SMU Athletics

NCAA Standards ('B' standards unless otherwise noted): 800 Free Relay (2025, A) ... 200 free (2024) … 500 free (2025, 2024) … 1650 free (2025, 2024, 2023)
 
Conference Championships: 800 free relay (2024, 2023)
 
All-Conference Honors: 200 free (2024, 2023) … 500 free (2024) … 800 free relay (2024, 2023) … 1650 free (2024)
 
School Records: 800 free relay (6:14.24 - 3/26/25)
 
Honors and Awards: CSC Academic All-District Team (2025, 2024) … Atlantic Sun Academic Team (2024) … SMU Honor Roll with Distinction (Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021)
 
2024-25 (Junior): Competed at nine meets for SMU this season ... was a member of the 800 free relay squad that broke a school record at the NCAA Championships ... placed seventh in the 500 free with a personal-best time of 4:15.53 during the ACC Championships ... won the 500 free during SMU's double dual victory over Pitt & Utah ... helped the 800 free relay squad reach an NCAA 'A' Cut at the SMU Invite ... placed first in the 500 and 1000 free during the dual against TCU ... won the 500 free against OCU and UIW.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Saw action in 11 meets during his sophomore campaign … was a member of the school-record setting 800 free relay squad that finished in 6:14.35 during the NCAA Championships … runner up in the 200 free, 500 free and 1650 free along with claiming gold in the 800 free relay during the ASUN Championships … placed second in the 1000 free against Texas … finished first in the 500 free with a time of 4:23.53 against Texas A&M … claimed first in the 500 free with a mark of 4:31.40 against North Carolina and UNC Asheville … touched the wall in a personal-best 15:03.30 to win the 1650 free during the SMU Invite …  placed second in the 500 free against Minnesota … finished second in the 1000 free during the double-dual against Incarnate Word and Oklahoma Christian.
 
2022-23 (Freshman): Appeared in nine meets for the Mustangs … runner-up in the 200 free and 1650 free along with a championship in the 800 free relay during the American Conference Championships … placed second in the 500 free with a time of 4:39.68 during the double-dual against Miami and Boston College.
 
Prep: Junior Nationals qualifier … 2021-2022 Arkansas Dolphins Swim Team captain … 2021 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … 2021 Arkansas Swimming Long Course State Championship High-Point Award Winner … 2020 Arkansas Swimming Distance Swimmer of the Year … 2019-2022 All-State - Arkansas Activities Association Swimming and Diving (3x) … 2x Arkansas Swimming State Record Holder … 2x team state champions … 2x All Arkansas Preps Swimmer of the Year … 2020-21 USA Today Arkansas Swimmer of the Year … National Merit Commended Scholar … AP Scholar with Distinction … and National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Parents Tanesha and Craig Forrest … brother Reece and sister Molly … mother and father competed in Track/CC at Arkansas State University … brother competes in Track/CC at Hendrix University.