Upcoming Event: Men's Swimming and Diving at Coyote Extravaganza on October 30, 2026 at 6 p.m./10 a.m.
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6 p.m./10 a.m.
Men's Swimming and Diving
at Coyote Extravaganza
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Roan Walsmith - 2026-27 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roan Walsmith
- Position:
- Distance Freestyle
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Des Moines, Iowa
- High School:
- West Des Moines Valley H.S.
- Major:
- Business Economics
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025-26: Competed in exhibition at the Summit League Championships and posted personal-bests in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:44.37 and the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:46.38... notched a personal best in the 100-yard backstroke with a 55.21 at the Coyote Invite... recorded a personal best in the 100-yard butterfly with a 53.36 second time at the Coyote Invite.
BEFORE SDSU: Three-time individual state-meet qualifier in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle for Valley High School … placed seventh in the 500 freestyle as a senior … top showing in the 200 freestyle was a 13th-place effort his junior year … qualified for state meet as a prep freshman as a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams … also competed for various club teams in the Des Moines area, finishing with the Waukee Waves … won the 800-meter freestyle at the 2024 Iowa Long Course Championship … placed fifth in the 500 freestyle in both 2024 and 2025 at the IASI Short Course Championships … 2025 Speedo Sectionals long-course qualifier in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events
- Summit League Honor Roll (2025-26)
2025-26: Competed in exhibition at the Summit League Championships and posted personal-bests in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:44.37 and the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:46.38... notched a personal best in the 100-yard backstroke with a 55.21 at the Coyote Invite... recorded a personal best in the 100-yard butterfly with a 53.36 second time at the Coyote Invite.
BEFORE SDSU: Three-time individual state-meet qualifier in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle for Valley High School … placed seventh in the 500 freestyle as a senior … top showing in the 200 freestyle was a 13th-place effort his junior year … qualified for state meet as a prep freshman as a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams … also competed for various club teams in the Des Moines area, finishing with the Waukee Waves … won the 800-meter freestyle at the 2024 Iowa Long Course Championship … placed fifth in the 500 freestyle in both 2024 and 2025 at the IASI Short Course Championships … 2025 Speedo Sectionals long-course qualifier in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events
Friday, October 30
Friday, October 30
Wednesday, October 28
Tuesday, October 27
