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2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Ryan Hardy

  • Position Backstroke / Freestyle
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
  • High School Ravenscroft HS

Biography

Honors and Awards

  • 2023-24: Two-time CSCAA Second Team All-American (200 & 400 medley relays)
  • 2024-25: All-Big 12 First Team
2024-25: Three-time individual Big 12 finalist in the 100 back (3rd, 45.64), 200 back (12th, 1:44.74) and 50 free (24th, 20.04)...Swam a personal best, NCAA B Cut and Arizona's fourth-best time in the 100 back at Big 12s (45.64)...Held Arizona's seaosn-best time in the 100 back (45.64) and second-best season time in the 200 back (1:44.74)...Earned All-Big12 First Team honors for performance at Big 12 Championships

2023-24: 2024 NCAA Championships relay qualifier in the 400 medley relay... Earned two CSCAA Second-Team All-America honors for his 200 and 400 medley relay performances at NCAAs... Pac-12 Championship finalist in the 100 back (6th place, 46.28, NCAA B cut)... Swam two personal bests at Pac-12's in the 100 back (46.17) and 200 back (1:43.68; NCAA B cut).

2022-23: Swam personal bests at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free (20.74), 100 back (47.11; NCAA B cut) and the 200 back (1:44.46; NCAA B cut)… Held 3rd fastest 200 back time on the team.

Before Arizona: Prepped at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina... Lettered four years in swimming under coach Greg Warren... All-State senior year... Eight-time state championship finalist... TISAC Conference champion... Scholastic All-America 2020-2021... 2022 team MVP... 2022 team captain... 200 medley team record... Also swam for YMCA of the Triangle Area (YOTA) for 11 years under coach Jamie Bloom... YMCA Nationals qualifier 2019, 20, 21, 22.

Personal: Ryan Hardy, son of Patrick and Michelle Hardy... One older sister, Morgan... Father, Patrick, played football for North Carolina State University... Chose Arizona because “I felt right at home with the team and coaches from the moment I met them. I felt this would be a great place for me to swim and go to school and I can’t wait to represent the Wildcats on the swimming team.” 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Backstroke / Freestyle
    6'4"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Backstroke / Freestyle
    6'4"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Backstroke / Freestyle
    6'4"
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