Dalton

Herendeen

Quick Facts

• Herendeen began swimming at age eight. His left leg was amputated below the knee shortly after he was born due to a blood clot. The Indiana native made his senior international debut at the London 2012 Paralympic Games where he swam the 200m IM, 100m breast, 100m fly, 100m back and 400m free. He lists Aaron Piersol as his idol and the most influential person in his career is U.S. swimmer, Alex Burtch
• Son of Steve and Lynn Herendeen
• Steve was a gymnast at Ball State University
• Has one sister, Chelsea, and one brother, Skyler
• His grandfather Rudy Thoman played basketball at Indiana University
• He loves to chew gum while he swims
• Assistant swim coach at the University of Mary Washington
• He was a top-8 finalist all four years in college at the championship level
• Was the first impaired swimmer to make it to the high school state team in Indiana.

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 4th (100m Breaststroke SB8 - Men), 6th (4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Men), 11th (200m Individual Medley SM10 - Men), 12th (100m Butterfly S10 - Men, 400m Freestyle S10 - Men)
• Paralympic Games London 2012, 9th (400m Freestyle S10 - Men), 11th (100m Backstroke S10 - Men), 16th (200m Individual Medley SM10 - Men), 17th (100m Breaststroke SB8 - Men), 18th (100m Butterfly S10 - Men)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2015 – 6th (100m Breaststroke SB8 - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Men), 7th (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Men), 8th (100m Backstroke S10 - Men), 9th (400m Freestyle S10 - Men)
• Years of participation: 100m Backstroke S10 - Men 2015; 100m Breaststroke SB8 - Men 2015; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Men 2015; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Men 2015; 400m Freestyle S10 - Men 2015
• Top finish: 6th – 2015 (100m Breaststroke SB8 - Men), 2015 (4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Men)