Emerson Edwards
PositionBreaststroke/Freestyle
Height6-3
ClassJunior
HometownColumbia, South Carolina
Previous SchoolA.C. Flora High School
BYU Highlights
- Helped BYU men to top-10 finish at CSCAA National Invitational Championship (2023)
- All-MPSF 200 Breast Second Team (2022, 2023)
Personal
- Parents are Heath & Kim Edwards
- Brother of BYU swimmer Tanner Edwards
- Major: Business (Human Resources)
- Missionary Service: served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2019-21)
- Father, Heath, was a 13-time All-American at Georgia
- Uncle, Mark Giles, played quarterback at BYU (1973-75)
Before BYU
- Prepped at A.C. Flora High School under his dad, coach Heath Edwards
- Club: Palmetto Aquatics
- Five-time high school state champion
- Three-time club state champion
- USA Academic All-American
- Two-time high school Team Captain
- Four-time All-Region
- Three-time All-State
- Also recruited by South Carolina
Personal Bests
Event (Yards) | Time | Meet |
---|---|---|
50-yard freestyle | 20.64 | '22-'23 Mizzou Invite |
50-yard breaststroke | 25.02 | '22-'23 CSCAA National Invitational Championship |
100-yard breaststroke | 53.62 | '22-'23 CSCAA National Invitational Championship |
100-yard butterfly | 49.71 | '22-'23 NIC Time Trials |
100-yard freestyle | 46.45 | '22-'23 Denver Dual |
100-yard IM | 55.60 | '21-'22 Intermountain Shootout |
200-yard breaststroke | 1:56.14 | '22-'23 CSCAA National Invitational Championship |
200-yard freestyle | 1:44.76 | '23-'24 Intermountain Shootout |