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2025-26 Swimming Roster

Nate Dower

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Yonkers, N.Y.
  • High School New Rochelle
  • Major Theatre and Performance & Film and Electronic Arts

Biography

Best Times:
50 Y Free: 23.66
100 Y Free: 50.38
200 Y Free: 2:01.41
50 Y Back: 31.37
100 Y Back: 1:00.81
200 Y Back: 2:23.20
50 Y Breast: 33.69
100 Y Breast: 1:12.42
50 Y Fly: 25.42
100 Y Fly: 55.16
100 IM: 59.80
200 IM: 2:07.69
400 IM: 5:25.34

2024-25: Achieved personal bests in the 50 Y Free, 100 Y Free, 50 Y Fly, 100 Y Fly, and 200 Y IM at the Liberty League Championships…raced his fastest 100 Y IM at the Skidmore Sprint Invite, finishing sixth…won the 200 Y IM against Potsdam…won the 100 Y Butterfly against St. Lawrence…won the 100 Y Backstroke versus Delhi…won the 200 Y IM and the 200 Y Backstroke against Brooklyn…won the 200 Y IM, the 200 Y Backstroke, the 200 Y Free Relay, and the 100 Y Backstroke against Mount Saint Mary…won the 100 Y IM and the 100 Y Backstroke against William Paterson, setting PRs in each race…won the 50 Y Free and the 100 Y Fly in the Purchase and Hunter tri-meet.

New Rochelle High School: Achievements include Honor Roll and National Honor Society…swam for the Huguenots under Kip Fierro.

About Dower: Full name is Nathaniel Robert Dower…is majoring in Theatre and Performance and Film and Electronic Arts…has a sister, Olivia, who also swam on the Bard College swim team until 2024-25.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25First Year

  • 2025-26Sophomore