2024-25 Men's Swimming Roster

Jeff Kirik

Ryan Barclay

  • Event(s) Distance Freestyle/Butterfly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Knoxville, Tenn.
  • High School Bearden
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Accolades: 
  • 2024 and 2025 PSAC Men's Swimming Champion Scholar Award Winner
  • PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24)
  • D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
Personal Collegiate Bests
 
 200 Y Free  1:46.21  R  Magnus Invite  Nov 18, 2022
 500 Y Free  4:41.38  Magnus Cup  Nov 18, 2021
 1000 Y Free  9:32.00  Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships  Feb 15, 2023
 1650 Y Free  16:10.44  Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships  Feb 19, 2022
 50 Y Back  29.06  X R  Bengal Relays  Oct 01, 2022
 100 Y Back  59.91  R  Bengal Relays  Oct 01, 2022
 200 Y Back  2:01.54  Gannon vs Niagara  Jan 27, 2024
 200 Y Breast  2:22.87  Penn State Behrend vs. Gannon  Jan 21, 2023
 100 Y Fly  54.54  X  Magnus Invitational  Nov 17, 2023
 200 Y Fly  1:53.93  Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships  Feb 16, 2024

















2023-24: Named the 2024 PSAC Men's Swimming Champion Scholar-Athlete ... Swam three personal-best marks ... Touched the wall in 54.54 in the 100 fly at the Magnus Invitational (11/17/23) ... Closed out the home season with a time of 2:01.54 in the 200 backstroke against Niagara (1/27/24) ... Tallied a time of 1:53.93 in the 200 fly during the 2024 PSAC Swimming Championships ... Collected two-first place finishes in the 1,000 freestyle (10:13.16 vs. Clarion and 9:58.27 vs. Niagara) ... Notched a runner-up finish in the 1,650 freestyle (17:00.05)  during the John A. Pidgeon Memorial Invitational ... Tallied third-place finishes in the 200 backstroke (2:06.27 vs. Edinboro) and 400 IM (4:10.95 vs. PSU-Behrend) ... PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner.

2022-23: Named a PSAC Scholar- Athlete ... Also earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors ... Set personal-bests in the 200 Freestyle (1:46.21) and 200 Fly (1:56.72) also earned a pair of 11th place finishes (1,650 Freestyle and 400 Y IM) at Cleveland State's Magnus Cup ... Set a personal mark of (28.39) in the 50 Individual at the Bengal Relays ... Set a personal-best and moved up to fourth all-time in program history in the 1,000 Freestyle (9:32.00) during the 2023 PSAC Championships ... Also set personal-best marks in the 200 Backstroke (2:04.20, second place) and 200 Breaststroke (2:22.87, third place) during the Penn State Behrend dual meet ... Tallied a second place finish in the RIT dual meet during the 1,000 Freestyle ... Finished second in the 1,000 Freestyle during the IUP dual meet ... Won the 1,650 Freestyle and set a new pool record (16:37.54) during the Edinboro dual meet ... Notched a third place finish in the 1,000 Freestyle at the St. Bonaventure dual meet.

2021-22: Set personal-best times in the 1000 freestyle (9:34.37, fourth place) and the 1650 free (16:10.44, third place) at the 2022 PSAC Championships... also finished sixth in the 400 IM and 10th in the 500 free at that event... won the 1000 freestyle at the Penn State Behrend dual meet... was sixth in the 1000 free and eighth in the 500 free at the Denison and Cleveland State tri-meet... finished second in the 400 IM and third in the 500 free at the Edinboro dual... won both the 500 free and 1000 free at the IUP dual... at Cleveland State's Magnus Cup, set personal-bests in the 200 free (1:47.19), 500 free (4:41.38), 200 butterfly (1:58.52), and 400 IM (4:07.67) while finishing eighth in the 1650 free... at the dual meet with RIT, won the 1000 free and added a second-place finish in the 500 free and fourth-place in the 200 fly... earned a trio of fifth-place marks at the Youngstown State dual (in the 500/1000 free and 400 IM)... opened the individual season with a win in the 500 free and second-place in the 200 fly at the Saint Vincent dual meet... relay finishes included a win in the 200 medley relay at Saint Vincent... 13th in the 800 free relay at the Magnus Cup... and third place in the 200 free relay at the Penn State Behrend dual meet.

Personal: Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'10" 175 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'10" 175 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'10" 175 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'10" 175 lbs