Nate Derby

Position:
Breast/IM
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Plymouth, Mass.
High School:
Plymouth North

2025-26 (Sophomore): Finished third in the 50 freestyle timed finals with a personal-best time of 21.90 at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships ... Swam a time of 55.30 in the 100 breaststroke finals at the MVC Championships, securing 12th place ... Finished 17th in the 200 breaststroke finals (2:00.45) and 16th in the 200 individual medley finals (1:51.91) at the MVC Championships ... Member of the program record breaking 400 medley relay team (3:14.61) at the MVC Championships ... Placed within the top-10 in all-time records in three events on the year – 100 breaststroke (54.98, 5th), 200 breaststroke (2:00.33, 7th) and 200 individual medley (1:50.02, T-8th).

2024-2025 (Freshman): Earned 14th place in the 100 breaststroke Consolation Finals at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a the eighth-best program time of 55.75 … Had the program’s fifth-best all-time record of 2:01.24 in the 200 breaststroke, placing 11th in the Consolation Finals of the A-10 Championships … Helped the 200 medley relay team to eighth with a combined time of 1:29.43 … Aided the 400 medley relay team to a time of 3:16.29 to take eighth at the A-10 Championships … Also swam in the preliminaries of the 200 individual medley, claiming 22nd with a personal-best time of 1:52.25.

Before UMass: A MIAA D1 State Champion in the 100 breaststroke ... Named a Boston Globe All-Scholastic Athlete ... Earned the Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete honors.