Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Boston College on September 26, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
2014-15 Swimming & Diving Roster
Armstrong, David
David Armstrong
- Position:
- Fly/Free
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif.
- High School:
- Thousand Oaks
Bio
Career: Two-time NCAA qualifier as a member of Duke’s 200 medley relay, earning honorable mention All-America honors his final year … Member of program record-holding 200 and 400 medley relays … Rounded out his career ranked fourth all-time at Duke in the 100 butterfly (47.47) and tied for fifth in the 100 freestyle (44.30) … Also sixth on the all-time performance list in the 50 freestyle (20.18) … Two-time member of the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll … Team captain as a senior … Transferred to Duke in 2014 after spending two seasons at BYU.
Honors: Honorable Mention All-America (200 Medley Relay, 2016) … CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team (2016) ... All-ACC Academic (2015, 2016) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016)
2015-16: NCAA qualifier for the second-straight season, garnering honorable mention All-America honors as a member of Duke’s 200 medley relay … The group became the first relay in program history to garner All-America honors with a sixth-place showing in the NCAA consolation final and a 14th-place finish overall … Relay took fourth at the ACC Championship while breaking its own school record with a time of 1:25.00 … That mark surpassed the NCAA automatic standard in the event … Also competed on Duke’s 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays at ACCs … Took 15th in the conference in the 100 butterfly and 20th in the 50 freestyle … 50 freestyle finals clocking of 20.18 ranked him sixth on the Blue Devils’ all-time performance list … Fourth in the 100 butterfly at the Nike Cup Invitational … Won the same event against Florida State and Queens (10/23) … Helped the 200 medley relay take first-place finishes against Pitt, Florida State and Queens, Old Dominion and William & Mary and South Carolina, as well as at the Nike Cup Invitational … Team captain.
2014-15: Member of Blue Devils’ 200 medley relay that was the first to garner automatic NCAA qualification since the ‘A’ and ‘B’ standards were implemented … Group’s school record breaking time of 1:25.03 at the ACC Championship placed the Blue Devils second for a podium finish … The relay went on to compete at the NCAA Championship, advancing to the consolation final before being disqualified … During the regular season, helped guide the 200 medley relay to three first-place finishes, including a facility record-breaking performance at home against Harvard and South Carolina (1/10) … Group broke North Carolina’s Koury Natatorium facility record at the Carolina College Invitational with a 1:26.49 swim (2/7) … Duke’s top performer in the 100 butterfly, placing 21st at the ACC meet at 47.74 for the third-fastest mark in school history … Won the 100 butterfly against UNC Wilmington (10/25) and William & Mary (11/7) during the regular season … Also competed on the Blue Devils’ 200 and 400 freestyle and 400 medley relays at ACCs … 400 medley relay posted a time of 3:11.71 for a school record.
Prior to Duke: Transferred to Duke after spending two seasons at BYU, where he was the Cougars’ top performer in the butterfly events ... Earned a spot on the All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation second team in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 400 medley relay as a sophomore in 2012-13 ... Won the 100 butterfly at the MPSF conference meet his rookie season ... Completed his prep career at Thousand Oaks High School in California ... Division 1 CIF champion and masters champion in the 100 butterfly as a senior … CIF Division 2 champion in the 50 freestyle as a junior.
Personal: Born David Warnick Armstrong on Dec. 28, 1992 in Norwalk, Conn. … Son of David and Rita Armstrong … Has three older brothers, Alex, Chris, and Nick, and one older sister, Connie ... Majoring in psychology.
Armstrong Career Bests:
| 50 Free | 20.18 | 6th all-time at Duke |
| 100 Free | 44.30 | t-5th all-time at Duke |
| 100 Fly | 47.47 | 4th all-time at Duke |
| 200 Fly | 1:59.56 |
On Duke's Relays:
| 200 Medley Relay | 1:25.00 | Duke record |
| 400 Medley Relay | 3:09.20 | Duke record |
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