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Missouri State

2018-19 Swimming and Diving Roster

Blair Bish

  • Position Breaststroke/ Individual Medley
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Little Rock, Ark.
  • Prev School University of Arizona

Biography

Top Achievements
• 2019 MAC gold medalist in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, and 400 medley relay
• 2019 MAC silver medalist in the 200 breast and 200 medley relay
• 2019 NCAA Qualifier
• 2018 NCAA Qualifier
• 2018 MAC gold medalist in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay 
• 2018 MAC bronze medalist in the 200 breast

Honors & Awards
•  All-MAC First Team - 2018, 2019
• MAC Swimmer of the Week - 11/22/18

2018-19 Season (Senior)
Finished 10th in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships, garnering All-America Honorable Mention Honors...All-MAC First Team selection...Earned MAC Championship gold medals in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, and 400 medley relay (March 4-7)...Recorded a first-place finish in the 100 breast among high-level competition at the Shamrock Invitational (Jan. 25-26)...Took third in 100 breast at nationally-ranked Missouri (Jan. 19)...Runner-up in 100 breast at Iowa Hawkeye Invitational (Nov. 15-17)...Pair of relay victories over Evansville (Nov. 30).

2017-18 Season (Junior)
Became the 11th Bear in school history to qualify for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships … Finished 18th in the country in the 100 breast … Tied for 24th in the nation in the 200 breast … Conference champion in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay … bronze medalist in the 200 breast … All-MAC First-Team selection … Set the conference Record in the 100 breast … Ranks second all-time in the 200 breast … Finished third in the 100 breast and 11th in the 50 free at the Missouri Show-Me Showdown (Sept. 29) and helped the 200 medley relay team to a first-place finish … Took second in the 200 breast and third in the 50 free against Southern Illinois on Oct. 7 … Finished second in the 100 breast and helped the 200 free and medley relays to first-places finishes against South Dakota (Oct. 20-21) … Touched the wall second in the 200 breast and fourth in the 50 free against Drury (Oct. 27) … Finished second overall in the 100 breast at the Purdue Invitational on Nov. 16-18, and helped the 200 free, 400 free and 400 medley relays to third-place finishes … Won the 100 breast and 200 medley relay at Drury on Jan. 18 and earned two top five finishes against Missouri (Jan. 20).

2016-17 Season (Sophomore at Arizona)
Arizona’s top swimmer in the 100 breast … Fourth in the 100 breast on Arizona’s all-time top performances list … Finished 15th in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships, garnering All-America Honorable Mention Honors … Posted a personal-best in the prelims to finish 10th … Tied for 14th in the nation in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:24.63, receiving All-America Honorable Mention honors … Member of the second-place 200 medley relay squad at the Pac 12 Championships … Earned a silver medal in the 100 breast with a time of 52.32 seconds.

2015-16 (Freshman at Arizona)
Had the fastest times on the team in the 100 breast (52.18) and second-fastest in the 200 breast (1:56.23)…At the Pac-12 Championships, finished third in the 100 breast with 52.58 and seventh in the 200 breast with 1:56.62…Took first in the B final of the 100 breast at NCAA Championships (52.18), fifth in the B final of the 200 medley relay and seventh in the B final of the 400 medley relay for three All-America honorable mention honors…Placed third in the 200 breast against No. 18 USC with 2:05.24 and fourth in the 100 breast with 56.64…Won the 100 breast against UNLV with 55.69…At the Texas Invitational, finished first in the 400 medley relay (3:10.50), fifth in the 100 breast (53.51) and seventh in the B final of the 200 breast (2:00.52).

Background
A four-year letterwinner at Central High School in all events…Was an 8-time Arkansas Swimmer of the Year…Holds school records in the 100 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 200 free and 200 IM…Team was a four-time Arkansas runner-up.

Personal
Born Blair Charles Bish in December of 1996 to Jeff and Yvonne Bish…Has an older brother, Austin and an older sister, Taylor.

Career Bests at Missouri State
Event Score Opponent/Meet Date
50 Free 20.42 2018 MAC Championships 2/28/18
100 Free 47.45 Shamrock Invitational 1/27/18
100 Back 52.44 vs. Evansville 12/1/17
100 Breast 51.93 2018 MAC Championships 3/1/18
200 Breast 1:55.41 2018 NCAA Championships 3/24/18
100 Fly 51.80 vs. Evansville 12/1/17

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Junior

    Breaststroke/ Individual Medley
    6'1"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Breaststroke/ Individual Medley
    6'1"

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