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2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Steven Ryan

Cole Stevens

  • Position Back/IM
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Moraga, Calif.
  • Previous School Campolindo
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Enrolled in Columbia College

Biography

Top Times:
100 Back: 47.14 (2020 Ivy League Championships, 02/28/20)
200 Back: 1:44.31 (2018 Ivy League Championships, 02/24/18)
200 IM: 1:46.80 (2020 Ivy League Championships, 02/27/20)

  • 2020 First Team All-Ivy League (200 MR, 400 MR)

2019-20 (Senior)
First Team All-Ivy League as part of Columbia’s title-winning 200 and 400 medley relay squads at the Ivy League Championships ... Finalist in all three of his individual events at Ivies ... Top finish came in the 100 back, taking bronze with a career-best 47.14 ... Finished fifth in the 200 back in 1:44.73 and eighth in the 200 IM (1:49.87) after going a PR 1:46.80 in prelims ... Won the 100 back four times throughout the dual season.

2018-19 (Junior)
Won the B final of the 100 back at the Ivy League Championships, going 48.12 to place ninth overall ... Also finished 10th in the 200 back (1:46.29) and won the C final of the 200 IM with a personal-best time of 1:47.81 ... Swam backstroke on Columbia's 200 medley relay (1:26.61) and 400 medley relay (3:10.21) squads which set new program standards at the Ivy League Championships ... Won the 100 back at the Bruno Invitational in 47.96 ...  Swept the backstroke races in the season-opener vs. Army and against Cornell on Jan. 13 ... Won the 100 back (49.71) against Princeton and against Brown (49.95).


2017-18 (Sophomore)

Podium finisher in the 200 back at the Ivy League Championships, placing fifth in 1:45.23 ... Also placed 12th in the 100 back with a time of 48.12 ... Went 1:48.33 to finish 18th overall in the 200 IM at Ivies ...Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.77 vs. Brown ... Won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.88 vs. Bucknell ... Won the 100 backstroke (49.88), the 200 backstroke (1:50.20) and a member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.93 vs. Cornell ... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.22 vs. Princeton ... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:28.40 vs. Harvard ... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:30.06 vs. Yale ... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.40 vs. Penn ... Won the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.54 and member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:30.30 vs. Army.

2016-17 (First-Year)
Finished ninth in the 100 back (48.90) and 13th in the 200 back (1:48.31) at the Ivy League Championships ... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:33.63 vs. Dartmouth (2/4)... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.38, a runner-up finish in the 100 back with a time of 50.07 and a runner-up finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:50.45 vs. Navy (1/27)... Won the 100 back with a time of 49.73, a member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.99 and a third-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:51.19 vs. Brown (1/12)... Won the 100 back with a time of 50.21, runner-up in the 200 back with a time of 1:52.43, runner-up in the 200 I.M. and a member of the runner-up 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:31.02 vs. Cornell (1/15)... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:29.90, runner-up in the 100 back with a time of 50.13 and third-place finish in the 200 I.M. with a time of 1:53.90 vs. Princeton (12/9)... Won the 100 back with a time of 51.06 and a member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:31.73 vs. Bucknell (11/20)... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:30.97, runner-up finish in the 100 back with a time of 50.10 and a runner-up finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:50.55 vs. Yale (11/12)... Member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:30.82 and a third-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:50.63 vs. Army & Penn (11/4).

Personal
Enrolled in Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Back/IM
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Back/IM
  • 2018-19Junior

    Back/IM
  • 2019-20Senior

    Back/IM