COLLEGESWIMMING PROFILE
2019-20
• Appeared in all 11 meets during his second season with Biola
• Won the PCSC Championship in the 200-backstroke, setting a personal-best time of 1:53.94
• Added a personal-best in the 200-IM (1:57.23) to finish seventh and a season-best in the 100-back (:53.47)
• Had a personal-best of 1:42.37 in the 200-free to spur on a sixth-place finish at PCSC
• Helped the team to a program-best third-place finish at the PCSC Championships
2018-19
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Complete Times
• Swam mostly freestyle and backstroke events this season
• Competed in the 200-freestyle, 800-free relay, 100-backstroke and 200-backstroke at the PCSC Conference Championships
• Finished 1st in the 200-backstroke at the conference meet (1:55.36)
• Also, finished third at the conference meet in the 100-backstroke, setting his season best time of :53.09
• Recorded 22 top-3 finishes in his first season as an Eagle
HIGH SCHOOL
• Prepped four varsity seasons at Valley Christian HS in San Jose, Calif., graduating in 2018
• Made the sectional meet all four years
• Also played water polo for the Warriors
• Named an Athletic Scholar two times
• Also swam eight years at the Santa Clara Swim Club, which has sent swimmers to the Olympics
PERSONAL
• Born April 7, 2000 to James and Caroline Owens
• Has one younger sibling (Elianna)
• He enjoys scuba diving, camping, kayaking and playing Xbox
• Majoring in business administration, with hopes of a career in economics, politics and law
• Favorite Bible Verse: John 15:13
• Why I chose Biola: "I admire being loyal not just to Christ but to my friends and family."
