James Winterfield

Events:
IM/Free/Fly
Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Charleston, SC
High School:
Porter-Gaud
Squadron:
8 / Eagle Eight

Top Times:
50 Free: 21.21 (2024 Denver First Chance, Feb. 10, 2024)
100 Free: 44.26 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Mar. 01, 2025)
200 Free: 1:36.70 (Art Adamson Invitational, Nov. 21, 2024)
50 Back: 22.87 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb 28, 2024)
100 Back: 48.36 (Denver First Chance, Feb. 07, 2025)
200 Back: 1:47.42 (at Grand Canyon, Nov. 08, 2024)
50 Fly: 21.78 (Air Force Sprint Eliminator, Feb. 01, 2025)
100 Fly: 46.84 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 28, 2025)
200 Fly: 1:44.46 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Mar. 01, 2025)
100 IM: 54.14 (Intermountain Shootout, Sept. 29, 2023)
200 IM: 1:44.50 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 27, 2025)
400 IM: 3:58.40 (2024 Denver First Chance, Feb. 09, 2024)

Senior | 2025-26: Will serve as team captain.

Junior | 2024-25: Competed in 11 meets for the Falcons…Totaled 30 top three placements on the season…Won 22 races…Opened the season with seven straight dual meet wins…Placed second in the 200 IM (1:44.50) for an NCAA B Standard and personal best at the WAC Championships…Took third at the WAC Championships in the 200 butterfly (1:44.46) for an NCAA B Standard and personal best…Recorded Air Force’s top season times in the 100 free, 100 back, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM…Marked nine personal bests across the season…3x WAC Swimmer of the Week…First Team All-WAC…Team MVP…Named to the Athletic Director’s and Dean’s Lists…Will serve as squadron chief of staff during his senior year…Served as Basic Cadet Training cadet group deputy commander as the second-highest ranking cadet in the BCT chain of command during the summer of 2025…

Sophomore | 2023-24: Competed in 15 events…Finished as the second-ranked swimmer on the team (766.15)…Earned eight first place finishes in free and fly races…Placed top three on 13 occasions…Took fourth place in the 200 fly and eighth place in the 200 IM at the WAC Championships…Improved on eight career-best times.

Freshman | 2022-23: Responsible for three top-10 finishes at the WAC Championships, including a fifth-place standing in the 200 IM (1:47.11)…His time in the 200 IM still stands as the sixth-best time in the event in program history…Tallied 35 team points at conference meet…Set three personal bests at WAC Championships…Also established 10th-best time in 200 Free in program history at conference meet.

High School/Club: Competed for Avery Adams at Porter-Gaud HS…Six-time state champion…Two-time Lowcountry Swimmer of the Year…South Carlina Senior State Championships High Point Winner…Scholastic All-American…Four-year letterwinner…Swam club for South Carolina Swim Club.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 08…Son of Jeffrey and Laura…Has two brothers…Born in Dallas, Texas…Major is management…Hopes to become a pilot…Grandfather James served in the Air Force…Also enjoys bowling…Chose the Academy because he “wanted to compete in swimming at the highest level while challenging myself academically at the highest level. The Academy offers so many different opportunities that I want to take advantage of.”