2021-22 Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Josh Walters
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Butterfly/Backstroke
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 177
- Hometown:
- Durban, South Africa
- Prev School:
- Clifton School
Earned a trio of bronze medals as part of the 200 medley (1:27.47) 200 freestyle (1:19.22) 400 medley (3:13.26) relay races at the WAC Championships... Individually he finished eighth in the 100 butterfly (49.05) and 15th in the 50 freestyle (20.56)... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
2019-20
Qualified for the CSCAA National Invitational Championships in the 50 (22.18) and 100-yard butterfly (47.62) and 50 freestyle (20.34)... Set a CBU record in the 100 fly (47.62) and secured an All-WAC, third-place finish in the 200-medley relay in record time (1:26.89)... Also took fourth in the 400-free relay (2:57.07) and fifth in the 200-free (1:20.33) and 400-medley relays (3:13.53) at the WAC Championships... Added three more top-14 finishes in the WAC: eighth in the 100 fly (47.62), 13th in the 100 free (44.71) and 14th in the 50 free (20.34).
?? RECORD ALERT ??
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 28, 2020
Josh Walters updates his own CBU record in the 100-yard butterfly, with a time of 47.62 seconds. It bests his previous PR of 47.74 in the event from last season, and secures him eighth place in the @wacsports.#LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/CmdpCzIHft
?? WHAT A START ??
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) February 27, 2020
CBU's men secure an all-conference finish in the first championship final of the @WACsports meet, as Jacob Leahy, Sean Foster, Josh Walters and Matthew Niculae take third in a Lancer record time of 1:26.89. #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/66RfnXRXZx
2018-19????
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 17, 2019
Sean Foster won twice on day two of the UNLV Invite. He won the 100 breast (55.32) and nearly set a new 200-medley relay record with Jacob Leahy, Josh Walters and Matthew Niculae. The team won in 1:27.72, just .07 of a second off the program best of 1:27.65.#LanceUp? pic.twitter.com/Cuk0sLveMQ
Won CSCAA National Invitational Championships in the 200 (1:19.63) and 400-free relays (2:54.39)... Secured four other CSCAA NIC All-American finishes in the 50 butterfly (second, 21.64); 400-medley relay (second, 3:11.59); 50 free (third, 20.33) and 200-medley relay (1:28.76)... Claimed victory in the 400-free relay (2:54.93) at the WAC Championships... Added CSCAA NIC All-American honorable mention in the 100 fly (11th, 47.78)... Picked up All-WAC finishes in the 200-medley (second, 1:27.65); 400-medley (second, 3:10.09) and 200-free relays (1:18.95)... Also took fifth in the 100 free (44.07) and 100 fly (47.74) and seventh in the 50 free (20.20) at the WAC Championships... Set CBU records in the 100 butterfly (47.74), 200 (1:18.95) and 400-free relays (2:54.39) and 200 (1:27.65) and 400-medley relays (3:10.09)... Logged three top-10 and personal-best times in CBU's all-time record book: 100 free freestyle (third, 44.06); 50 free (fourth, 20.11) and 100 individual medley (seventh, 52.45).
?? CBU goes 1-2, 5 in the 100-yard freestyle! ??
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) March 3, 2019
Jerome Heidrich wins his third @WACsports title, and breaks the CBU record by more than a second (42.91). Jacob Leahy breaks the previous Lancer record (44.09), too, to take second (43.56). Josh Walters takes fifth (44.07). pic.twitter.com/oUvGtccGHt
2017-18There were three new CBU records set in the @WACsports prelims today. Rebeca Oviedo updated the 200 free record (1:49.08), Jacob Leahy did so in the 100 back (47.22) and Josh Walters (47.82) and Justin Quiroga (48.02) both beat the record in the 100 fly.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/0ZBLvLxJMU
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) March 1, 2019
Earned four All-American awards with top-eight finishes in the 400-free relay (third, 2:56.61); 400-medley relay (sixth, 3:13.64) and 200-medley relay (seventh, 1:28.32) and 200-free relay (eighth, 1:21.09) at the NCAA Division II Championships... Added All-American honorable mention in the 100 back (12th, 48.40)... Set CBU records in the 200 and 400-free relays and 200 and 400-medley relays at NCAAs... Won the RMAC title in the 400-free relay (2:57.66)... Added All-RMAC awards in the 400-medley relays (second, 3:15.23) and 100 back (third, 48.71).
Leahy, Tolman, Walters & Heidrich go All-American in the 400 Medley Relay! The men’s relay finishes 6th on the podium #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/8WgqzbmamT
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) March 16, 2018
HIGH SCHOOLThe Men’s 200 Free relay makes it on the podium tonight in 8th! (Walters, Quiroga, Leahy & Heidrich) #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/kY1aJvWt2u
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) March 15, 2018
Attended Clifton School in South Africa, where he graduated in 2015... Earned a total of 12 gold and four silver medals at international competitions... Won five goal and two silver medals at 2016 Africa Games... Took home four gold and one silver medal at 2013 Ireland Age Group Meet... Captured three golds and a silver at 2011 Africa Games... Served as high school captain in 2015 and competed in 2014 Mare Nostrum Tour... Swam club with Seagulls Swimming.
PERSONAL
Born and raised in Durban, South Africa... Son of Brett and Shantelle Walters... Has one sibling, Centagne... Civil engineering major, with a minor in aerospace... Plans to pursue a career in mechanical engineering and see how far he can take swimming after graduation... Enjoys surfing, motorbike riding and eating... Lists 1 Thessalonians 2:12 as his favorite Bible verse.
