Owen Chiles Season 2024-25

Pos.BACK /FREE /IM
YearFreshman
HometownBettendorf, Iowa
Swim Cloud

2024-25
Competed in eight meets this season… Achieved first place twice in the 100-yard freestyle… Finished second eight times during the season including twice in the 100-yard backstroke, twice in the 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley and the 50-yard freestyle... Grabbed eighth in the 200-yard individual medley and ninth in the 100-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Conference Championships… Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice… Earned NCAA B-Cut times in the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley… Grabbed All-Big 12 Second Team honors… Ranks third in program history in the 200-yard individual medley and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle.

HIGH SCHOOL / PREP
Attended Pleasant Valley High School … Earned First All-Team Conference three years in a row … Undefeated in all individual and relay events swam during the 2023-24 high school season … Registered first place in the 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay, and the 400-yard freestyle relay his senior year at the State Championships … Notched two Iowa High School State records in the 100-yard backstroke (47.64) and 100-yard freestyle (43.42) … Contributed to his team's fourth-place finish in the State Championships for the 2023–24 academic year … In 2024, he received seven high school awards/honors, including USA Today Iowa High School Sports Awards Winner: 2024 Boys Swimming Athlete of the Year, Iowa High School Swim Coaches Association 2024 Athlete of the Year, 2024 District Swimmer of the Year, 2024 Mississippi Athletic Conference Swimmer or the Year, 2024 Pleasant Valley High School Boys Athlete of the Year, 2024 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, and 2024 Mississippi Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … Swam in club for the Iowa Flyers Swim Club … Named a 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier in the 200-yard individual medley … Accomplished being a 2024 US Open Qualifier in the 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly, and 200-yard individual medley … Played a part in advancing his club team, holding club records for the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, and 100-yard butterfly during the 2023-24 season. 

PERSONAL
Born in Pontiac, Michigan … Has one brother, Jonathan … Son of Tom and Carol Chiles … His father played Golf at Northwood University.