Natalie Ward

Position:
Distance Free
Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Basking Ridge, N.J.
High School:
Ridge

NATALIE WARD BIO
Freestyle, 5-7, Basking Ridge, N.J.
Career Best Times: 1:50.29 in the 200-yard freestyle; 4:51.16 in the 500-yard freestyle; 9:58.67 in the 1000-yard freestyle; 16:34.99 in the 1650-yard freestyle; 4:21.40 in the 400-meter freestyle; 8:53.31 in the 800-meter freestyle; 16:59.19 in the 1500-meter freestyle.
2016-17: Finished seventh in the 1650-yard freestyle at the 2016 GAC Invitational and 12^th in the 500-yard freestyle…also took 16^th in the 200-yard freestyle at that meet.
Prep: Attended Salpointe Catholic High School in in Tucson, Ariz., from 2012-14…attended Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J. from 2014-16…MVP of high school team two consecutive years…member of 2012 state championship team at Salpointe High School.
Club: Swam for coach Jim Wood, former Tar Heel head coach, at Berkeley Aquatic Club.
Personal: Full name is Natalie Claire Ward…daughter of Douglas and Susan Ward…was born July 25, 1998 in Boston, Mass. …she lived in Ascot, England in the United Kingdom until the age of nine…stands 5-7 tall…double major in communications and meda/journalism…member of Assist Teens community service club from 2012-14…a CREED mentor as part of Carolina Leadership Academy’s Rising Stars…her mother, Susan, was a swimmer and cheerleader at Ohio Wesleyan University.