Men's Swimming & Diving's Redding Wins ASUN Men's Swimmer of the Week

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - University of Delaware men's swimming & diving's Grady Redding won men's swimmer of the week the conference announced Monday.

Redding, a freshman, had a standout meet at West Virginia in Delaware's tri meet against the Mountaineers and Cincinnati.

He competed in seven events, recording a program record in the 200-fly at 1:44.85. The 200-fly time is the fastest in that swim in 2026-27 by an ASUN men's swimmer by 2.39 seconds and the fastest since Danny Kovac of SMU set the conference record in 2024.

The Delaware native also set the program's freshman record in the 100-fly at 47.12, while finishing second, his time in the 100-fly holds as the fastest in the conference this season. In the 400-free relay, he led off with a 44.47, setting the Blue Hen freshman record.

Redding set personal bests in the 50-fly (22.06), 100-fly (47.12), 200-fly (1:44.85), and 100-free (44.47). He recorded a first-place finish in the 200-fly, two second-place results in the 100-fly and 200-medley relay, and two third-place finishes in the 200-free relay and 400-medley relay, finishing in the top two in both of his individual events.

He now ranks as the #2 men's swimmer in the ASUN behind his teammate, Kade Snyder.

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