Carson Foster

Collegiate career From 2020-2023, Foster competed with the Longhorns swimming team at the University of Texas, in Austin.

International career 2016 U.S. Olympic trials Foster competed at the 2016 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 400-meter individual medley where he finished ranked 43rd overall in the preliminaries.

2020 U.S. Olympic trials In preparation for the June 2020 trials, Foster trained six days a week, with practices as long as three hours, often performing dryland training as well. He also ranked third in the 400-meter individual medley. Foster swam a 1:57.99 for the 200 individual medley 2021 trial finals, placing fourth, with only the first two finishers qualifying for the team. In the finals of the 400 meter individual medley in the 2020 trials on June 13, 2021, where he finished in 4:10.86, Foster was leading through the final 100 meters but was passed by two competitors, Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland, who both qualified for the U.S. team. In a disappointing turn, though his time was just under two seconds behind the first and second place finishers in the close 2021 trial finish, Foster placed third, and failed to make the team.

Only a month after the 2020 trials, held in 2021, Foster swam a 4:08:46 for the 400 individual medley at the Southern Sectionals meet in Austin, Texas. The time, which was two seconds under his time in the trials, would have qualified him in the event at the 2020 U.S. Omaha Olympic trials, and would have earned him a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Foster also qualified in the 200-meter individual medley, winning the finals at the 2024 Indianapolis trials.

In 2024, Carson continued to train in the Austin area, and was managed in workouts by coach Bob Bowman, who took over as head coach of the University of Texas team in 2024.

Personal life Shortly after the Olympics, on August 16, 2024, Carson married Meredith Wolf, a former Manta Rays swim team mate, with whom he attended Sycamore High School. Wolf was a 2022 graduate of the University of South Carolina, with a degree in International Business. Ending a two year engagement, their marriage took place at the large venue provided by Cincinnati's Monastery Event Center.