2018-19 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Justin Hanson
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Position:
- Fly/IM
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Corona del Mar
2018-19: Finished second in 200 fly at TYR Invitational ... Recorded personal best in 50 breaststroke (26.30) ... Placed fifth in 400 IM and sixth in 200 fly at Big Al ... Won 200 fly at NU Quad Meet ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: Swam NU's fastest 200 fly on the year and was third on NU's top times list in the 200 IM and 400 IM ... Finished the Big Ten Championships (2.21-2.24) with a 23rd place finish in the 200 fly with a season-best and NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:47.88 ... Also finished with season-best times in the 200 IM (1:50.56) and 400 IM (3:57.21) ... Finished second in the 200 fly at the TYR Invitational (11.19) ... Also took ninth in the 100 fly and 13th in the 200 IM and 50 breast ... Came in fourth in the 200 fly and eighth in the 100 fly and 400 IM in the triple dual against Minnesota and Purdue (1.27) ... Tallied a second-place finish in the 200 fly and fourth-place finish in the 400 IM against Wisconsin (11.11) ... Finished third in the 200 fly and 200 IM against Iowa (1.20).
2016-17: Ranked on Northwestern's top times list in five different events .... has NU's best 200 fly time, second best 200 IM team and third best time in 200 breast, 100 fly, and 400 IM ... Competed in three events at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished 31st in 400 IM, 32nd in 200 fly and 52nd in 200 IM ... Finished second in the 200 fly at the TYR ... Finished 3rd in the 200 Fly against Notre Dame ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015-16: Ranked on Northwestern’s top times list in four different events…has NU’s best 200 fly time, third best 200 IM time, third best 400 IM time and fourth best 200 breast time…Competed in three events at the Big Ten Championships…Finished 15th in 200 fly, 26th in 400 IM and 45th in 200 IM…Won the 200 fly and 200 IM in quad-dual at the University of Chicago…Finished second in 200 fly against Iowa…Took third in 400 IM at Missouri quad-dual…Made consolation finals in the 200 IM and 400 IM at the TYR.
High School: Finalist in the 100 fly and 200 IM in two different years at the CIF Southern Section Championships ... Part of the school record breaking 200 medley relay ... Team captain ... Swam 10 years with Aquazot Swim Club ... National Age Group record holder in the 400 medley relay for the 11-12, 13-14 and 15-16 age groups ... Has qualified for Junior Nationals every year since he was 15-years-old ... Competed at the 2015 American Short Course Championships in March of 2015, lowering all of his personal-best times highlighted by an eighth-place finish in the 200 IM ... CSF member for four years ... Academic letter recipient ... 4.0 or higher GPA for all four years of high school.
Personal: Born Justin Tyler Hanson ... Son of Liz Hanson Pajer and Stephen Hanson ... Chose Northwestern over Pennsylvania, UC San Diego and Indiana ... Major is Biology and minor is Art History.
HANSON'S CAREER BESTS
| Event | Career Best |
| 50 fly | 22.98 |
| 100 fly | 49.06 |
| 200 fly | 1:47.54 |
| 100 IM | 51.70 |
| 200 IM | 1:49.72 |
| 400 IM | 3:54.64 |
| 500 free | 4:44.92 |
| 50 breast | 26.30 |
| 100 breast | 57.70 |
| 200 breast | 2:05.70 |
