Tucker Rice

Events:
Free
Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Billings, MT
High School:
Skyview
Squadron:
2 / Deuce

Top Times:
200 Free: 1:43.22 (Air Force Sprint Eliminator, Feb. 01, 2025)
500 Free: 4:24.00 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 27, 2025)
1000 Free: 9:18.82 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Mar. 01, 2025)
1650 Free: 15:19.06 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Mar. 01, 2025)
100 Fly: 53.95 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 28, 2025)
200 Fly: 1:58.09 (vs. BYU & Colorado Mesa, Jan. 25, 2025)
400 IM: 4:01.86 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 28, 2025)

Sophomore | 2024-25: Competed in 13 meets for the Falcons…Totaled 13 top five placements, with eight on the podium…Hit an NCAA B Standard and took fifth place with a 15:19.06 in the 1650 free at the WAC Championships…Won the 1000 freestyle against Nebraska-Omaha and Liberty (9:41.92)…Placed first in the 1000 free against Seattle U (9:30.65)…Recorded the season’s second fastest 500 free, 1000 free, and 1650 free times for Air Force…Hit six new personal best marks…Second Team All-WAC…Academic All-WAC…Named to the Athletic Director’s and Dean’s Lists…Will serve as a squadron A2 intelligence staff during his junior year…Spent the summer of 2025 at a summer language immersive program in Taiwan and completed Operation Air Force at Holloman AFB in New Mexico.

Freshman | 2023-24: Competed in 10 meets on the season…First place in the 500 free at the Art Adamson Invitational…First place in the 1000 free against Grand Canyon…Four finishes in the top three…Had an impressive showing at the WAC Championships, placing as high as eighth in the 1650 while improving on three career-best times.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 40…Major is aeronautical engineering…Minor is Chinese…Hopes to become a pilot.