William & Mary Athletics

2019-20
CAA Champion in both the 500 free and the 1,650 free ... Also finished as runner-up in the 400 IM to earn All-CAA honors ... Named second-team All-State by VaSID in the freestyles ... Broke the pool record and dual-meet record in the 1,000 free on Senior Day against George Washington, with a lifetime-best 9:21.58 ... Named the CAA Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 28 following that performance ... At the mid-season West Virginia Invitational, finished fourth in both the 1,650 free and the 400 IM, while also taking fifth in the 500 free and eighth in the 200 fly ... Ranked second on the team with 22 wins and third with 345.5 points ... Finished his career ranked fifth in school history in both wins (70) and points (1,133) ... Finished top-three in every dual-meet race over his final two years except for three times total ... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll during the fall for having a GPA over 3.0 ... Named an Honorable Mention Scholar All-America by the CSCAA.

2018-19
Earned All-CAA honors in each of his three events at the conference championships ... Finished second in both the 1,650 free and the 400 IM ... Took third in the 500 free ... Named the CAA Swimmer of the Week twice during the regular season ... First honor came after the CAA Pod Meet in November, where he swept the 500, 1,650, and the 400 IM ... Broke the pool record of 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist Dave Wharton in the 400 IM ... Set W&M dual-meet records in all three events ... Also named CAA Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 22, after going 3-for-3 against Davidson ... At the TYR Invitational in November, finished third in the 500 free and 1,650 free, second in the 400 IM, and seventh in the 200 fly ... Ranked second on the team in both points and wins, setting career-highs at 332.5 and 23, respectively ... Finished in the top three of 39 of his 42 individual races on the year (92.9%) ... CAA Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0.

2017-18
All-CAA for the second year in a row, finishing third in the 1,650 free ... Also made the championship finals in the 400 IM and the 200 fly, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively ... Third on the team in both points (239.0) and wins (15) ... Won 11 of his 15 races during the fall semester ... At the Big Al Invitational, finished fifth in the 1,650 free, as well as seventh in the 400 IM and eighth in the 200 fly ... Undefeated in dual-meet 200 fly on the year, as well as winning four of five dual-meet 400 IM races ... Broke the dual-meet record 200 fly during the CAA Pod Meet, swimming 1:50.52 ... Broke the W&M pool record in the 400 IM against Davidson on Senior Day, swimming 3:59.85 ... During the summer, broke the school record in the 800m free twice in one weekend at the USA Swimming Futures Championships ... Swam 8:39.26 during his 1,500m race on the first night of competition ... On the final day, swimming the actual 800m free, swam 8:34.46.

2016-17
CAA Champion in the 400 IM ... Swam a freshman-record 3:49.46 in the finals to win ... Also earned All-CAA honors as the runner-up in the 1,650 free ... Fifth overall in the 500 free ... Tied for third on the team and second among freshmen with 216 points ... Third on the team with 10 individual victories ... Over the course of two meets in the fall, broke W&M's dual-meet records in the 500 free, 1,000 free, and the 1,650 free ... Swam 4:35.91 in the 500 and 16:04.58 in the 1,650 back-to-back days during the quad meet at Virginia Tech ... One week later, swam 9:25.49 in the 1,000 free at Towson ... During Senior Day against VMI, swam 3:59.87 to break the pool record in the 400 IM that had stood since being set by Olympian Frederick Hviid back in 1992 ... Had three A-finals swims at the Hokie Fall Invitational, taking fourth in the 1,650 free and the 400 IM as well as fifth in the 500 free ... Over the summer, competed at the USA Swimming Open Water Nationals ... Finished 31st overall ... Took third in the 400m IM and fourth in the 200m fly at the Virginia Long Course Championships.

Prep
Scholastic All-American ... NISCA Scholar All-American ... Qualified for both Winter Nationals and Summer Junior Nationals ... Three-times all-state in the 500 free ... County and conference record-holder in the 500 free and 200 IM ... Won the 500 free county title all four years of high school ... County Swimmer of the Year as a senior ... Earned a silver medal on the National Latin exam.

Personal
Son of Antone and Carolyn Balbo ... Father played soccer at Franklin & Marshall.