The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Reid Walker
- Position:
- Freestyle
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- Garfield
- 2012 and 2013 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
- Member of Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM)
200 free: 1:41.45/1:55.68
500 free (SCY): 4:26.81
1000 free (SCY): 9:16.28
1,650 free (SCY): 15:27.66
400 free (LCM): 3:59.90
800 free (LCM): 8:18.56
1500 free (LCM): 15:53.34
2012 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
• Placed 92nd in the 400m freestyle (4:03.38)
AS A JUNIOR (2012-13)
· Swam the 500 freestyle exhibition (4:28.14) and the 1650 freestyle exhibition (15:33.48) at the Big 12 Championships
· Placed fifth in the 1000 freestyle (9:29.90) and swam the 500 freestyle exhibition (4:39.01) against Arizona and SMU
· Swam the 200 freestyle exhibition (1:46.54) and the 500 freestyle exhibition (4:43.73) at TCU
· Placed 29th in the 1650 freestyle (15:52.64), 40th in the 500 freestyle (4:33.43) and 40th in the 400 IM (4:07.36) at the University of Georgia Fall Invitational
· Swam exhibition in the 500 freestyle (4:39.34) and the 1000 freestyle (9:41.09) against Indiana and Michigan
AS A SOPHOMORE (2011-12)
• Claimed 11th place in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:27.44 at the Big 12 Championships
• Placed sixth at the American Short Course in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:26.81
• Against Texas A&M he finished second in the 1000 freestyle (9:16.28) and tied for third in the 500 freestyle (4:33.72)
• Talllied a third place finish in the 1000 freestyle versus SMU with a time of 9:38.87
• In the Texas Invitational, he was 14th in the 1,650 freestyle (15:50.08), 26th in the 400 IM (4:01.03) and 28th in the 500 freestyle (4:31.46)
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11)
• Placed fourth in the 1,650 freestyle (16:01.33) against Texas A&M
• Took fifth in the 1,650 freestyle (16:01.56) seventh in the 400 IM (4:06.56) and 10th in the 500 freestyle (4:38.30) against Arizona and SMU
• Placed eighth in the 1,650 freestyle (16:11.95), fourth in the 500 freestyle consolation final (4:33.67) and second in the 400 IM consolation final (4:06.88) at the Texas Invitational
• Took third in the 500 freestyle B final (4:42.97), seventh in the 200 butterfly B final (2:01.22) and 10th in the 200 freestyle B final (1:48.92) at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge
PERSONAL
Born March 13, 1992 in Seattle, Wash. … son of Jeff Walker … has five siblings who all played or currently play college sports: Rachel (27) swam at Harvard; Leslie (26) played basketball at The University of San Francisco … Rufus (25) played rugby at California Maritime Academy; Sam (24) was a member of The University of California at Berkeley’s national champion rowing team; and Jesse (22) plays water polo at the U.S. Naval Academy … father, Jeff, was a rower at The University of California at Berkeley … sister, Rachel, swam at Harvard … major is mechanical engineering.
