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2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Pierce Downs

  • Position Freestyle
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 170
  • Class Sophomore
  • Major Undeclared (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Woodland Hills, CA
  • High School Viewpoint School

Biography

Career Results (SwimCloud)
2024-25
  • Helped the 200 freestyle relay to National Runner-Up (1:19.03), breaking an NYU record and earning All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Championships (3/19-22)
  • Earned All-American in the 400 freestyle relay (5th place, 2:57.36) - his 100 leg of 43.83 broke the NYU school record - and the 800 freestyle relay (7th place, 6:33.82)
  • Second Team All-American in the 200 freestyle (10th place, 1:38.07) and the 400 medley relay (10th place, 3:14.19) at the NCAA’s
  • Placed second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 44.45 at the UAA Championships (2/12-15)
  • Recorded personal bests in the 50 butterfly (23.51) and the 100 butterfly (50.74) vs. Gettysburg (1/18)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
2023-24
  • Finished seventh in the 100 free at the UAA Championships (2/14-17)
  • Swam a personal-best 20.92 in the 50 free at the Phoenix Fall Classic (11/17-19) and 44.47 in the 100 free at the NCAA Division III Championships (3/20-23)
Personal
  • Four-year team member in high school
  • Enjoys going to the beach, hiking and snowboarding
  • Aspires to be a heart or reconstructive surgeon
Downs on NYU
  • Chose NYU because of “the medical program and the swimming opportunity.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Freestyle
    6'2" 170 lbs
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Freestyle
    6'2" 170 lbs