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2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Ian Feldmann/UMBC Athletics
Ian Feldmann/UMBC Athletics

Bode Neale

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Simpsonville, S.C.
  • Highschool Mauldin

Biography

2024-25

  • Named a team captain
  • Set 200 Freestyle Relay School Record(1:19.22)
  • Set 400 Freestyle Relay School Record (2:56.43)
  • Set 800 Free Relay Pool Record on Dec. 7 (6:39.45)
  • Set 200 Freestyle Relay Pool Record on Dec. 7 (1:21.93)
  • Set 400 Free Relay Pool Record on Dec. 7 (3:20.23)


2022-23

  • Earned three golds and a silver as part of four relays squads at the America East Championships
  • Competed in the finals of all three sprint freestyle events and posted a fourth-place finish in the 50 free
  • Earned bronze in the 50 free at the ECAC Winter Championships
  • Nipped for first by .09 second in the 50 free at Navy

2021-22

  • A three-time finalist at the America East Championships, posting a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle and a fourth-place effort in the 100 free
  • Anchored both of UMBC’s gold-medal winning freestyle relay quartets in Worcester
  • Earned a pair of bronzes in the 50 and 100 freestyle events at the ECAC Winter Championships

2020-21

  • Produced a brilliant America East Championship meet, highlighted by earning gold in one of the premier events, the 100 freestyle, edging teammate and Swimmer of the Meet Niklas Weigelt by .09 seconds 
  • Also earned gold as part of 200 and 400 freestyle and 400 medley relay squads
  • Swam anchor leg as UMBC ended the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay  
  • Edged by Weigelt by .12 seconds and earned silver in 50 freestyle
  • Also took second place in 200 free in Newark
  • His times in all three sprint events were personal bests

BACKGROUND: 

  • A two-time finalist at the 2020 South Carolina Senior State Championships
  • Placed third in the 100 free and sixth in the 200 free
  • Sister Lindsey, competes in swimming at Old Dominion
  • A fan of the NFL’s Chicago Bears

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Fly/Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Fly/Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    Fly/Free
  • 2023-24Senior

    Fly/Free
  • C

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Fly/Free
    C
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.