Providence College Athletics

Swimming and Diving

Will Layden
Will Layden
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AT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE:

4-Time BIG EAST Individual Champion: 50-yard free (2023 and 2024) and 100-yard free (2023 and 2024) 
Only male swimmer in Providence College history to win multiple BIG EAST titles
BIG EAST Most Outstanding Swimmer (male) - 2024 
3x All-BIG EAST Performer in 2024: 50-yard free, 100-yard free and 200-yard free relay 
3x All-BIG EAST Performer in 2023: 50-yard free, 100-yard free and 200-yard free relay 
2x All-BIG EAST Performer in 2022: 50-yard free and 200-yard free relay 

INSTITUTIONAL / TEAM AWARDS:
2-time Providence College Male Athlete of the Year (Individual Sports) - 2023 and 2024 
3-time recipient of the program’s Horace Bowden Award, which recognizes the men’s swimming program’s most valuable student-athlete (2022, 2023, 2024) 
 

Held School Records In Following Events At Time Of Graduation (May 2024):
50-yard free: 19.66 (2024) 
100-yard free: 44.11 (2024) 
50-meter free: 23.25 (2024) 
100-meter free: 51.84 (2022) 
100-meter backstroke: 57.78 (2021) 

Held School Records In Following Relay Events At Time Of Graduation (May 2024): 
200-yard freestyle relay: 1:20.85 (2024) 
400-yard freestyle relay: 2:59.98 (2024) 
200-yard medley relay: 1:28.78 (2024) 
400-yard medley relay: 3:18.80 (2024) 
200-meter freestyle relay: 1:34.34 (2021) 
400-meter freestyle relay: 3:30.14 (2022) 
200-meter medley relay: 1:43.95 (2022) 
400-meter medley relay: 3:52.90 (2023) 

Set Providence College Freshman Records In Following Events: 
50-free: 20.81 (2021) 
100-backstroke: 50.07 (2021) 

BEFORE PROVIDENCE: 
Earned four varsity letters at Kingswood Oxford, three for golf and one for swimming.

PERSONAL:
Born on March 11... Son of Michael and Amanda Layden… Has one sister, Victoria.

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