- Holds the Arizona school record in the 400 IM with 3:38.56.
- Holds two other all-time top-ten times in Arizona school history (200 fly - 10th, 200 IM - 3rd)
- All-American in the 400 IM (2018)
- Four-time All-American Honorable Mention (800 free relay, 200 IM, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay)
2017-18: Set the Arizona school record in the 400 IM at NCAA Championships, where he finished runner-up and earned All-America Honors…Earned All-American Honorable Mention in the 400 free relay, 400 medley relay, and 800 free relay…Earned All-American Honorable Mention in the 200IM with 1:42.48, third-fastest in school history…Had the second-fastest time on the team in the 200 back with 1:44.15, earning an NCAA B cut… Won the 200 and 400 IM twice each, including the 400IM at the Texas Invitational…Placed runner-up three times in the 200 back, including at ASU…Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2016-17: Had the fastest time on the team in the 400 IM with 3:42.59 to place fifth at the Texas Invitational…Finished second at the Texas Invitational in the 200 IM with 1:44.57… Was apart of the 800 freestyle relay at the Pac-12 Championships to earn an NCAA A cut (6:19.21)…Swam a 3:44.42 at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400 IM to earn 3rd place…Swept the 200 backstroke and 400 IM vs. ASU with 1:43.70 and 3:49.18, respectively... Swam at NCAA Championships in the 400 Medley Relay with 3:06.58 (NCAA A cut)…At the Texas Invitational, swam a 1:44.57 in the 200 IM to lead the team and earn an NCAA B cut…Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention and CSCAA Scholar All-American.
2015-16: Holds the sixth-fastest time in Arizona history in the 400 IM (3:44.07) and ninth-fastest time in the 200 fly (1:44.25)…Had the fastest times on the team in the 200 IM with 1:44.60 and 400 IM with 3:44.07…Was runner-up in the 400 IM against No. 18 USC with 4:01.57 and took first in the event at ASU with 3:51.61…At the Texas Invitational, finished second in the 400 IM (3:44.48), seventh in the 200 IM (1:46.57) and second in the B final of the 200 fly (1:45.61)…Won the 800 free relay at the Texas Invite with 6:22.76 for an NCAA ‘B’ cut…At the Pac-12 Championships, took sixth in the 200 IM with 1:44.60 and first in the B final of the 200 fly with 1:44.47…Placed 20th in the 400 IM at NCAA Championships with his season-best time, 29th in the 200 fly with 1:44.25 and 41st in the 200 IM with 1:46.91…Finished 17th in the 800 free relay at NCAAs.
2014-15: Had the second fastest time on the team in the 500 free (4:20.04) and 400 IM (3:46.64)…Held the fourth fastest time in the 1000 free (9:40.95), 1650 free (15:47.74) and 200 fly (1:46.10)…At Pac-12 Championships, he took seventh in the 400 IM and fifth in the B final of the 500 free and 200 fly with season-best times, earning ‘B’ cuts in every event…At the Texas Invitational, he finished fourth in the B final of the 400 IM, second in the C final of the 500 free, first in the D final of the 200 fly and second in the D final of the 200 IM…Finished first in the 500 free against ASU and third in the 200 IM against Texas/SMU.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Sam Barlow High School…Team captain junior and senior year…MVP all four years…Made All-Conference team all four years and All-America team senior year…Won state titles from 2012-2014…Was Scholastic All-American…Holds school records in the 100 free, 100 fly, 200 IM, and 500 free…Ranked the fourth best prospect in Oregon and the 279th best overall swimmer in the country according to collegswimming.com.
Personal: Born Nicholas Patrick Thorne in September of 1995 in Gresham, Ore. to Gregory and Jennifer Thorne…Has one older brother, Nathan…Planned major is in business…Chose Arizona over Indiana and Minnesota.
Personal Bests
100 Free – 45.25 (1/27/17; at Texas)
200 Free – 1:38.36 (2/6/16; at ASU)
500 Free – 4:20.04 (3/7/15; Pac-12 Championships)
100 Fly - 46.55 (12/1/17; Texas Invitational)
200 Fly – 1:43.99 (12/1/17; Texas Invitational)
100 Back – 47.07 (2/4/17; vs. ASU)
200 Back – 1:43.70 (2/4/17; vs. ASU)
200 IM – 1:42.48 (3/21/18; NCAA Championships)
400 IM – 3:38.56 (3/21/18; NCAA Championships)
