Expected to compete in backstroke and sprint freestyle events as a senior in 2018-19.
2017-18: Participated in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 100-yard butterfly ... hit the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)-qualifying time all 12 times he competed in the 100-yard backstroke and all eight times he competed in the 200-yard backstroke ... also hit the conference standard three times in the 50-yard freestyle ... won gold in the 100-yard backstroke at the Wooster Invite with a season-best time of 51.34 ... also won gold in the event against Tiffin with a time of 54.24 ... clocked a season-best time of 1:53.69 in the 200-yard backstroke at the Wooster Invite to place fourth ... medaled at the PSAC Championships with a time of 52.22 to place eighth in the 100-yard backstroke ... recorded 13 top-three finishes in all individual events ... swam on the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley, 400-yard medley, 3x100-yard backstroke and 400-yard IM relay teams ... a member of Gannon's fastest 200-yard medley relay team that placed second at the Wooster Invite with a time of 1:34.20 ... that same team placed fifth at the PSAC Championships (1:34.83) and first against Shippensburg (1:37.70) ... part of Gannon's fastest 400-yard medley relay team that placed sixth at the PSAC Championships with a time of 3:30.37 ... led the 200-yard freestyle relay team to victory against John Carroll with a time of 1:27.49 ... a member of the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay team against Shippensburg (3:13.41).
2016-17: Participated in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 1000-yard freestyle and 200-yard IM … finished runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke against Edinboro (54.97) and Tiffin (56.65) … added a runner-up trophy in the 200-yard backstroke (2:05.87) against Bloomsburg … recorded 14 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying times in three different events … met conference standards in six of seven 100-yard backstroke events, five of eight 200-yard backstroke races and three of four 50-yard freestyle events … had seven top-three finishes … generated a season-best 100-yard backstroke time of 51.87 at the PSAC Championships, representing the second-fastest time in program history … had a season-best 200-yard backstroke time of 1:54.99 at the conference championships, equaling the fifth-fastest time in school history … secured his season-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (21.92) at the Wooster Invitational and 200-yard IM (2:06.67) at Tiffin … competed with relay teams in the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley, 400-yard medley, 3X100-yard backstroke and 400-yard IM … swam the anchor leg for the winning 3X100-yard backstroke team (2:46.94) at the Westminster (Pa.) Relay Meet … helped relay teams finish runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle (1:31.36) and 200-yard medley (1:41.20) against Edinboro … added a runner-up performance in the 400-yard IM relay (3:48.05) at the Westminster (Pa.) Relay Meet … helped relay teams record six top-three finishes and nine top-five performances.
2015-16: Competed in the 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard IM, 200-yard IM, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard butterfly as a true freshman … recorded 15 PSAC-qualifying times in three different events … produced the program’s fourth-fastest times in the 100-yard backstroke (52.62) and 200-yard backstroke (1:55.36) at the conference championships … met conference standards during six of seven 100-yard backstroke events and six of seven 200-yard backstroke races … finished runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke against NCAA Division I Canisius with a time of 56.76 seconds … secured a bronze medal during his only attempt at the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.41) against Tiffin … added third-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke at NCAA Division I Cleveland State (57.18) and Shippensburg (57.29) … recorded six top-five finishes … competed with relay teams in the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley … swam the third leg for the 400-yard freestyle relay team that finished runner-up at Shippensburg with a 3:21.48 time … helped a pair of 200-yard freestyle teams capture bronze medals, serving as the anchor at Bloomsburg (1:34.58) and swimming the third leg against Tiffin (1:35.10) … added a third-place relay finish in the 400-yard medley against NCAA Division I Canisius, logging the opening leg during a 3:43.71 time.
High School: Swam for head coach Edward Heath at Platt (Conn.) High School … served as a team captain … holds school records … named to the honor roll.
Personal: Mechanical Engineering major … is the son of Anita and Waldemar … has one brother.
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