2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Reid Hutcherson

  • Class Senior
  • Position Freestyle
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • Highschool Douglas Freeman

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 Free 21.78 WVU Invitational (11.18.2021)
100 FreeĀ  45.81 BIG EAST Championships (2.26.2022)
200 Free (relay) 1:38.34 BIG EAST Championships (2.22.2023)
200 Free (open) 1:38.66 BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2022)
500 Free 4:31.30 BIG EAST Championships (4.8.2021)
1000 Free 9:30.81 High School
1650 Free 15:50.28 High School
100 Back 56.29 High School
200 Back 1:54.29 High School
100 Breast 1:05.87 High School
100 Fly 55.74 High School
200 Fly 2:06.99 High School
200 IM 1:57.76 High School
400 IM 4:05.74 High School
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CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021-22 (Junior)
All-BIG EAST 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (1st Leg)
2020-21 (Sophomore)
All-BIG EAST 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (1st Leg)
All-BIG EAST 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (1st Leg)
All-BIG EAST 400 Yard Medley Relay (Freestyle Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

Villanova Career: Key contributor as part of the Wildcats group of freestyle swimmers … Has been an 11-time individual BIG EAST scorer and a four-time All-BIG EAST performer on the relays … Established personal best times in the 500 Free as a sophomore in 2020-21 and then in the 50 Free, 100 Free and 200 Free (open and relay) as a junior in 2021-22… Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and eight-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
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2022-23: BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Posted a personal best 200 Free (relay) time at the BIG EAST Championships with a 1:38.34, making him the second-fastest performer in team history; West Virginia (1/28): Swam third leg (21.52) for the A team in a second-place 200 Free Relay (1:24.88) showing; Penn State (1/27): Third leg (21.44) for the A team’s 200 Free Relay (1:25.91) win; Providence (1/14): Won the 200 Free in 1:44.93; La Salle (11/22): Posted a winning time of 1:42.34 in the 200 Free; Penn (11/9): Led Villanova in the 100 Free with a third-place showing (47.79) … Swam second leg (47.50) in the B team’s 400 Free Relay second-place finish (3:10.75); NJIT (11/5): Touched second in the 200 Free (1:44.44) … Part of a pair of third-place relay finishes … Hit the water second (21.61) in the B team’s 200 Free Relay (1:26.54) showing … Anchored (21.55) the B team in the 200 Medley Relay (1:35.47); Georgetown (10/29): Was the second leg (48.00) for the A team’s second-place finish in the 400 Free Relay (3:09.15).
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2021-22: Swam to All-BIG EAST status for a second consecutive season as a part of the 800 Free Relay; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Was the opening leg of the 800 Free Relay team that recorded the fastest time in Villanova history with a silver-medal 6:35.22, swimming to a new PR with a 200 Free split of 1:38.64 … Earned a spot in the 200 Free Championship Final after posting a personal-best time of 1:38.66 in the prelims before going on to finish fourth at 1:38.77 … Finished 15th in the 100 Free with a PR of 45.81; Penn State (1/28): Finished third in the 200 Free at Penn State in 1:42.97 and swam the second-leg of the winning 400 Free Relay team with a 47.02 split; West Virginia (1/22): Helped the 400 Free Relay team to a second-place finish, swimming a third-leg split of 47.78; Pittsburgh (1/20): Fastest Villanova swimmer in the 200 Free against the Panthers, touching fourth with a 1:45.36 time; Providence (1/15): Won the 200 Free in 1:54.55 and swam the opening leg of the winning 400 Free Relay team with a 52.47 split; La Salle (11/23): Won the 200 Free in 1:43.11; WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Set a personal best in the 50 Free with a 21.78 … Finished fourth in the 200 Free, touching the wall in 1:40.55 … Anchor of the 800 Free Relay team that finished third in 6:49.18 … Helped his 400 Free Relay team to a fifth-place showing (3:05.40); Penn (11/10): Swam anchor for the winning 400 Free Relay team, posting a 47.69 split … Recorded fourth-place finishes in the 50 Free (22.26) and 100 Free (47.67); NJIT (11/5): Finished as high as second in the meet against NJIT with a 1:42.99 in the 200 Free; Georgetown (10/30): Won the 200 Free against Georgetown, posting a 1:42.95.
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2020-21: Earned the first three All-BIG EAST honors of his career as part of the Villanova lineup in the 400 yard freestyle relay, the 800 yard freestyle relay and the 400 yard medley relay … Scored individually in the 200 yard freestyle, the 500 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle at the BIG EAST Championships … Recorded personal best times in all three of his events at the conference meet … Led off the 800 free relay for a team which came in second with a time of 6:41.08 … His split of 1:38.71 on the leadoff leg was a personal best 200 free time … Anchored the 400 medley relay with a split of 45.39 on the freestyle leg of the race as Villanova came in third in the relay in 3:20.61 … Led off the 400 free relay with a split of 45.99 and the Wildcats recorded another third place finish with a time of 3:04.65 … Top individual finish was fourth in the 200 free … His time of 1:39.32 in the final was a PR for an open 200 free race and came after he was ranked third overall in the prelims with a time of 1:40.04 … Finished fifth in the 500 free with a PR of 4:31.30 and came in ninth in the 100 free with a PR of 45.97 … Placed third in the 100 free (48.01) and eighth in the 500 free (4:59.61) in his first competition of the season against Drexel … Swam the third leg of the 200 free relay at that meet for a Villanova team which finished second in 1:28.25 … Placed third in both the 100 free (48.33) and the 200 free (1:46.04) to go along with a sixth place finish in the 500 free (5:03.81) against Seton Hall … Led off the 400 yard freestyle relay in the meet against the Pirates and had a split of 48.60 on the first leg of the race as the Wildcats finished second with a time of 3:14.90 … Swam the same series of events in the final regular season meet against Loyola (Md.), placing second in the 200 free (1:45.79) as well as fifth in both the 100 free (48.67) and the 500 free (4:55.55) … Anchored the 400 yard medley relay to a second place finish with a time of 3:29.44.
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2019-20: Scored team points in the 200 yard freestyle, the 500 yard freestyle and the 1650 yard freestyle at the BIG EAST Championships … Also led off for the 400 yard freestyle relay team which came in fourth in their race … Top individual finish was a tie for sixth place in the final of the 200 free … Finished seventh in the 1650 free and 11th in the 500 free … His mark of 15:51.99 in the 1650 free was the first time in three races in the event that he broke 16 minutes … Recorded season-best times of 1:39.96 in the 200 free and 4:34.02 in the 500 free during the preliminary round for each event … Registered a split of 46.37 on the first leg of the 400 free relay … His other top times during the season were 48.66 in the 100 free at La Salle, 9:49.76 in the 1000 yard freestyle versus Providence and 4:09.20 in the preliminaries of the 400 yard individual medley at the WVU Invitational … Tallied two individual runner-up finishes during his freshman campaign, coming in second in both the 1000 free against Providence and the 100 free at West Virginia.
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Club Swimming: Competed for NOVA of Virginia Aquatics and was a member of the club’s national team.
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Douglas Freeman High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming and was team captain as a senior … Helped his team win a state title as a senior … Inducted to the National Honor Society.
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Personal: Born 8/10/01 in Richmond, Va. … Older of two children of Brandon and Kristin Hutcherson … Has a younger sister, Ava (17) … Hobbies include watching sports and spending time with friends … Chose to attend Villanova for its family-like environment and the connection he felt with the swimming & diving team … Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business and has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Freestyle
    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free
    0 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Free
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  • 2022-23Senior

    Freestyle
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