2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Josh Matheny
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Upper St. Clair
- Club Team:
- Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics
CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
100-yard breaststroke: 50.99 (3/24/23)
200-yard breaststroke: 1:50.12 (3/25/23)
CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
50-meter breast: 26.84 (7/7/18)
100-meter breast: 59.20 (7/23/23)
200-meter breast: 2:08.32 (6/28/23)
200-meter IM: 2:05.81 (11/16/23)
400-meter IM: 4:43.11 (6/15/19)
CAREER ACCOLADES AT INDIANA
Seven-time All-American … Two-time NCAA medalist … Three-time Big Ten team champion … Three-time Big Ten champion … Nine-time Big Ten medalist … Three-time first-team All-Big Ten … Two-time first-team Academic All-Big Ten.
JUNIOR (2023-24)
All-American in two events … Finished sixth in 100-yard breaststroke (51.07) … Helped IU to fourth-place 400 medley relay (3:00.20) finish with 50.63 split … First-team All-Big Ten … Earned Big Ten silver medal in 200-yard breaststroke (1:51.50), part of 1-2-3-4 IU finish … Finished fourth in 100 breast at conference meet … Big Ten Champion in 400 medley relay (3:01.61), splitting 51.09) … Academic All-Big Ten.
WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS (SUMMER 2023)
Earned gold medal in men’s 4x100-meter medley relay (3:40.47), swimming prelim split in 58.45 … Took bronze in mixed 4x100-meter medley relay (3:30.51) with 59.12 split … Finished seventh in 100-meter breaststroke (59.45) … Qualified for 100 breast final with personal best 59.20 … Youngest athlete in final by three years as 20-year-old … Placed eighth in 200 breast (2:10.41) … Qualified for World Championships from Phillips 66 National Championships with runner-up finishes in 100 breast (59.20) and 200 breast (2:08.32) … 2:08.32 200 breast marked personal best.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
All-American in three events … Finished fourth in 200-yard breaststroke (1:50.12) in personal best time at NCAA Championships … Placed ninth in 100-yard breaststroke at national meet with personal best 50.99 … Earned NCAA silver medal in 400 medley relay (2:59.09), program’s first-ever time under three-minute mark … Posted NCAA’s fourth-best split in 400 medley relay in 50.31 … First-team All-Big Ten … Medaled in three events at Big Ten Championships … Took silver in 200 breast (1:51.23) and third in 100 breast (51.50) … Helped IU to Big Ten title in 400 medley relay (3:01.53) with 50.77 split … Won 200 breast at Ohio State Invitational in 1:51.68 … Academic All-Big Ten.
PHILLIPS 66 INTERNATIONAL TEAM TRIALS (SUMMER 2022)
Placed top 10 in all three events swam … Had top finish in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:11.45), placing sixth after swimming almost three seconds faster than prelim time (2:14.41) … Placed ninth in 100-meter breast (1:00.58), improving prelim time (1:02.14) by almost two seconds … Finished 10th in the 50-meter event (28.15).
FRESHMAN (2021-22)
All-American in two events … NCAA silver medalist in the 400 medley relay (3:00.76), swimming a 50.93 breaststroke leg … Helped IU to 15th-place 200 medley relay (1:23.31) with a 23.91 split … Finished 29th in the 200-yard breaststroke (52.56) and 32nd in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:54.51) at the national meet … First-team All-Big Ten … Big Ten medalist in four of five events swam at conference championships … Big Ten champion in the 400 medley relay (3:00.95), swimming a 50.76 split … Helped IU to silver in the 200 medley (1:22.51) with a 23.43 split … Took individual silver in the 200 breast (1:50.65) as the top freshman … 1:50.65 was ninth-best time in the country … The lone freshman in the A final of the 100 breast (51.65) as he finished as the bronze medalist … Just missed C final cut in 200 IM (1:49.19), placing 26th.
PREP/PERSONAL
Swam at Upper St. Clair in Pittsburgh for coaches Dave Schraven and Mike Densmore ... Earned four swimming letters ... National Honors Society ... Two-time 200-yard medley relay state champion ... 2021 district team champion ... Broke national age group (15-16) records in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke events ... 200-yard breaststroke World Junior Champion ... Helped Team USA break world record in the 4x100m mixed medley relay (3:44.84) at the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships, swimming a 59.31 breaststroke leg … Finished fifth at the 2020 Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke ... Son of Jeff and Kristin Matheny ... Has two sisters, Abby and Meghan.
