Owen Chaye

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Medina, Ohio
High School:
Medina

BALL STATE TOP PERFORMANCES
50 Free – 20.11
100 Fly – 53.80
100 Free: 45.52

Highlights
6 Individual Event Wins (2021-22 Season)
3 Relay Wins (2021-22 Season)
11 Appearances in Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
Holds the Program Record in 50 Freestyle (20.11)
Holds the Program Record in 200 Medley Relay (1:28.02)
Holds the Program Record in 200 Freestyle Relay (1:20.38)
Holds the Program Record in 400 Medley Relay (3:15.16)

2021-22: swam the freestyle leg of the 200 medley relay (1:28.02) that finished fourth overall at the MAC Championships and broke the program record…swam in the A Final at the MAC Championships for the 50 freestyle (20.11) finishing third overall and breaking the 27 year old program record…member of the 200 freestyle relay (1:20.38) that finished third overall and broke the program record…placed 21st overall at the MAC Championships in the 200 freestyle (1:44.24)…swam the freestyle leg of the 400 medley relay (3:15.16) that finished third overall and broke the program record…captured the win in the 50 freestyle versus Miami (21.13) and versus Bellarmine (21.65) …

2020-21: Earned MAC Swimmer of the Week honors on Jan. 20 and Feb. 24…qualified for the B Final in the 100 freestyle (45.52) finishing 14th overall at the MAC Championships…also swam the B Final in the 50 freestyle (20.70) finishing 11th…placed 19th overall at the MAC Championships in the 100 butterfly (53.30)…member of the 200 freestyle relay (1:21.09) that placed third overall at the MAC Championships and ranks second best in program history…swam the freestyle leg of the 400 medley relay (3:18.24) that placed fourth overall at the MAC Championships and landed the relay a second best time in program history…

2019-20: Qualified for the B Final in the 50 Free (20.81) and finished ninth overall at the MAC Championships ... swam anchor for the 200 medley relay which combined for a program-record time of 1:29.91 to place fourth at the MAC Championships ... also swam anchor for the third-place 200 free relay whcih clocked in with the third-fastest time in program history at 1:21.37 at the league championship meet … placed third in the 50 Free (21.50) at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet … runner up in the 50 Free (21.59) at Eastern Illinois … claimed victory in the 50 Free (21.61) versus Wabash … runner up in the 50 Free (21.51) against Grand Valley State … won the 50 Free (21.56) at Evansville … placed second in the 50 Free (21.27) at the Butler Invitational.

High School: Attended Medina High School ... earned three letters on varsity ... qualified for state as a senior ... first-team all conference as both a junior and senior ... top times of 21.5 in the 50 free and 47.25 in the 100 free ... school record holder in the 50 free.

Personal: Parents are Jennifer and Ryan Chaye ... major is undecided.