2015-16 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Ryan Carter

  • Event(s) Sprint Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Yorktown, Va.
  • High School Grafton
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Expected to compete in sprint freestyle events in 2015-16 … enters the campaign as part of Gannon’s record holder in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:52.04).

2014-15: Swam in 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM events … earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) honors as part of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that broke the school record (6:56.98) at the conference championships, finishing third … recorded 18 PSAC-qualifying times in 21 events … met conference standards in all five 100-yard backstroke and four 200-yard freestyle events he swam in … posted a pair of third-place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle (49.74) and 200-yard freestyle (1:48.94) at Tiffin … added two more bronze medals in the 100-yard backstroke (55.80) and 200-yard backstroke (2:05.45) at NCAA Division I Cleveland State … finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (49.64) and 100-yard backstroke (55.84) at the Grove City Tri-Meet … swam with relay teams in the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley, 400-yard medley and 400-yard IM … logged the third leg of the 200-yard freestyle during runner-up finishes at the Cleveland State Meet (1:28.85) and Westminster Relays (1:28.27) … helped secure a bronze medal as the anchor in the 400-yard freestyle (3:25.00) and first swimmer of the 200-yard medley (1:40.15) at Bloomsburg … swam the opening leg of the 200-yard medley relay team that finished third (1:41.50) at NCAA Division I Cleveland State … was part of a first-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:20.18) at the Westminster Relays … received the runner-up trophy in the 400-yard medley relay (3:42.68) at NCAA Division I Canisius … began the year with a team title in the 400-yard IM (3:43.36) at the Westminster Relays.

2013-14: Participated in the 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 50-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 50-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly, 100-yard IM, 200-yard IM and 400-yard IM as a sophomore … earned 10 PSAC-qualifying times ... recorded top-three finishes nine times and top-five finishes 18 times during 28 individual races ... touched the wall first (23.36) in the 50-yard freestyle at Penn State Behrend ... earned runner-up finishes in the 50-yard backstroke (26.71) at Penn State Behrend and 100-yard IM (57.95) at the Edinboro Tri-Meet ... participated with relay teams in six different events … captured two first-place finishes as part of relay teams, including the 800-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM.

2012-13: Earned All-PSAC honors as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished second at the PSAC Championships with a school-record (at the time) and NCAA “B” cut time of six minutes and 52.76 seconds … swam the third leg for the record-setting team … participated with relay teams in 10 different events … captured nine gold medals as part of relay teams, including two in both the 800-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley … placed first or second during all five 800-yard freestyle relay events he swam in … was part of the winning team during his first two attempts of the season in the 200-yard medley, logging the opening leg during victories against Bloomsburg and Allegheny … added another first-place trophy in the 3x500 freestyle relay at the Westminster (Pa.) Relay Meet … recorded 14 top-three finishes in relay races … placed among the top five 22 times in 27 total relay competitions … participated individually in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke and 100-yard breaststroke … recorded PSAC-qualifying times in every event except the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard breaststroke … met conference standards 28 times in 32 individual races … posted PSAC-qualifying times every time he competed in the 200-yard freestyle (10 times), 500-yard freestyle (twice), 200-yard IM (seven times), 400-yard IM (three times) and 200-yard backstroke (five times) … earned six gold medals during individual competitions … won twice against Fredonia State in the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.39) and 200-yard IM (2:03.72) … touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.26) at the Indiana (Pa.) Invitational, 200-yard IM (2:01.51) against Allegheny, 400-yard IM (4:27.77) against California (Pa.) and 400-yard IM (4:24.21) against Penn State Behrend … finished among the top three 16 times in 27 individual races.

High School: Swam for head coach Jordyn Wood at Grafton (Va.) High School … named team MVP as a freshman and senior … was part of 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay teams that won district and state championships, as well as broke school records.

Personal: Mechanical Engineering major … has one sister … is the son of Karen and Chris.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

  • 2013-14Sophomore

  • 2014-15Junior

  • 2015-16Senior