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Season Preview: Men's Swimming

By Davis Barlow: Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

After climbing the mountain top in 2024, the Piedmont men's swimming program will look to repeat last season's success. Claiming the Independent South Swimming Conference championship by over 60 points, the Lions will need to repeat their dominance to go back-to-back.

Men's Swim 2024
  • Piedmont opens the 2024-25 season at home, taking on Columbia College on Friday, October 11.
  • Piedmont will have a home meet in both the fall and spring.
  • The Lions will compete four times in the fall and four times in the spring.
  • Once again, the season will end with the Independent South Swimming Conference Championship starting on February 13.
2024-25 Schedule
Men's Swim 2023
  • Piedmont claimed the 2024 Independent South Swimming Conference title after being runners up in 2023.
    • The Lions claimed the title by over 60 points, with Leandro Forero breaking three conference records in the process.
  • 15 swimmers earned All-Conference honors for their performance at the meet.
  • On the academic side, Erick Fortner and Will Donaldson earned CSC Academic All-District honors for the second time in their careers while Leandro Forero and Brandon Randall earned the honor for the first time.
  • Head Coach Teddy Guyer was named Coach of the Year for the third year in a row
    • Coach Guyer picked up his 400th career win during the 2023-24 campaign.
2023-24 SEASON RECAP
Men's Swim 2024
Teddy Guyer
  • Piedmont returns 11 of 15 All-Conference swimmers from last season, setting the table for another big run.
  • Highlight swimmer Leandro Forero returns for his senior year, flanked by seniors Ross Coppedge, Erick Fortner and Glynn Morgan.
  • The men's program welcomes four new faces to the team.
2024-25 Men's Roster
  • Teddy Guyer is entering his fifth year at Piedmont as the Head Men's and Women's Swimming Coach.
  • In his four years at Piedmont, Guyer has founded both programs which have seen 65 all-conference swimmers, 4 Women's Swimming CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), claimed an Independent South Swimming Conference title and been named Independent South Swimming Conference Coach of the Year twice.
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