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2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Daniel Matheson Season 2022-23

ClassSophomore
HometownPeoria, Arizona
Previous SchoolUSC
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Named to US National team roster for 2023-24 and for 2024-25
  • 4-Time NCAA Championships Qualifier
  • 5-time All-American
  • Named onto the All-Big 12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (2025)
SENIOR (2024-25)
  • In the NCAA Championships, he swam in the 500 free and the 1650 free.
    • 2-Time All-American: 500 Freestyle (2nd Team), 1650 Freestyle (2nd Team)
  • At the Big 12 Championships he won the 500 free in 4:14.37 and the 1650 free in 14:46.53. He placed second in the 400 IM.
  • Competing against Arizona, he won the 500 free (4:19.26).
  • In the Eddie Reese Texas Showdown, he was fourth in the 500 free (4:15.92) and in the 400 IM (3:45.69). He also finished fifth in the 1650 free (14:51.05)
  • In a meet against No. 24 Minnesota (1/10) he placed second in the 1000 free (8:58.82) and in the 500 free. (4:22.07)
  • Competing against Grand Canyon (1/4) he won the 500 free (4:21.69) and the 400 IM (3:52.31)
  • Competing in the NC State Invite (11/21-23) he placed third in the 1650 free (14:43.46), setting a personal-best and placed fourth in the 500 free (4:17.37). Also appeared in the 800 free relay and the 400 IM. 
  • In the tri-meet against No. 1 California and No. 9 Stanford (11/7-8), he took second in the 1000 free (8:49.26), third in the 500 free (4:19.75) and appeared in the 800 free relay.
  • In the dual-meet against No. 5 NC State (10/25-26) he placed 2nd in the 500 free (4:17.23), 4th in the 400 IM (3:48.89) and appeared in the 1000 free.
  • In the quad-meet against Arizona, NAU and GCU (10/12) he appeared in the 150 free and the 100 IM.
  • Won the 500 free (4:26.38) and placed 3rd in the 400 free relay, swimming the anchor leg in the season opener against UNLV (10/4)
  • Made three finals at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, placing third in the 800m free final (7:49.34) and taking part in the 400m free and the 1500m freestyle.

JUNIOR (2023-24)
  • Placed 11th in the 1650 free and the 400 IM and 15th in the 500 free at the NCAA Championships (3/27-3/30) as the Sun Devil men won the program's first NCAA title.
  • Placed third in the 1650 free, fourth in the 500 free and sixth in the 400 IM at the Pac-12 Championships (3/6-3/9) helping the Sun Devil men repeat as conference champions
  • Had third-place finishes in the 500 free and 1000 free at No. 23 Arizona (2/10)
  • Was second in the 500 free against GCU (1/6)
  • Won the 1000 free at Utah (11/20), and was second in the 500 free
  • Finished in the top-10 in four events he swam at the midseason NC State Invite (11/16-11/18): 500 free (2nd), 1650 free (3rd), 800 free relay (5th) and 400 IM (6th)
  • Placed second in the 1000 free and third in the 500 free vs. No. 16 USC (11/4)
  • Was second in both the 400 and 800m free in an exhibition meet with No. 4 NC State (10/21)
  • Took fifth in the 1000 and 500 free against No. 4 NC State (10/20)
  • Won the 1000 free and raced the 200 free vs. UNLV (10/6)
  • Finished third in the 500 and 1000 free while also competing in the 400 free relay against Georgia (9/23)
  • Took second in 500m free swimming LCM in season opener vs. Georgia (9/22)
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
  • Took 14th in the 1650 free at the NCAA Championships (3/22-3/25) to help the Sun Devils place second for the first time in program history. Also raced in the 400 IM and 500 free.
  • Placed second in the 1650 free and sixth in the 500 free at the Pac-12 Championships (3/1-3/4), helping the Sun Devil Men win their first conference title in program history. Was also seventh in the 400 IM.
  • Was second in the 1000 free in the victory against No. 2 Cal (1/21)
  • Took second in the 1000 free in the win against No. 12 Stanford (1/20)
  • Had a trio of top finishes at the midseason NC State Invite (11/17-11/19), in which he took third in the 1650 free, fifth in the 400 IM and sixth in the 500 free
  • Picked up the first win of his Sun Devil career in the 1000 free in the Pac-12 opener against USC (11/4) and was also third in the 500 free
  • In the home opener against Wisconsin (10/22), he placed second in the 1000 free and competed in the 500 yard free 
  • In the team's tri-meet against Georgia and Missouri (10/1), he placed fourth in the 1000 free and also competed in the 500 free
  • Made his Sun Devil debut in the season opener at Georgia (9/30), in which he took second in the 3x400 free relay and also raced in the 150 fly
PRIOR TO ASU
  • Before joining the Sun Devils, spent one season with USC, where he competed at the NCAA Championships in the 500 free and 1650 free
  • Scored 35 points at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships to lead all USC swimmers, including a fourth-place finish in the mile and a fifth-place showing in the 500 free
  • In October 2021, he was named to the USA Swimming’s National Junior Team
  • At Sunrise High, he was a four-time Arizona DII State Championships finalist
  • Was the No. 1 recruit in the state of Arizona in 2021
  • Is the Arizona state record holder in the 500 free, while also qualifying for the Wave 2 Olympic Trials in the 200 Fly, 400 free, 400 IM, 800 free and 1650 free
  • Named to the USA Swimming National Junior Team for the the 800 free and the 1650 free in 2021
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Senior
2024-25

Freestyle
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Junior
2023-24