Billy Swartwout

Position:
Free/Back
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Amityville, N.Y.
High School:
St. Anthony's

Honors
Second Team CSCAA Scholar All-America (2022)

Lifetime Bests

100 freestyle – 44.24
200 freestyle – 1:36.23
500 freestyle – 4:21.94
200 backstroke – 1:45.21

2024-25: Competed in five meets…finished 11th in the 200 backstroke, 18th in the 100 backstroke and 30th in the 500 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational

2023-24: Finished second in the 500 freestyle, second in the 200 backstroke and fifth in the 200 freestyle at the ECAC Championships … finished ninth in the 200 backstroke at the Virginia Tech-Penn State tri-meet … finished eighth in the 200 backstroke and ninth in the 100 backstroke at the Cornell-Penn tri-meet … competed in seven regular season meets

2022-23: Finished ninth in the 200 freestyle, 11th in the 500 freestyle and 11th in the 200 backstroke at the Ivy League Championships … finished seventh in the 200 freestyle, 11th in the 500 freestyle and 15th in the 200 backstroke at the Big Al Invitational … competed in eight regular season meets

2021-22: Finished eighth in the 200 freestyle, 11th in the 200 backstroke and 12th in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships...Set top times in the 200 freestyle (1:36.48), 500 freestyle (4:21.94) and the 200 backstroke (1:45.39) at the Ivy League Championships and the 100 backstroke (49.00) at the Princeton Last Chance meet.

Before Princeton: 2018-2020 New York State Federation Team Champions...2020 NYS Backstroke Champion...2019 NCSA National Champions 4x200 freestyle relay…2019 US Open qualifier…2019 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American…2019-2020 NISCA All-American…2019 Summer Junior Nationals Finalist…2021 200 Backstroke Olympic Trials Qualifier…St. Anthony’s High School Varsity Swim Team Captain, MVP…2020 St. Anthony’s High School Principal’s List…Scholastic All-American…AP Scholar with Distinction…2017-2020 St. Anthony’s St. Bonaventure Academic Award…Member of National, Math, and Science Honor Societies.

Pre-Princeton Top Times: 200 Free: 1:38.93 SC/1:52.7 LC…200 Back: 1:47.42 SC/2:02.17 LC…100 Free: 45.6 SC/ 51.73 LC…100 Back: 49.77 SC/ 56.93 LC.

Personal: Son of Bill and Gail Swartwout … Christine Swartwout (Middlebury College 2015, Swim Team), Erica Swartwout (Princeton University 2018, Crew Team) …majoring in economics.