Accolades:

GNAC Swimmer of the Week: 1/26/2015
GNAC All-Academic: 2015

2013-14: Swam in all 11 of the Monks’ events and 38 individual races as a junior…also swam relay legs in 18 events…posted five top finishes with eight runner-up performances…opened the season with a win in the 50-Back (29.12) and runner-up finishes in the 100-Back (1:03.30) and 50-Fly (28.23) against Husson University on November 2nd…won the 100-Back (1:01.07, PR time) and placed second in the 200-Back (2:25.19) against the Eagles on November 23rd…advanced to the finals in four individual events at the GNAC Championship on December 7th and 8th…placed sixth in the 50-Free (24.38), seventh in the 100-Back (1:03.36) and 50-Back (28.76), and eighth in the 200-Back (2:25.37) at GNAC’s…also swam legs for the Monks’ 400-Medley and 200-Medley Relay teams at the conference meet…won the 50-Back with a 28.28 effort versus UNE on January 20th…posted top finishes in the 50-Back (28.56) and 50-Fly (27.11, PR time) versus Husson five days later…advanced to the NEISDA finals in the 50-Back (28.78), 100-Back (1:01.70) and 50-Fly (27.31) events and placed 16th, 17th and 21st, respectively. 

2012-13: Participated in all nine of the team’s meets and raced in 26 individual events as a sophomore…also swam legs in 13 different relay events during the season…notched personal-best times in eight different races as a sophomore…posted a pair of runner-up finishes with a 25.01 time in the 50-Free and a 29.34 effort in the 50-Back versus Elms College on November 11th…also clocked a personal-best 27.42 time and placed third in the 50-Fly that day…was the runner-up and recorded his fastest time (2:06.36) in the 200-Free in a meet with Regis College on November 17th…competed in four events and advanced to the finals in all four races – 50-Free, 200-Back, 100-Back and 50-Back – in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship on December 1st and 2nd at Simmons College…registered a personal-best 24.10 effort in the 50-Free prelims…placed fifth in the 50-Back (28.89)…posted his first collegiate top finish with a 1:03.53 time in the 100-Back at University of New England on January 13th…recorded a trio of personal-best times in the New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association Championship in early February…placed 10th in the 100-Back (1:01.28) and 12th in the 200-Back (2:15.79) finals and added his best time with a 28.04 effort in the 50-Back prelims…finished ninth with a 28:16 time in the 50-Back finals…also swam a leg - along with Gaulin, Gilvey and DelVecchio – for the Monks’ 400-Medley relay which set a new team-record with a 3:50.20 time and placed eighth in the regional event.

2011-12: Swam in nine competitions and 30 individual events as a freshman…also swam legs in nine different relay races…competed in three NEISDA prelims and advanced to the finals in the 100 Back (1:04.36) and 50 Back (29.29)…placed 16th and 14th in the regional events, respectively. 

High School:  Swam for three years at Biddeford High School...selected as team MVP senior year...qualified for the state tournament junior and senior years.

Personal: Preston Bowden, born in Biddeford, Maine...son of Wayne and Susan Bowden...majoring in Biology.