FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State swimming and diving team has announced the addition of transfer Haley Rowley to the team. The Colorado native has enrolled in classes and will join the squad starting in the 2016-17 season.
Rowley, a native of Lafayette, Colorado and graduate of Centaurus High School, will bring an immense amount of ability to CSU.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome Haley Rowley back to the state of Colorado,” Head Coach Christopher Woodard said. “Haley is an exceptional talent, who developed into a national caliber athlete under the tutelage of Shawn Smith of the Denver Hilltoppers. Haley is able to swim a multitude of events, but we expect she will focus quite a bit on backstroke, IM and distance free and be an immediate factor within the Mountain West and hopefully on the NCAA stage, as well.”
Rowley was an incredibly accomplished swimmer in the Colorado high school ranks, earning 2015 Colorado Swimmer of the Year her senior year. Rowley holds the state record in the 400 IM, and participated in Olympic Trials in 2012 and 2015. Her 2:14.9 time in the 200 backstroke in the 2012 Olympic Trials placed her 26th out of 186 competitors. Rowley was also a Scholastic All-American in high school, and was the 83rd-ranked swimmer in the class of 2015 according to CollegeSwimming.com.
Rowley competed for Purdue in the fall, posting the team’s fifth-best marks in the 1000 free (10:09.27), 200 back (2:01.18) and the fourth-best in the 400 IM (4:26.05).
Swimming news courtesy of Colorado State Swimming & Diving.
