Anthony McDonald
Anthony McDonald
Height: 6-3
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Shreveport, La.
Events: Breastroke/IM
Previous School: Magnet HS

2017-18 Senior Season: Helped the 400 medley relay team finish All-Conference at the 2018 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, swimming the 100 breaststroke leg… Named to the Scholar’s List for the SCAC… Was named to the All-Sportsmanship Team by the SCAC.

Fastest Times:

50 Butterfly: 26.73 OBU and Ozarks 9/23

100 Backstroke: 56.91 Austin College Invite 1/6

50 Breaststroke: 29.11 Southwestern 10/21

100 Breaststroke: 59.01 SCAC Championships 2/14-18

200 Breaststroke: 2:13.92 SCAC Championships 2/14-18

100 Freestyle: 50.89 Austin College Invite 1/6

200 Freestyle: 1:53.92 Hendrix 10/5

100 IM: 56.08 Hendrix Invite 12/1-2

200 IM: 1:59.18 SCAC Championships 2/14-18 (Pre-Lims)

 

2016-17 Junior Season: Finished All-Conference at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships in the 100 breaststroke by finishing third... Was a part of three All-Conference relays: the 200 and 400 medley relays as well as the 800 freestyle relay... 800 free relay that finished second recorded the fourth-fastest time in school history with a time of 6:57.93... Named to the SCAC Sportsmanship Team for the Winter of 2017... Named to the SCAC Scholars List following the spring 2017 semester.

 

Fastest Times:

 

200 IM

1:57.77 SCAC Championships (Pre-Lims) 2/11

 

100 Breaststroke

59.26 SCAC Championships (Pre-Lims) 2/11

 

50 Breaststroke

28.87 vs Southwestern and Ozarks 11/12

 

100 IM

56.22 vs Hendrix Invite 11/19

 

200 Breaststroke

2:19.37 vs Hendrix Invite 11/19

 

2015-16 Sophomore Season: Claimed five All-Conference accolades: two as an individual and three as a member of a relay team that finished third in their respective events at the 2016 SCAC Championships… Finished second in the 100 breaststroke  with a time of 58.48 on February 12, the second-best time in school history… Turned in the third-fastest time in school history in the 200 breaststroke  with a time of 2:09.76 February 13… Swam the first leg (22.21) of the 200 free relay that touched the wall in 1:25.56 on February 11… Swam the breaststroke  leg (58.24) of the 400 medley relay that finished with a time of 3:28.20 February 12… Swam second in the 400 free relay with a time of 47.08, as the quartet finished with a time of 3:09.73 on February 13.

Fastest Times

Freestyle:

50 – 23.15 Centenary vs Hendrix 11/21/15

100 – 50.23 Centenary vs Austin College 1/16/16

200 – 1:49.98 Centenary vs Austin College 1/16/16

500 – 5:09.01 Centenary vs Hendrix 11/21/15

Breaststroke:

100 – 58.48 2016 SCAC Championships 2/12/16

200 – 2:09.76 2016 SCAC Championships 2/13/16

Butterfly:

100 – 56.20 Centenary vs Hendrix 11/21/15

IM:

100 – 56.71 Southwestern vs Centenary 11/14/15

200 – 1:57.07 2016 SCAC Championships 2/11/16

 

2014-15 Freshman Season: Finished All-Conference by touching the wall third with a time of 2:10.81 in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.81 at the SCAC Championships February 14… Recorded the sixth-fastest time in school history by finishing fifth with a time of 1:56.01 at the SCAC Championships February 12.

Fastest Times

Freestyle:

200 – 1:54.49 Centenary vs Southwestern 11/15/14

500 – 5:08.42 Centenary vs Hendrix 11/8/14

Backstroke:

100 – 57.82 Trinity Western Shootout 11/22/14

200 – 2:10.50 Hendrix Classic 11/1/14

Breaststroke:

100 – 58.98 2015 SCAC Championships 2/13/15

200 – 2:10.81 2015 SCAC Championships 2/14/15

Butterfly:

100 – 56.86 Trinity Western Shootout 2/22/14

IM:

200 – 1:56.01 2015 SCAC Championships 2/12/15

 

Prior to Centenary: Swam for head coach Butch Jordan and served as captain at Caddo Parish Magnet HS… Won a State Championship in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in 2013… Finished All-State all four years for the Mustangs… Graduate from Caddo Parish Magna Cum Laude.

 

Personal: Full name is Anthony Patrick McDonald… Born July 22 in Brunswick, Maine… Son of Barbara and Patrick McDonald… Has one sister, Isabella, and three brothers, Alex, Andrew and Avery… Majoring in political science and history at Centenary.

Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy

Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, socializing and reading