Pierce Downs

NYU Athletics

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Career Results (SwimCloud)

2025-26

All-American in the 200 freestyle relay (third place, NYU-record 1:18.67), 400 medley relay (fourth place, NYU-record 3:11.75), and 800 freestyle relay (fourth place, 6:32.36)
Also earned Second Team All-America honors in the 100 freestyle (10^th place, personal-best 44.03) and 200 freestyle (ninth place, personal-best 1:37.34) at the NCAA Division III Championships (3/18-21)
UAA Champion in the 200 freestyle relay (1:18.97)
Also placed second in the 100 freestyle (NYU-record 43.71), 200 freestyle (NYU-record 1:37.01), 800 freestyle relay (NYU-record 6:30.79), and 400 medley relay (3:11.90), and took third in the 400 freestyle relay (2:57.58) at the UAA Championships (2/11-14)
CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team

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

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