Villanova Univeristy Athletics

PERSONAL BESTS

100 Breast (56.37)

200 Breast (2:03.06)

200 IM (1:51.80)

400 IM (3:58.51)

VVillanova Career: Is in the program’s top performers lists for three events, sitting eighth in the 100 Breast (56.37), eighth in the 200 Breast (2:03.06) and eighth in the 400 IM (3:58.51) … Has appeared in the Championship Final of the 400 IM twice and once in the 200 Breast … Named to the CSC Academic All-District team at the end of the 2022-23 season and the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2021-22.
 
2024-25: Saw season bests in the 100 Breast (56.45), 200 Breast (2:03.23), 200 IM (1:57.33) and 400 IM (4:03.69); BIG EAST Championships (2/24-27): Made the Consolation Final in the 200 Breast (2:03.23) and 100 Breast (56.68), finishing in 13^th in both; Rider (10/30): Finished third in the 100 Breast (57.33) and 200 Breast (2:06.66); Georgetown (10/26): Swam a 26.70 breaststroke in the B team’s third-place 200 Medley Relay (1:35.03).
 
2023-24: Marked new personal bests in the 100 Breast (56.37), 200 Breast (2:03.06) and 200 IM (1:51.80) while logging a season best time in the 400 IM (4:02.00); BIG EAST Championships (2/28-3/2): Swam a personal best time of 2:03.06 in the 200 Breast prelims to make it to the Championship Final where he finished eighth (2:03.69) … Logged Consolation Final showings in the 100 Breast (56.37) and 200 IM (1:51.80); Penn State (2/2): Finished third in the 200 Breast (2:10.41); Providence (1/13): Picked up a pair of wins in the 200 SC IM (2:09.29) and 200 SC Breast (2:23.09) … Posted a 30.00 second leg for the A team’s second-place 200 SC Medley Relay; La Salle (11/4): Led Villanova in both the 100 Breast (9.23) and 200 Breast (2:09.44), finishing second in both … Helped the A team to a 200 Medley Relay win, swimming a second-leg time of 26.07; NJIT (11/3): Finished second in the 200 Breast (2:08.34) and third in the 100 Breast (58.86) as the highest Villanova finisher in both … Had a 26.59 second leg in the A team’s 200 Medley Relay second-place showing; Rider (11/1): Posted a 26.17 breaststroke leg in the 200 Medley Relay, helping the A team to a third-place finish.
 
2022-23: Knocked down four personal bests in the 50 Free (relay, extracted, 23.51), 100 Free (relay, 48.74), 100 Breast (57.08) and 400 IM (3:58.51) … Became the fifth fastest performer in Villanova history for the 400 IM … Scored points for the ‘Cats in three individual events including a Championship Final appearance in the 400 IM for the second consecutive season; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Finished eighth in the 400 IM (3:58.51) while earning Consolation Final showings that landed him 13th the 100 Breast (57.68) and 10^th in the 200 Breast (2:04.19); Penn State (1/27): Swam second leg (27.50) for the second-place B team in the 200 Medley Relay (1:37.99); Providence (1/14): Part of a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 IM for Villanova, finishing third (1:58.18); La Salle (11/22): Saw a trio of second-place finishes, two of them in individual swims – 100 Breast (58.87) and 200 IM (1:57.75) … Swam second leg for the A team for a second-place (1:34.08) in the 200 Medley Relay; Penn (11/9): Touched second in the 400 IM (4:17.38); NJIT (11/5): Swam a 24.19 second leg for the A team in a second-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:35.13); Georgetown (10/29): Posted a 23.84 split as the second leg for the A team’s third-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:35.07).
 
2021-22: BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Contributed to the team’s score at his first BIG EAST Championship by scoring points in three events that he made the Consolation Final of … Finished 13th in the 200 IM (1:52.15) and eighth in the 400 IM (3:58.63), both for personal-best times … Was also ninth in the 200 Breast (2:03.15) after finishing less than a second shy of a spot in the Championship Final during the prelims; Penn State (1/28): Was fourth in the 200 Breast (2:10.24) and finished fifth in both the 100 Breast (59.74) and 200 IM (1:59.36); West Virginia (1/22): Swept fourth-place showings in the 100 Breast (59.84), 200 Breast (2:09.84) and 200 IM (1:58.38); Pittsburgh (1/20): Landed as high as third in one of his three races, posting a 4:10.58 in the 400 IM; Providence (1/15): Was just over a second off of the lead time in the 200 Breast (2:24.87), taking second in it and the 400 IM (4:37.22); La Salle (11/23): Touched in 27.75 during the 50 Breast and 1:00.32 in the 100 Breast, earning third in both races … Swam a second-leg split of 26.66 for the winning 200 Medley Relay team; WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Finished as high as fifth with a 2:05.77 in the 200 Breast, but set a new personal best in the 100 Breast prelims with a 57.96 swim; Penn (11/10): Won the 400 IM with a time of 4:11.63; NJIT (11/5): Went 2:12.70 in the 200 Breast for a fourth-place finish, his highest in the dual; Georgetown (10/30): Earned a third-place swim in his collegiate debut, posting a 2:00.74 in the 200 IM.

Club Swimming: Competed for Dynamo Swim Club and in 2021 was a four-time Futures Finalist as part of a Futures team champion … Member of the national team and was a summer Junior Nationals qualifier … Named a Scholastic All-American three straight years from 2019-21.
 
St. Pius X High School: Earned four varsity letters on the swimming & diving team during his scholastic career … Named his team’s MVP as a junior and a senior, and was selected as his schools Athlete of the Year as a senior … Earned first team Georgia All-State honors each year from 2019-21 … Two-time state champion on winning relay teams in the 400 free relay as a sophomore and the 200 medley relay as a senior … State silver medalist individually in the 200 IM as both a junior and a senior as well as the 500 free his senior year … Named to the President’s List academically all four years of high school for having grades of 95 or above … Winner of the AP Music Theory Award his sophomore year … Presented with the Charles B. Staats Memorial Scholarship and an Atlanta Swim Association Scholarship as a senior.
 
Personal: Born 10/8/02 in Atlanta, Ga. … Oldest of three children of Tim and Nancy Halloran … Has two younger siblings, Jane (15) and Lydia (15) … Father was a college swimmer at Washington & Lee … Enjoys baseball, music and the outdoors in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for the team atmosphere in the swimming & diving program as well as the school’s academic and athletic reputations … Felt that the team and coaching staff were supportive in all aspects of life beyond swimming and that made Villanova a special place when he visited campus … Plans to major in Business.