PJ Ransford

Class:
Senior
Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Pittsford, N.Y.
High School:
Pittsford Mendon

At Michigan
• Two-time NCAA Elite 90 Award recipient (2017, 2018)
• Three-time CSCAA All-American (2015, 2017-18: 1,650-yard Freestyle)
• Three-time CSCAA All-American Honorable Mention (2016, 2018: 500-yard Freestyle; 2016: 1,650-yard Freestyle)
• Big Ten champion (2016: 1,650-yard Freestyle)
• Three-time All-Big Ten (2016: First Team; 2015, 2018: Second Team)
• 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (D-I Men's At-Large)
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large (2017-18: First Team; 2016: Second Team)
• Four-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2015-18)
• Big Ten Medal of Honor (2018)
• Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship (2018)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016-18)
• Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2015-18)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2016-18)
• Team captain (2018)

2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
• 5th in the 1,500-meter Freestyle (15:12.54)
• 16th in the 400-meter Freestyle (3:53.60)

Senior (2017-18)
• Recipient of Elite 90 Award for Men's Swimming and Diving
• CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (D-I Men's At-Large)
• CoSIDA Academic All-American At-Large (First Team)
• Big Ten Medal of Honor
• CSCAA All-American (1,650-yard Freestyle)
• CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (500-yard Freestyle)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Captain
• NCAA Championships (March 21-24): Finished 6th in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:38.23) and 12th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:15.35).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 21-24): Finished 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:15.58) and the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:49.19) and 5th in the 400-yard IM (3:46.27).
• Ohio State/Virginia Tech (Jan. 20): Finished 1st in both the 500-yard Freestyle (4:21.64) and the 1,000-yard Freestyle (8:59.00).
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Won the 500-yard Freestyle (4:23.03) and the 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:01.88).
• UGA Fall Invite (Dec. 1-3): Finished 2nd in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:49.36), 4th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:16.43) and 15th in the 400-yard IM (3:51.09).
• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Penn State (Nov. 4-5): Finished 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:28.52), 4th in the 400-yard IM (3:57.00) and 8th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:40.59).
• Louisville (Oct. 20-21): Finished 4th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:28.79) and 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:06.47) and swam the 400-yard IM (4:01.85).

Junior (2016-17)
• Recipient of Elite 90 Award for Men's Swimming and Diving
• CSCAA All-American (1,650-yard Freestyle)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large (First Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 22-25): Finished 6th in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:32.35) and 19th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:14.65).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 22-25): Finished 3rd in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:38.72), 4th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:14.27) and 6th in the 400-yard IM (3:47.79).
• Ohio State (Jan. 27): Finished 1st in the 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:01.10) and 2nd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:25.32).
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Finished 1st in the 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:02.79) and 2nd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:24.92).
• FINA World Swimming (25m) Championships (Dec. 6-11): Finished 13th in the 1,500-meter Freestyle.
• USA College Challenge (Nov. 12-13): Finished 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:20.27) and the 1,000-yard Freestyle (8:55.40).

Sophomore (2015-16)
• Two-time CSCAA All-American Honorable Mention (500-yard Freestyle, 1,650-yard Freestyle)
• Big Ten champion (1,650-yard Freestyle)
• All-Big Ten (First Team)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large (Second Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 23-26): Finished 10th in 500-yard Freestyle (4:14.62) and 13th in 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:51.51).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 24-27): Won the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:36.61), finished 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:15.54) and 16th in the 400-yard IM (3:51.21).
• Finished runner-up in the 1,500-meter Freestyle (15:48.46), 10th in the 400-meter Freestyle (3:53.92) and 31st in the 400-meter IM (4:37.98) at AT&T Winter Nationals (Dec. 3-5).
• Penn State/Virginia (Oct. 31-Nov. 1): Won the 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:06.92).
• MSU Outdoor Invitational (Oct. 2): Won the 1,000-meter Freestyle (8:26.75).

Freshman (2014-15)
• CSCAA All-American (1,650-yard Freestyle)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 26-28): Finished 2nd in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:34.36) and 27th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:18.67).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-28): Finished 2nd in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:49.63), 5th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:17.15) and 20th in the 400-yard IM (3:51.65).
• Broke 31-year old U.S. Boys 17-18 National Age Group (NAG) record in the 1,650-yard Freestyle at the NCAA Championships.

Prep
• High School: Pittsford Mendon (2014)
• Four-time New York state champion.
• 2014 All-Greater Rochester Swimmer of the Year.
• 11-time Section V champion (six individual, five relay).

Club/International
• Club: PACK Swim Team of Pittsford (2004-14)
• U.S. National Team (2016-17, 2017-18)
• 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships (June 27-July 1): 3rd in the 1500m FR (15:01.82), 11th in the 400m FR (3:52.51), 14th in the 800m FR (8:03.55)
• 2017 World University Games (Taiwan): 6th in the 1500m FR (15:11.42) and 11th in the 800m FR (8:02.39)
• 2016 FINA Swimming World Championships (25m)
• 2014 Youth Olympic Games (Nanjing, China)
• Won the 1,650-yard Freestyle at the 2014 NCSA Junior National Championships.

Personal
• Full Name: Patrick James Ransford
• Birthday: Sept. 8, 1996
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Father, Michael, attended the University of Michigan.

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date
100-yard Freestyle	46.90	2/2/2018
200-yard Freestyle	1:37.78	2/2/2018
500-yard Freestyle	4:14.06	3/22/2018
1,000-yard Freestyle	8:43.37	3/25/2017
1,650-yard Freestyle	14:32.35	3/25/2017
200-yard Butterfly	1:52.56	2/6/2016
400-yard IM	3:46.20	2/23/2018