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2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Owen Putnam

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Langham Creek

Biography

Awards:
  • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Men's Swimming & Diving Team (2024-25)
  • 2X RMAC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)

2025-26 (Senior):
Team Captain.

2024-25 (Junior):
Appeared in all nine meets on the year... Broke one school record this year in the 400 IM (3:58.96), surpassing the record set by his teammate, Evan Siegrist... In addition to swimming the fastest 400 IM time in school history, he posted the second-fastest 200 butterfly time in school history... Opened the season with two first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle (22.57) and the 200 IM (2:00.39) to go along with a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke (55.82) and a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay (3:22.75) at the McMurry/Adams State double dual meet (Oct. 4-5)... Secured first place in the 200 IM (1:59.10) in the dual meet at Henderson State (Oct. 24)... Followed that up by aiding the 400 medley relay team (3:39.56) to a first-place finish and helping both the 800 freestyle relay team (7:03.54) and the 300 backstroke relay team (2:42.23) to second-place finishes at the Hendrix Relays (Oct. 25)... Secured a first-place finish in the 200 butterfly (1:59.98) at the Hendrix Classic (Oct. 26)... Won the 200 butterfly (1:56.23) and was second in the 200 IM (1:59.04) in the home dual meet vs. Trinity (Nov. 2)... Finished first in the 200 butterfly (1:50.34) and was third in the 400 IM (4:04.03) in the midseason meet (Tiger Invitational) at Trinity (Nov. 22-24)... Won the 100 butterfly (52.80) and was second in both the 1000 freestyle (10:12.07) and the 100 freestyle (49.62) at the McMurry/Austin College double dual meet (Dec. 7)... Won the 200 butterfly (2:00.99) in the tune-up meet (dual meet at Southwestern) before the conference meet (Jan. 25)... Made the A Final and finished eight in the 200 butterfly (1:55.81) at the RMAC Championships (Feb. 11-15), his third year in a row finishing in the top-eight in the 200 butterfly at the conference meet. He was also 11th in the 400 IM (4:03.96) and 12th in the 200 IM (1:53.81) while helping the Falcons finish fifth in the 800 freestyle relay (6:57.12) at the conference meet... Named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team... Also named to the RMAC Swimming & Diving Academic Honor Roll... Earned 2025 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2025 RMAC Championship Results:
  • 800 freestyle relay – fifth place – 6:57.12
  • 200 IM – 12th place – 1:53.81
  • 400 IM – 11th place – 4:03.96
  • 200 butterfly – Eighth place – 1:55.81
2024-25 Personal Best Times:
  • 400 IM – 3:58.96 alt adj
  • 200 butterfly – 1:50.34
2024-25 Season Best Time:
  • 200 IM – 1:52.61 alt adj


Langham Creek (HS):
Two-time District Champion in the 500 freestyle... Also played water polo.

Personal:
Twin brother, Jack, attends the University of Houston to play water polo... Is a captain of UTPB's Overwatch 2 ESports Team... Coaches a swim team in Cypress, Texas, called the Cypress Cyclones... Both Owen and his brother are swim coaches in their free time.



Current UTPB School Record:
  • 400 IM – 3:58.96 alt adj. – 2025

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

    6'0"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'0"