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2025-26 Swimming and Diving Roster

Matt Dilyard, The College of Wooster

Hayden Price

Hayden Price

  • Class:
    First-Year
  • Hometown:
    Canfield, Ohio
  • High School:
    Canfield
  • Major:
    Chemistry
  • Strokes:
    Back/IM/Free

Summary

Biography

2025-26: Made an immediate splash as a first-year, breaking one individual school record and two relay records … Broke 400 medley relay record for the first time on the first day of the home Wooster Invitational with a time of 3:22.78 … Leadoff 100 backstroke leg also broke school record at 49.80 … Also led off Wooster’s record-breaking 200 medley relay in 1:32.66 on second night of Wooster Invitational, improving on program’s oldest relay record entering that session … Lowered own 200 medley relay record on first night of NCAC Championships with a fourth-place time of 1:31.55 … Made it two-for-two in relay records and fourth-place finishes on second night of NCACs with 400 medley relay record time of 3:21.00, lowering own record once again … Also part of Wooster’s sixth-place 800 free relay that touched the wall in 6:57.15 … Qualified to the 100 backstroke championship finals and finished eighth in a time of 50.29 … Made a pair of consolation finals, placing 11th in the 200 backstroke (1:51.20) and 12th in the 400 IM (4:10.83) … 200 back time ranks him second in program history while 400 IM time places him seventh … Also swam in the 400 free relay prelims at NCACs … Capped off season by improving upon 100 backstroke record at Kenyon Fast Chance Invitational with a top program time of 49.76 … Posted two separate Timken Natatorium record times during the 400 medley relay (3:23.65) against Ohio Wesleyan, including the 100 backstroke (50.52) on the leadoff leg … Led off in the 200 medley relay for the final pool record time of 1:33.03 against Washington & Jefferson … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on November 18 after triple event wins in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, and 400 IM against Grove City College … Posted the seventh-fastest 100 IM time in school history at 53.86 at the Kenyon Fast Chance Invitational … Member of the fall semester AD Honor Roll.

Prior to Wooster: Four-time state qualifier at Canfield High School … Two-time conference male swimmer of the year and earned conference all-star honors all four years … Coached by Stacy Sowers … Member of the swimming and diving and track and field teams.

Personal: Parents are Sheryl and Bill Price … Chemistry major and psychology minor.

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