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:
- Senior
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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
2019-2020: Howell began his season at the Blue vs. Orange Championships in which he won two individual races, taking home first place in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard IM at just 51.51 seconds, a program-record. Howell won the 200-yard IM at the King Invitational and won his first-ever Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week Award as a result. In C-N's dual-meet against Wingate, Howell broke two pool records with first-place finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard individual medley with times of 2:04.62 and 4:05.95, respectively. He also took home first in the 200-yard IM. On the first day of the Emory Invitational, Howell won the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:51:61, the best time of any swimmer in the nation at that point. On day two of the event, he won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:04.15. He also took second in the 400 yard individual medley at 4:03.84. His performance at the invitational earned him his second-career BMC Male Swimmer of the Week Award. In the Eagles' home opener, Howell won the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:02.71 which was the fastest time of any swimmer in the nation at the time. During prelims of the opening day of the UT Invitational, Howell swam the 200-yard IM in 1:50.12 which was also the best mark in the country at the time. On the first day of the BMC Championships, Howell took home first place in the men's 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:45.90, securing a gold medal and BMC conference champion honors. On the second day of conference championships, Howell took second in the men's 400-yard individual medley, tapping the wall at 3:53.51, his second medal of the championships. Howell earned an All-American honor by finishing eighth in the 'A' final of the 200-yard individual medley on the first day of National Championships.
2018-2019: Finished first in the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:52.19 vs. Wingate. The junior Howell collected his second event win on the evening beating out Wingate's Giacomo Viazzo by .09 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.14. The next day he grabbed top times in those extended distance events with a 2:05.25 time in the 200-yard breaststroke and 4:09.89 in the 400-yard individual medley again vs. Wingate... took home the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:51.88 at the Emory Invitational.Howell later followed up with a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke receiving 13 points with a time of 57.87 seconds. The next day, Howell won the 200-yard breastroke with a time of 2:03.77, that time was fourth in all of DII.
Caleb Howell had a spectacular day for the Eagles winning two individual events back-to-back. The junior came in first in the Men's 200-Yard Freestyle and the 400-Yard IM with times of 1:43.00 and 4:14.48. Additionally, Howell anchored the win for the Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay just a few minutes later to close out the meet vs. Lees-McRae... At the UT Invitational, Howell took home the 13th spot in the 200-yard individual medley earning a new season-low time of 1:48.32 and sits atop the record book in the event with a program low time. In another program record-breaking performance, the men's 400 medley relay of Ungur, Howell, George and Chad Andoljsek in a time of 3:18.60. He also set a new school record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:58.72... won the 200-yard breastroke and the 200-yard individual medley vs. Emmanuel... Finished first in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:51.47, fourth all-time in school history... After grabbing the top time in the 200 IM in the morning swims, Caleb Howell turned in a third-place finish and an All-BMC swim at 1:48.54 to grab 16 points... Won the 400-yard IM, breaking his own school record at the BMC Championships.Howell added to his list of All-BMC swims with a third-place time in the 200-yard breaststroke at 1:59.52 for 16 team points.
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
BOCA RATON, FL - The Carson-Newman swim team defeated the Lynn University Fighting Knights 146.5 to 96.5 on the women?s side and 153 to 89 on the men?s end in their first official event of the spring season.
The Carson-Newman swim team won every single event against Bluegrass Mountain Conference rival Mars Hill in a 319-82 dual-meet victory on Senior Day.
FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. – The Carson-Newman swim team took down the Savannah College of Art and Design and Emmanuel on the women’s side and defeated SCAD on the men’s end in a tri-meet in the Peach State.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw two school records broken and multiple athletes qualify for ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals in the preliminary races on the first day of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships in the Tar Heel state.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw two school top-three finishes and multiple All-Conference-worthy performances at the finals of day one of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships in the Queen City.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman Eagles swim team saw 16 different athletes qualify for either ‘A’ or ‘B’ finals times during the preliminary events of day two of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The C-N swim team saw 10 Eagles win All-Conference honors during final events at day two of the BMC Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw multiple swimmers qualify for All-Conference laurels at day three of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw multiple swimmers qualify for All-Conference laurels in the final day of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Senior Caleb Howell (Easley, S.C.) received his third Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week Award after his performance in C-N's tri-meet against Emmanuel and SCAD on Jan. 18 in Franklin Springs, Georgia.
Sophomore sprinter Roberts Zemturis set a new personal record and school record in the 50 free prelims with a time of 20.04 in the first day of competition at the Tennessee Invitational.
In its first home meet on the 2019 campaign, the Carson-Newman Eagles swimming team defeated the Lees-McRae Bobcats by a combined team score of 290-78 Saturday afternoon.
Senior Caleb Howell (Easley, S.C.) of the Carson-Newman swim team was honored as the male swimmer of the week by the Bluegrass Mountain Conference for the week of Nov.11 to Nov.17, 2019.
The Carson-Newman swim team will host Lees-McRae College on Nov. 16, marking their first regular-season home event of the year.
The Carson-Newman swim team will travel to Atlanta, Georgia for the two-day Emory Invitational on Nov. 8th and 9th.
The Carson-Newman swim team finished in third place on both the men’s and women’s sides through the first day of the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Carson-Newman swim team finished in third place on both the men's and women's sides at the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Carson-Newman swim team lost on both the no.13 men's and no.14 women's sides in a dual-meet against South Atlantic Conference rival Wingate.
Senior Caleb Howell (Easley, S.C.) of the Carson-Newman swim team was honored as the male swimmer of the week by the Bluegrass Mountain Conference for the week of Sept. 30th to Oct. 6th, 2019.
The Carson-Newman swim team eviscerated the competition in both days of the King Invitational, winning all but four out of 36 total events.
The Carson-Newman swim team will travel to Kingsport, Tennessee tomorrow for the squad's first official NCAA meet of the 2019-20 campaign at the King Invitational.
The Carson-Newman swim team held their fourth annual Blue vs. Orange Championships with Blue triumphing over Orange, breaking a two-meet losing streak by a score of 230-184.
The Carson-Newman swim team will open up their 2019-2020 campaign at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships in Lawrence, Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 a.m.