Ryan Knipp

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
West Lafayette, Ind.
High School:
West Lafayette

2024-25 All-BIG EAST Team
2025 BIG EAST Championships: 800 Free Relay Bronze Medalist
2023-24 All-BIG EAST Team
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 800 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2025-26: Took part in the finals of two individual events at the BIG EAST Championships... Scored in 11^th place overall in the timed final of the 1,650 free, finishing in a season-best time of 16:14.50...Set a season-best time of 4:35.08 in the prelims of the 500 free to earn a spot in the B-Final, placing 16^th overall...Set a season-best time of 1:42.25 in the prelims of the 200 free...Helped Xavier to a fourth-place finish in the 800 free relay.

2024-25: Named to All-BIG EAST team and earned a spot in the finals of three individual events...Set a season-best time of 4:33.18 in the B-final of the 500 free, scoring in 11^th place...set a personal-best time of 1:50.24 in the 200 back prelims to earn a spot in the B-Final, placing 13^th overall...Set a season-best time of 1:40.57 in the 200 free prelims to earn a spot in the B-Final, placing 15^th overall...Helped Xavier to a third-place finish in the 800 free relay.

2023-24: Took part in three individual events at the 2024 BIG EAST Championships…Earned a spot in the Championship final of the 200 free, setting a personal-best time of 1:39.64 to place sixth…Placed 12^th in the timed finals of the 1,650 free with a time of 16:08.06…set a personal-best time of 16:01.52 in the mile earlier in the season at the Akron Zips Classic…Set a personal-best time of 4:32.64 in the prelims of the 500 free, earning a spot in the B-Final where he placed 14^th… Won a gold medal and earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the winning 800 free relay, swimming the third leg with a 1:39.66 split.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: Swam for head coach Chad P. Dillon at West Lafayette...Excels in middle distance freestyle...Has a personal-best time of 1:40.71 in the 200 free, set at the 2023 Boys High School Sectional - Zionsville...Has a personal best time of 4:33.76 in the 500 free, set at the 2023 IHSAA Boys High School State Finals...Was a four-time Hoosier Conference Champion in the 500 Free (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)...Won the 200 Free at the Hoosier Conference Championships in 2022 and 2023...Was an IHSAA State Qualifier in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and a state finalist in 2022 and 2023...Part of the program that won three Hoosier Conference Championships (2021, 2022, 2023) and finished in the top 15 at the IHSAA State Championships twice (2022 and 2023).

PERSONAL: Majoring in Biomedical Sciences at Xavier...Son of Susan Bogdanowich Knipp and Gregory Knipp...has two siblings, Christopher and Jeremy.