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
2009-10 Swimming & Diving Roster
Carlson, David
David Carlson
- Position:
- Breast/Free
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Williamsburg, Va.
- High School:
- Jamestown
Bio
Junior: At the ACC Championships, set two career bests … in ACC prelims notched a career-best 56.19 in the 100 breast before posting a 56.37 in finals to claim 21st in the conference … competed in the 50 free time trial at ACC’s, registering a personal-best 20.76 … swam with Booth, Den Hartog, and Packer as a member of the eighth-fastest 800 freestyle relay at the conference championships which broke the school record and established an NCAA ‘B’ standard (6:34.83) … also teamed with Booth, Garvy, and Den Hartog at ACCs to break the Duke record in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:15.99 … recorded a season-best 47.50 in the 100 free versus N.C. State and Maryland … joined with Osterland, Garvy, and Packer to take second place at the Gamecock Invitational in the 200 free relay (1:23.00) … named to the ACC Honor Roll …
Sophomore: Recorded the second and fourth fastest times, and new career bests, on the season in the 50 free and 100 free at the ACC Championships with a 21.02 and a 46.28 respectively ... clocked the second fastest and career best time of 57.37 in the 100 breast, also at the ACC Championships ... member of the top 200 free relay and 400 free relay with Ryan Packer, Nick Garvy, and David Hahn, which broke the previous Duke record in each event at the ACC Championships with times of 1:21.85 and 2:59.63 ...named to the ACC Honor Roll ...
Freshman: Duke’s top 50 free performer, as he notched a personal best of 21.25 on a relay leadoff at the ACC Championships ... competed in the 100 breast bonus finals at ACC’s, finishing in 58.27 seconds for a personal best ... was a member of the fastest 400 medley relay team, as he combined with Kevin Arthofer, Jacob McCafferty and David Hahn to take eighth place in 3:28.31, a time which ranked ninth in the conference for the year ... was also a member of the fastest 200 freestyle (10th in the ACC) and 200 medley relay (ninth in the ACC) squads ... teamed with McCafferty, Matt Rinehart and Scott Champagne to record a Duke-fastest 3:06.96 (ninth in the ACC) for the 400 free relay ... touched in 47.17 seconds versus East Carolina for a personal best in the 100 free, placing first in that event ... also took first in the 50 free against the Pirates and posted a win versus Davidson in the 100 free ... was named to the ACC Honor Roll ...
Prep: Four-year letter winner at Jamestown High School ... All-District and All-State selections all four years ... team captain his senior year ... won state championship with team senior year ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American sophomore, junior and senior year ... All-District band junior and senior year ...
Personal: Born David Edwin Carlson on February 19, 1988 in Williamsburg, Va. ... son of Carl and Margaret Carlson ... has three siblings, Lisa, Eric and Amy ... thinking of majoring in electrical and computing engineering and math.
Career Bests
50 Free 21.02
100 Free 46.28
100 Breast 57.37
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