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2025-26 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Halsted Barton

  • Position Free/IM
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Saint Ignatius College Prep

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
500 FREE: 4:40.42 - at 2025 MAAC Championships (2/13/25)
1000 FREE: 10:04.50 - vs Marist (10/10/24)
1650 FREE: 16:30.13 - at 2025 MAAC Championships (2/15/25)
200 IM: 1:56.01 -at 2024 MAAC Championships (2/15/24)
400 IM: 4:04.98 - at 2025 MAAC Championships (2/14/25)

2024-25 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Competed in eight meets, including the MAAC Championships
• Scored points in the 1650 free and 400 IM, placing 11th and 15th respectively, at the MAAC Championships 
• Earned personal best times in all three events swam at MAAC Championships
• Finished within the top-three nine times, highlighted by two first-place finishes versus Geneseo in the 500 and 1000 free events (Oct. 26)
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team

2023-24 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Competed in all eleven meets 
• Two-time B-finalist at MAAC Championships in the 400 IM and 1650 free, finishing 14th and 16th, respectively
• Recorded a second-place finish in the 1000 freestyle at John Carroll (Jan. 19)
• Recorded three personal-best times at the MAAC Championships
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team


2022-23 • FRESHMAN SEASON
•Competed in 10 meets 
•Recorded two second-place finishes in the 1000 freestyle at SUNY Geneseo (Oct. 29) and John Carroll (Jan. 14)
•Recorded three personal-best times at the 2023 MAAC Championships


BEFORE CANISIUS
• Swam for Saint Ignatius College Prep under coach Justin Fernandez
• Four-year letter winner
• Most Improved Player on team during sophomore season
• All-state for 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons
• Named team co-captain 

PERSONAL
• Son of Tim Barton and Amy Wood
• Has two brothers, Andy and Mike, and two sisters, Claire and Merrill
• Majoring in sports and exercise healthcare

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Freestyle / IM
    5'10"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Freestyle / IM
    5'10"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Free/IM
    5'10"