auburn records in the 200 IM (1:42.21) and 400 IM (3:41.79) and had the third-fastest 200 back time (1:40.14) in school history ... NCAA All-American in the 800 free relay ... NCAA All-America honorable mention in the 200 IM (1:43.05/t-11th), 400 IM (3:41.79/11th) and 400 medley relay ... Also swam the 200 back at NCAAs (1:40.79/18th) ... Held NCAA B cut times in the 50 free (20.31), 100 free (44.09), 200 free (1:34.85), 100 back (46.41) and 200 fly (1:46.22) ... SEC Champion in the 200 back (1:40.14) and 200 IM (1:42.21), becoming the first Auburn swimmer to win both of those two SEC titles in a career ... Bronze medalist in the 400 IM (3:42.71) at SECs ... Swam on the SEC runner-up 800 free relay (leadoff) and 400 medley relay (leadoff) ... Swept the backstroke events during the Indiana dual meet, winning the 100 in 47.52 and the 200 in 1:43.59 ... Also won the 200 IM against Indiana (1:46.78) ... In total won the 200 back at four dual meets (Alabama, Indiana, Florida, Florida St./Wisconsin) and the 200 IM at three dual meets (Indiana, Texas, Florida) ... Also won the 200 free and 400 IM against Alabama and was named SEC Swimmer of the Week afterward ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Season (2014-15):
Earned four All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, including first team selections in the 200 back, 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay ... Qualifed for the NCAA Championships with an automatic qualifying time in the 200 back ... Placed eighth overall in the 200 back with a personal-best time of 1:40.16 ... Swam the leadoff leg on Auburn's 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay teams that placed fifth and seventh, resepectively ... Just missed picking up return swims in the 100 back and 200 IM ... Collected first career individual medal at the SEC Championships with a third-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 1:43.16, the second-best time in school history ... Touched in a 1:40.16 to take third in the 200 back at the SEC Championships with the third-fastest swim in school history ... Placed fourth in the 100 back at the league meet with a time of 46.36 ... Posted a 46.08 in the 100 back prelims at the SEC meet, the eighth-best time in school history ... Swam as the anchor on the 800 free relay team that earned silver and set the school record in the event (6:15.14) at the SEC Championships ... Helped Auburn's men take third in the 200 medley relay at the SEC meet by clocking a 3:06.01 ... Held the team's fastest time in three different events (100 back, 200 back, 200 IM) ... Turned in a personal best time of 3:50.24 in the 400 IM at the Georgia Invitational ... Led Auburn's swimmers with 12 individual wins during the season ... Tripled with wins in the 200 back, 200 free and 400 IM against Alabama and LSU ... Logged five wins in the 200 IM and four more in the 200 back ... Earned SEC Swimmer of the Week honors, twice, during the regular season.

Freshman Season (2013-14):
Made his first career appearance at the NCAA Championships, competing in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 200 medley relay... Earned first career individual All-America selection, placing 11th overall in the 200 back ... with a time of 1:40.67, the eighth-best time in school history... Narrowly missed the final in the 200 IM, swimming a personal best of 1:43.94 to take 18th overall ...Was 22nd overall at the NCAA Championships in the 100 back at 46.53, posting the sixth-best time in school history...Swam the leadoff leg of the 200 medley relay that took third overall at the NCAA Championships (1:23.87), splitting a 21.68 ...Won the consolation final, finishing ninth overall in the 100 back at the SEC Championships...Also won the consolation final in te 200 IM to score 20 points, finishing ninth...Took 10th at the SEC Championships in the 200 back at 1:43.57 as Auburn's top-finisher ...Qualifed for the NCAA Championships with first career NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 200 back at the Auburn Invitational ... Earned NCAA 'B' cuts in the 100 back and 200 IM...Finished second at Florida in the 200 IM in the final road dual meet of the season ...Competed in six events during the season (200 free, 100 back, 200 back, 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM) ... Posted a team-high 11 individual wins in five different events ...Won the 200 free and 200 back at LSU...Registed five dual meet wins in the 200 back, including in first career competition at the Notre Dame Tri-Meet ... Earned the SEC Men's Freshman of the Week honors, three times.

Pre-College:
Ranked as the No. 13 overall recruit in the class of 2013 by CollegeSwimming.com ... Represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp, Belgium winning gold in the 200m backstroke and helping the Great Britain's 4x100 medley relay team to a bronze medal finish ... Owns three British age group records in the backstroke events.

Personal:
Studying in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.

Patching's Top Times (SCY)
EventTimeDateMeet
100 back45.473/23/17NCAA Championships
200 back1:40.142/20/16SEC Championships
200 IM1:42.212/17/16SEC Championships
400 IM3:41.193/24/17NCAA Championships
200 free
1:34.063/22/17NCAA Championships
50 free
20.3112/4/15Georgia Invitational
100 free
44.0912/6/15Georgia Invitational
200 fly1:46.221/29/16Florida St./Wisconsin