Caleb Howell
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- Birth Date:
- 6/15/1997
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- Height:
- 6'3
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- Weight:
- 170
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- Hometown:
- Easley, S.C.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Easley High School
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- Events:
- Breast, Individual Medley, Backstroke
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- Major:
- Secondary Education
Bio
2017-18: Earned trip to National Championships in both individual and relay events. The men's side of Jon Lancaster, Nikola Tadic, Caleb Howell & Marcelo Figueiredo broke a school record by a whole three seconds with a time of 6:36.82 but finished 11th overall and moved up to 26th in the national rankings. Cracked top-six times in the 400-yard individual medley. Howell's time of 3:57.52 came in as the third-best time during the preliminaries. Sophomore Caleb Howell led all Carson-Newman swimmers after placing 10th in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Collegiate Open Water Championship. 400 yard IM medley: finished 5th in the same event in the 'A' final with a school record time of 3:54 at Univ. of Tennessee Invitational. Howell's time ranks 4th in all of Division II. Claimed second-place in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:06.12 at Nova Invitational. The time is good enough for the second-best time in the country in the IM event
UT Mid-Season Invitational:
200-yard Individual Medley: 1:47.90 (School Record)
100-yard breaststroke: 57.76 seconds (Season-best)
2016-17: Named All-Bluegrass Mountain Conference in the 200 breaststroke, posting a time of 2:01.46 that broke the program record...Grabbed wins in the 200 I.M. against Limestone, Cumberlands and Emmanuel, in the 200 breaststroke against Cumberlands and in the 200 back during C-N's December tri-meet.
High School: Was a four-time All-Region selection...Was a two-time team captain...Twice named Team MVP...Finished 3rd twice at States for the 100 back and the 200 individual medley.
Personal: Born June 15th, 1997...Majoring in Secondary Education...Member of National Honor Society.
News mentions
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Day three preliminary swims for Carson-Newman at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships placed athletes in ‘A’ finals for the third-consecutive day.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Day one of the Tennessee Last Chance Invitational wrapped up for Carson-Newman swimming on at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Day three preliminary swims have commenced for Carson-Newman as they look to gain some ground on Queens and Wingate before the final day of competition tomorrow.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman continued its impressive showing in the University of Tennessee Mid-Season Invitational on Friday evening.
MILLIGAN, Tenn. - Both Carson-Newman men's and women's swim teams collected first-place finishes on Saturday evening in a Quad meet which featured Mars Hill, Milligan and Warren Wilson.
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Carson-Newman men’s swim team collected a third-place finish after the second and final day of the 2017 NSU Shark Invitational. Day two brought forth two sessions, one at 9:30 a.m. with the final timed session at 2:00 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Carson-Newman men’s swim team currently sits in second-place after completing its five events in day one of the 2017 NSU Shark Invitational.
Gaffney, S.C. – The Carson-Newman’s swim team collected a 157-105 victory over Limestone College in their first dual meet of the season on Saturday afternoon. It is the second win in three years for the Eagles when they face the Saints.
Lawrence, Kan. – Sophomore Caleb Howell led all Carson-Newman swimmers after placing 10th in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Collegiate Open Water Championship.
KINGSTON, Tenn. – In preparation for the CSCAA Open Water Championships in Lawrence, Kan. next week, C-N swim competed in the Knoxville Open Water Race this morning.