- All-American in the 200 fly (2017 and 2018)
- Holds the school record in the 200 fly (1:40.16)
- Holds the ninth-fastest 100 fly time in Arizona school history with 46.15
- Pac-12 Men's Swimmer of the Week (Week of 1/22/18)
2017-18: Set the school record in the 200 fly on three occasions during the season, including at NCAA Championships to earn fifth and All-America Honors...Named Pac-12 Men's Swimmer of the Week for the week of January 22, 2018...Won the 200 fly four times...Had the second fastest time on the team in the 100 fly at NCAA Championships, to hold the ninth-fastest time in Arizona school history.
2016-17: Earned All-American honors in the 200 fly…Had seven top-three finishes, all in the 200 fly, including four wins (vs. Hawaii, vs. Stanford, at Texas, vs. ASU)…Had a personal best and school record in the 200 fly with 1:40.94 at NCAA Championships (NCAA B cut)…At the Pac-12 Championships, finished 3rd in the 200 butterfly with 1:41.88…In the 100 fly, had the 3rd fastest team time and personal best with 46.78 at NCAA Championships, earning an NCAA B qualifier…Named Arizona Athletics Junior Male Athlete of the Year.
2015-16: Holds the school record and fastest time on the team in the 200 fly with 1:41.76….First broke the long-standing school record in a time trial on day one of Pac-12s with 1:41.77, then re-broke his own record on the final day after finishing runner-up behind California by two-tenths of a second…Earned an NCAA ‘A’ cut from both performances…Finished eighth in the B final of the 100 fly at the Pac-12 Championships (47.71) for a ‘B’ cut…Against both No. 1 Texas and No. 5 Stanford, earned a third-place finish in the 200 fly…Was runner-up in the 200 fly at ASU with a time of 1:43.52…At the Texas Invitational, finished fourth in the 200 fly with 1:43.96 to earn a ‘B’ cut…At the NCAA Championships, took third in the B final of the 200 fly to earn All-America honorable mention honors (1:42.77).
2014-15: Had the fastest time on the team in the 200 fly (1:43.85)…Held the fifth fastest time in the 500 free (4:36.30), 1000 free (9:56.91) and 100 fly (48.31)…At Pac-12 Championships, he took fifth in the 200 fly for a ‘B’ cut and third in the C final of the 100 fly with a season-best time…Finished 30th in the prelims of the 500 free with 4:38.86…At the Texas Invitational, he placed fourth in the 200 fly and third in the D final of the 100 fly…Took first in the 200 fly against Missouri/NAU/OSU/NMS and second against Wisconsin.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Clovis West High School…MVP junior and senior year…Was team captain senior year…Made All-Conference first team and All-District first team sophomore, junior and senior year…Was Fresno Bee Swimmer of the Year…Holds school records in the 100 fly and 4 x 100 relay…Team won their conference four years in a row…Competed for Team USA on four international teams…Collegeswimming.com rated him as the 20th best prospect in the state of California and the 131st overall high school recruit in the country.
Personal: Born Justin Conner Wright in June of 1996 in Boston, Mass. to Dowain and Trish Wright…Has one older brother, Cary…Planned major is in business…Likes to sleep in his free time…Chose Arizona over California, Tennessee and Auburn.
Personal Bests
50 Free – 21.78 (12/1/17; Texas Invitational)
500 Free – 4:31.04 (3/5/16; Pac-12 Championships)
100 Fly – 46.15 (3/21/18; NCAA Championships)
200 Fly – 1:40.16 (3/21/18; NCAA Championships)
