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2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Vladimir Cherry

Cotton Fields

  • Event Backstroke / IM
  • Class SR
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown The Woodlands, Texas
  • Previous School The Woodlands

Biography

NCAA Standards ('B' standards unless otherwise noted): 200 back (2024, 2023, 2022) … 200 fly (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022) … 200 IM (2025, 2024, 2022) … 400 IM (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)
 
Conference Championships: 200 fly (2023, 2022) … 200 back (2024) … 200 IM (2022)
 
All-Conference Honors: 200 fly (2024, 2023, 2022) … 200 back (2024) … 200 IM (2023, 2022) … 400 IM (2024, 2023, 2022)
 
Honors and Awards: College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team (2025, 2024, 2023) … American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year (2022) … SMU Male Freshman Athlete of the Year (2022) … SMU Honor Roll with Distinction (Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2022) … SMU Honor Roll (Fall 2021) … American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2022)
 
2024-25 (Senior): Saw action at seven meets for the Mustangs ... advanced to finals of the 400 IM during the ACC Championships ... earned podium finishes in the 200 IM and 200 fly during the SMU Invite ... won the 200 fly against OCU and UIW.

2023-24 (Junior): Appeared at 10 meets during his junior campaign … won the 200 breast at the Lonestar Last Chance ... made his NCAA Championships debut in the 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM … won gold in the 200 back with a time of 1:43.79 and placed second in the 200 fly and 400 IM at the A-Sun Championships … claimed second in the 200 fly against Texas … finished second in the 200 fly and 400 IM against Texas A&M … claimed victory in the 200 fly (1:43.33), 200 IM (1:45.51) and 400 IM (3:46.16) during the SMU Invite … won the 200 back with a time of 1:45.00 against Minnesota … claimed second in the 200 fly during the SMU Classic.
 
2022-23 (Sophomore): Saw action at 11 meets for the Mustangs … won gold in the 200 fly with a time of 1:44.27 and took silver in the 200 IM and 400 IM during the American Conference Championships … finished second in the 200 fly against Texas … placed second in the 200 fly against Texas A&M … took first with a mark of 1:44.59 against TCU … won the 200 back (1:50.91) and the 200 fly (1:50.81) against Miami and Boston College … won the 200 fly with a time of 1:44.00 and placed second in the 400 IM during the SMU Invite … claimed first in the 200 back (1:46.86) and 200 fly (1:46.42) against Oklahoma Christian and Incarnate Word.
 
2021-22 (Freshman): Swam in 11 meets during his freshman season … competed in the 200 back and 200 and 400 IM during the NCAA Championships … won a conference championship in the 200 fly and 200 IM with a personal-best times of 1:43.34 and 1:44.63, respectively, and touched the wall in a personal-best 3:44.94 to claim silver in the 400 IM during the American Conference Championships … placed second in the 200 IM against Texas … finished second in the 100 back during the double-dual against Arizona and Northern Arizona … took second in the 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM during the SMU Invite … placed second in the 100 back with a personal best of 49.98 during the double-dual against Oklahoma Christian and Incarnate Word.
 
Prep: Competed for The Woodlands Swim Team under coach Chris Collier … top 100 in world in 400m IM in 2021 … US Open, Junior Nationals Qualifier … competed for The Woodlands High School under Jeremy Wade … individual State runner up in 200 IM … helped team to 6A State Title in 2021 and runner-up finishes in 2019, 2020 … earned UIL All-State honors … USA Swimming All-American, TISCA All-American.
 
Personal: Son of Robin and Robert Fields … has one brother, Barley, and one sister, Karsten, who is a member of the SMU women's swim team … member of the National Honor Society.

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22FR

    Backstroke / IM
    6'1" 160 lbs
  • 2022-23SO

    Backstroke / IM
    6'1" 160 lbs
  • 2023-24JR

    Backstroke / IM
    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2024-25SR

    Backstroke / IM
    6'1" 170 lbs