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2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Cole Ballard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Burlingame, Calif.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Preparatory
2025-26 SEASON:
• Finished 17th in the 200y free (1:36.33), 19th in the 200y fly (1:47.50), and 38th in the 500y free (4:33.50) at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational
• Finished third in the 100y free (45.17) in the dual-meet versus UNLV
• All-Big Ten Academic
2024-25 SEASON:
HIGH SCHOOL: At Sacred Heart Prep, Ballard was a three-time West Bay Athletic League MVP and a two-time NISCA All-American … Placed first in the 200y free at the 2023 Central Coast Section Championship … Won the Sacramento Futures Championships in 2022 and 2024 with his club.
CLUB: Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics
PERSONAL: Born September 29, 2005 to parents Andrea and Andy … Ballard's grandfather played football at the University of Arizona ... Majoring in computer science and business administration.
BALLARD'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
• Finished 17th in the 200y free (1:36.33), 19th in the 200y fly (1:47.50), and 38th in the 500y free (4:33.50) at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational
• Finished third in the 100y free (45.17) in the dual-meet versus UNLV
• All-Big Ten Academic
2024-25 SEASON:
- Competed in the 500y free (4:30.58), 200y free (1:38.67) and the 200y fly (1:49.73) at the 2025 Big Ten Championships.
- At the 2024 USC Invite, Ballard was fifth in the 200y fly (1:51.57). eighth in the 200y free (1:42.9) and 10th in the 500y free (4:41.61).
HIGH SCHOOL: At Sacred Heart Prep, Ballard was a three-time West Bay Athletic League MVP and a two-time NISCA All-American … Placed first in the 200y free at the 2023 Central Coast Section Championship … Won the Sacramento Futures Championships in 2022 and 2024 with his club.
CLUB: Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics
PERSONAL: Born September 29, 2005 to parents Andrea and Andy … Ballard's grandfather played football at the University of Arizona ... Majoring in computer science and business administration.
BALLARD'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
| EVENT | TIME |
| 200y free | 1:35.62 |
| 500y free | 4:24.98 |
| 400 LCM free | 4:00.11 |
| 200y fly | 1:47.50 |
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Saturday, August 01
