Maddie Ward

Photo by: Nick Monaghan

Photo by: Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos

Position:
Breaststroke, IM
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Walnut Creek, Calif.
High School:
Las Lomas
Major:
Fermentation Science and Technology

Career Mountain West Championship Placings
2020
5. 200 breaststroke
6. 100 breaststroke
15. 200 individual medley
2019
1. 200 breaststroke
3. 200 individual medley
3. 100 breaststroke
2018
8. 200 individual medley
4. 100 breaststroke
4. 200 breaststroke

Collegiate Best Times
100 FR | 53.31 | Northern Colorado - 2/1/19
200 IM | 2:00.04 | 2019 Mountain West Championships - 2/21/19
100 BR | 1:00.02 | 2019 Mountain West Championships - 2/22/19
200 BR | 2:09.85 | 2019 Mountain West Championships - 2/23/19

2020-21 (SENIOR): Elected as a team captain. ... Competed in the first meet of the season, then missed the rest of the year with an injury. … The school record holder in both breaststroke events, she still posted top-three times for the team this season in each race. ... Competed in 100-meter breaststroke at 2021 US Olympic Trials.... Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

2019-20 (JUNIOR): Started the season on the shelf coming off a pair of offseason surgeries, but once again placed in all three of her individual events at the Mountain West Championships, posting a pair of NCAA 'B' cuts. ... She placed fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.04), sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.60) -- both NCAA 'B' cuts. ... Now has earned seven All-Mountain West honors. ... Also placed 15th in the 200 individual medley (2:03.46). ... The day before conference began, hit a US Olympic Trials cut in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:10.55). ... Swam the breaststroke legs on the 200 and 400 medley relays at conference which placed fifth and fourth, respectively, both notching the third-best time in program history. ... Won the 100 and 200 breast in the duals against Pepperdine and New Mexico and again against Northern Colorado, as well as winning the 200 breast at Mines. ... .Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE): She enjoyed another record-breaking year for the Rams, lowering her marks in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.02) and the 200 breaststroke (2:09.85), while doing her part to lower the 200 medley relay mark (1:39.70). She also added the 200 IM standard to her resume (2:00.04), all of the record swims coming at the Mountain West Championships. ... She won the conference 200 breaststroke title, placed third in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM, helping the 200 medley relay placed third and the 400 medley team take fourth (3:40.29). ... Hit NCAA B cut iin 100 and 200 breaststroke ... Member of All-Mountain West team in 200 IM, 100 and 200 breaststroke ... Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

2017-18 (FRESHMAN): Broke two school records, including the 100 Y Breast (1:01.44) and 200 Y Breast (2:12.82)… Member of the 200 Medley Relay team that holds the new school record (1:39.77)… Multiple NCAA ‘B’ cut swims in the 2017-18 MW Swimming and Diving Championship… Placed in the top three season performers in all breaststroke events, the 200 Y IM and two relays ... Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ward, a native of Walnut Creek, California, swam for the Walnut Creek Aquabears and for Las Lomas High School… Ward was a high school All-American in the 100 breaststroke and in the 200 medley relay… She was also a league champion in the 100 breaststroke, and qualified for multiple national competitions… Ward also earned Scholar Athlete distinction.