Career
At the 2012 United States. Open Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Conger took silver in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:58.14. At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Conger missed the United States. Team by finishing 8th in the 100-meter backstroke and 5th in the 200-meter backstroke with times of 54.63 and 1:58.97, respectively. At the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Conger broke the national age-group (NAG) record for the 17-18 age group in the 100-meter backstroke with a winning time of 54.07.
He also took home two more golds in the 200-meter backstroke (1:5720), 50-meter freestyle (2269), and one bronze in the 100-meter freestyle (4984).
Conger also competed in the 100-meter butterfly and finished 6th in the final. Conger accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he swims for coach Eddie Reese"s Texas Longhorns men"s swimming team
On February 25, 2015 Conger broke the American and United States Open record in the 200-yard butterfly. Conger time trialed the event during the 2015 Big 12 Championships.
He also finished 7th in the 100 yard backstroke, with a time of 45.76.
Conger also helped the Texas Longhorns in the 400 yard medley relay (swimming the freestyle leg and recording an anchor time of 4096), the 800 yard freestyle relay on Day 2, and the 400 yard freestyle relay (4217 as the 2nd leg) on Day 3. At the 2015 United States Nationals in San Antonio, Conger competed in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly, the 200 m backstroke, the 100 m freestyle, and the 200 meter freestyle (only in the prelims). Conger finished second to Michael Phelps in both the 100 m and 200 m butterfly, recording times of 51.33 and 1:54.54 respectively.
He narrowly missed his personal best in the 100 m freestyle, going 49.05 to miss it by.03.
He finished second to Caeleb Dressel in that race. Conger qualified first after prelims in the 200 m freestyle, but withdrew to focus on the 200 butterfly.
In the 200 m backstroke, Conger finished in 4th place with a time of 1:58.84. As of September 10, 2015.