Reid Arwood

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Back, IM
Hometown:
Asheville, N.C.
High School:
T.C. Roberson

2021-22: Posted NCAA B Cut times in both the 200 backstroke and 200 IM at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished fourth in the 200 back and 13th in the 200 IM at the Championships ... Took second in both the 100 and 200 backstroke against Dartmouth and Princeton ... Won the 200 back and finished third in the 100 back at Penn ... Finished second in the 200 back and third in the 100 back against Yale ... Took second in the 200 back at the Bruno Invitational and had seventh-place finishes in both the 100 back and 100 breaststroke ... Was third in both the 100 and 200 backstroke against Columbia ... Finished third in the 200 backstroke at Harvard.

2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Competed in all eight meets for the Bears … Swam in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and the 200 IM at the Ivy League Championships … Took second in the 200 backstroke at Cornell … Finished third in the 200 backstroke against Columbia … Placed third in the 200 backstroke and fourth in the 100 backstroke versus UConn … Claimed third in the 200 backstroke at Yale.

2018-19: Competed in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 IM at the Ivy League Championships ... Won the 200 IM against Cornell ... Also finished third in the 200 backstroke and fifth in the 100 backstroke versus the Big Red ... Appeared in three meets in his rookie campaign.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming at T.C. Roberson High School ... Selected WNC Student-Athlete of the Year and Citizen-Times Swimmer of the Year (2018) … Named Outstanding Male Athlete (individual sport) in 2018 … Two-time team MVP … Named Citizen-Times Athlete of the Week … Team record holder in 100 backstroke and 200 IM … 2018 NISCA Academic All-American … Also competed for the YMCA of Western North Carolina Piranhas … Team record holder in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke and 200-meter backstroke … Received the Sportsmanship Award (2017) and the Coaches Award (2016) … Achieved Academic Excellence in AP Calculus BC and AP Chemistry … Placed second in the WCU Math Competition … Named AP Scholar with Distinction … Achieved Excellence in Mathematics.

Personal: Son of Michelle and Rick Arwood ... Both of his parents swam at Emory ... Has two siblings, Alyssa and Fiona ... Alyssa was on the Duke swim team (2019) ... Undecided on a concentration.