2015-16 Swimming and Diving Roster
Braden Holloway Reflects on Olympic Experience
Monday, October 28
The Moore Swimming Siblings
Tuesday, January 24
H.C. Kennett Award - Coleman Stewart
Thursday, May 14
2020 Swimming & Diving, Postseason
Sunday, March 08
Christian McCurdy
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Irwin, Pa.
- High School:
- Penn Trafford
2016 OLYMPIC TRIALS SEMIFINALIST (200 IM; 200 Butterfly)
2016 OLYMPIC TRIALS FINALIST (400 IM)
2016 OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFER (100 Butterfly)
2016 ALL-AMERICA HONORS (200 Butterfly, 200 IM)
2016 ACC CHAMPION (200 Butterfly)
2016 ALL-ACC (200 Butterfly; 400 IM)
2015 ALL-ACC ACADEMIC TEAM
2015 ALL-ACC (400 Individual Medley)
2015 ALL-AMERICA HONORS (200 Butterfly)
2014 ALL-AMERICAN (200 Butterfly)
2014 ACC CHAMPION (200 Butterfly, 400 Individual Medley)
2014 ALL-ACC (200 Butterfly, 400 Individual Medley)
2013 NCAA Championships Qualifier (200 Butterfly)
2013 All-ACC's (200 Butterfly)
- NCAA Championship qualifier in the 200 butterfly, 200 IM and 400 IM.
- Earned All-America honors in the 200 IM and 200 butterfly. He finished fifth in the 200 fly to garner the third mention of his career in the event.
- ACC Champion in the 200 fly.
- Finished third in the 400 IM at ACCs to earn All-America honors, and finished ninth in the 200 IM.
- School record holder in the 200 fly (1:41.06), which was notched at NCAAs.
- Swam a season-best time of 3:43.36 in the 400 IM at NCAAs.
- Earned a career-best time in the 200 IM at ACCs, which stands as the second-fastest time in program history.
- 2016 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100m, 200m butterfly and 200m, 400m IM. Finished 11th in the 200 fly semifinals, eighth in the 400 IM championship final and 14th in the 200 IM semifinals.
2014-15 (Junior):
- Tied his season-best mark in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:42.00 at the NCAA Championships to finish fourth and earn first team All-America honors for the second-straight year.
- Also placed second in the 200 fly at the ACC Championships to earn All-ACC honors.
- A NCAA qualifier in the 200 and 400 individual medley events.
- Notched a school record in the 400 IM after touching the wall in 3:41.92 at the ACC Championships to place second and earn All-ACC honors.
- Posted a career-best time of 48.14 in the 100 fly at the Nike Cup to mark the sixth-fastest time in program history.
- Named to the 2015 All-ACC Academic Team.
2013-14 (Sophomore):
- Finished as a First-Team All-American with a fourth-place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:42.18.
- Also, competed in the 400 individual medley at the NCAA Championships.
- Captured the ACC title in the 200 fly and the 400 IM.
- His gold medal at ACC's in the 400 IM was the first for the program in the event since 1984.
- His ACC title in the 200 butterfly was the first for the program in the event since 1978.
- His time of 1:41.72 in the 200 fly stands as the all-time program record, as well as the all-time ACC record.
- His time of 3:43.61 in the 400 IM also sits atop the charts for the top time in the program's history.
- His time of 4:21.82 in the 500 freestyle stands as the fourth-fastest time in the program record books.
- Named Men's Division I National Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com on Feb. 5.
- Named ACC Male Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 12.
2012-13 (Freshman):
- Qualified for the 2013 NCAA Championships in the 200 butterfly.
- Claimed All-ACC honors in the 200 fly with a third place finish in the event (1:44.56).
- Broke the school record in the event with a 1:44.56 clocking and also broke the program record in the 400 IM with a time of 3:47.78.
Prep/Personal:
- Attended Penn Trafford High School.
- Earned All-America honors as a senior and sophomore in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle; as a junior in the 100 butterfly, 50 and 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, and 500 medley relay.
- WPIAL district champion in the 500 freestyle in 2012.
- Pennsylvania state champion in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle events as a senior.
- All-state selection as a senior, junior, and sophomore.
- State medalist as a senior in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle, finishing first in both events; finished second in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle, seventh in the 200 freestyle relay as a junior; as a sophomore finished fourth in the 500 freestyle.
- Scholastic All-American as a senior, junior, and sophomore.