Background
Ketchum was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ketchum was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
University of Michigan.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Ketchum earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning United States. team in the men"s 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He swam for the Cincinnati Marlins swim club as an age group swimmer, and later for Sycamore High School in Cincinnati. He then attended the University of Michigan, where he swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition.
He assumed the role of head coach of the swim team at Loveland High School starting in the 2009-2010 high school swim season.
During his first season as head coach he led the Tigers to their best results in history at the 2010 OHHSA Swimming and Diving Championship Meet where his boys finished 7th overall and the girls finished 14th overall.
He was a member of Michigan"s National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship team in the 800-meter freestyle relay, together with Peter Vanderkaay, Davis Tarwater and Andrew Hurd, in 2004.