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2020-21 Men's Swimming Roster

Derek Duckworth

  • POSITION Sprint Freestyle
  • HEIGHT 6-4
  • CLASS Senior
  • HOMETOWN New Braunfels, Texas
  • HIGHSCHOOL Canyon HS

Biography

https://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/343963/
Mechanical Engineering major … Established himself as one of OC’s top freestyle sprinters … Enters 2019-20 season holding the 50 freestyle individual and five relay school records … Member of OC’s 200 freestyle relay team that became the first ever to earn All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honors in 2017-18 … Ranked as the No. 58 recruit in Texas … Has career-best times of 4:56.21 in the 500-yard freestyle, 1:41.65 in the 200-yard freestyle, 45.30 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle, 20.45 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, 51.33 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly and 23.42 seconds in the 50-yard butterfly … 2018-19: Competed in seven meets … Earned five All-RMAC honors – first-team recognition in the 800 freestyle relay and second-team recognition in the 100 freestyle, the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay … Named to the CSCCA Scholar All-America honorable mention list … Named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic list … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall semester) and President’s List (spring semester) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … At the RMAC Championships in Lewisville, Texas, qualified for A finals in the 100 freestyle (finishing fourth in 45.30 seconds) and the 50 freestyle (tying for fourth in 20.53 seconds), meeting the NCAA Division I B standard in the 100 freestyle … Made the B final in the 200 freestyle, placing 13th in 1:43.02 … Joined Brandon Heredia, Gavin Lane and Zac Hawes on 800 freestyle relay team that placed second in 6:48.33, setting an OC record … Part of 200 medley (1:29.80), 200 freestyle (1:22.70) and 400 freestyle (3:18.87) relay teams that each earned All-RMAC second team honors and set school records … His 20.45-second split during his leadoff leg in the 200 freestyle relay met the NCAA Division II B standard and set an individual school record … At a three-way meet between OC, Texas-Permian Basin and Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia, Ark., won the 200 freestyle in 1:48.29 … 2017-18: Competed in six meets … Earned All-RMAC second-team honors as part of OC’s 200 freestyle relay team that finished fourth in the RMAC Championships in Lewisville, Texas … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Set school records of 21.21 seconds in the 50 freestyle (TYR Elite Meet) and 47.39 seconds in the 100 freestyle (RMAC Championships) … Part of relay teams that set school records in the 200 freestyle relay (1:27.15), 400 freestyle relay (3:13.35), 200 medley relay (1:33.98) and 400 medley relay (3:28.17), all at the RMAC Championships … Posted season-best times of 47.39 seconds in the 100 freestyle (RMAC Championships), 21.21 seconds in the 50 freestyle (TYR Elite Meet), 56.40 seconds in the 100 backstroke (Edmond Halloween Meet), 51.33 seconds in the 100 butterfly (TYR Elite Meet) and 57.66 seconds in the 100 individual medley (Hendrix Invitational) … Previous school: Attended New Braunfels Canyon High School … As a senior, was a district finalist, a regional medalist and a state finalist … Finished ninth in the 50 freestyle and 17th in the 100 freestyle at the Texas Class 6A Championships, earning All-State second-team honors … Also served as a team captain … As a junior, also made the 6A state meet, finishing 11th in the 50 freestyle and also earning All-State second-team honors … Was also a district champion (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle) and regional medalist in the 50 freestyle that year … As a sophomore, was a district champion (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle) and regional finalist, and as a freshman, was a district finalist and regional qualifier … Competed in club swimming for San Antonio Wave.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Freestyle-Butterfly
    6'2"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Freestyle-Butterfly
    6'2"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Sprint Freestyle
    6'4"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Sprint Freestyle
    6'4"