Hokie Club2017-18
ACCs
14th - 100 Fly (46.85)
21st - 100 Free (43.64)
22nd - 50 Free (19.95)
2016-17
NCAAs
24th - 800 Free Relay (6:29.10)
ACCs
4th - 200 Medley Relay (1:25.05)
6th - 200 Free Relay (1:18.69)
10th - 400 Free Relay (2:56.26)
13th - 100 Fly (47.24)
23rd - 50 Free (20.16)
ACC Academic Honor Roll
2015-16
ACCs
22nd - 100 butterfly (48.31)
ACC Academic Honor Roll
2014-15
ACCs
23rd - 100 fly (48.37)
2017-18 (Senior)
- Swam in three events at the ACC Championships where he finished all in the top 30
- Placed first at the Virginia Tech Invitational in the 100 fly
- Competed in the 100 Fly, 50 Free and 100 Free throughout the season
- Accumulated 17 finishes all in the top three during the season
2016-17 (Junior)
- Qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay
- Competed in seven events at the ACC Championship
- Helped the 800 free relay register a season-best time of 6:29.10
- Swam the final leg of the 400 medley relay that swam a 3:09.11, a season-best, at NCAAs
- Finished 13th overall in the 100 fly with a career-best time of 47.24 at ACCs
- Swam a 20:13 in the prelims of the 50 free at the conference meet
- Led off the 400 free relay with a PR time of 45.79.
2015-16 (Sophomore)
- Swam a 3:07.79 in the 400 freestyle relay against UMBC and Gardner-Webb
- Part of the relay team that placed fourth with a 1:34.11 against Notre Dame and Pitt
- Finished third in the 400 freestyle relay with a 3:06.16 against Virginia and Towson
- Earned 50 points for the H2Okies in the 400 freestyle relay in the ACC Championships with a 2:54.62.
2014-15 (Freshman)
- At his first ACC Championships, earned Tech two team points with a 23rd-place finish in the 100 fly
- Earned a fourth-place finish in the 100 fly and a fifth-place finish in the 50 free at No. 21 Virginia
- Against Kentucky, took fifth in the 100 back and the 100 fly and helped the 400 medley relay team take second
- Swam the leadoff leg of the 200 free relay team to finish third at the H20kie Fall Invitational
- At Duke, took fifth in the 100 back and helped the 400 free relay team finish third
- At the Virginia Tech Swimming & Diving Challenge, finished eighth in the 50 free, helped the 200 free relay team finish third and the 400 medley relay team finish second
Prep/Personal
- A four-year letter winner at Princess Anne High School under Jay Smith
- Member of the National Record Relay
- District, regional, and state champion in 50 and 100 free, as well as 100 fly
- Named Virginia Athletic Council Male Swimmer of the Year in 2014
- Winner of the United States Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award
- Member of the National Honor Society and the Science National Honor Society
- Two-time Academic All-American
- Born on February 3, 1996
- Son of Lynda and Jamie Pierce