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
2015-16 Swimming & Diving Roster
Pearson, Parker
Parker Pearson
- Position:
- Distance Free
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- New Vernon, N.J.
- High School:
- Delbarton
Bio
2015-16: Posted best time of 4:34.52 in the 500 freestyle preliminaries before taking eighth in the event final at Carolina College Invitational ... Added another best time in the 200 freestyle (1:43.65) at the same meet.
2014-15: Wrapped up his freshman campaign with best times in four individual events at the Carolina College Invitational … Mile time of 15:52.80 was good for the 10th-fastest in program history … 9:34.28 split at the 1,000-yard mark also ranked 10th on Duke's all-time performance list … Shaved nearly 50 seconds off of his 1,000 time over the course of the season.
Prior to Duke: Swam for John Romagna at Delbarton High School in Morristown, N.J. … Named team MVP and All-Morris County in 2013 … Placed third at the 2014 Central Zone Speedo Series Sectionals in the 1500m freestyle as a member of the Berkeley Aquatic Club … Two-year letterwinner in cross country and outdoor track.
Personal: Born John Parker Pearson on Aug. 13, 1996 in Brick Township, N.J. … Son of Michael and Christine Pearson … Has two older brothers, Andrew and Morgan, and one younger brother Trevor … Brother, Morgan, ran track and cross country at Duke (2011-12) and Colorado (2012-14) … Grandfather, Stanley Siegler, played lacrosse at Syracuse University … Father, Michael ('81), and mother, Christine ('84), are both Duke graduates.
Pearson Career Bests:
| 500 Free | 4:34.52 |
| 1,000 Free | 9:34.28 |
| 1,650 Free | 15:52.80 |
| 400 IM | 4:08.91 |
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