Career Accolades
- School Record: 200 IM (1:49.88)
- School Record: 200 Butterfly (1:49.74) (2024-25)
- All-PSAC 2024-25 (400 Medley Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- Member of All-PSAC 200-yard Medley Team (2nd place) (2023-24)
- Member of All-PSAC 400-yard Medley Team (3rd place) (2023-24)
- PSAC Men's Swimming Athlete of the Week (1/30/24)
- PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
- CSCAA Scholar Second Team All-American (2022-23)
- All-PSAC honors in 200 IM (2023) (2nd place)
- All-PSAC honors in 400 IM (2023) (3rd Place)
- Set 200 IM school record of 1:50.08 at Magnus Invitational (11/17/22)
- D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner (2023-24, 2024-25)
2025-26: Finished his senior season in style, earning two All-PSAC performances at conference championships ... was third in the 100 butterfly with a time of 48.67 ... also took third in the 200 IM and set a program record time of 1:49.88 in the process ... was fourth in the 200 butterfly ... had two wins at the Malone Invite, including first place results in the 200 IM and 200 butterfly ... had a pair of wins in dual meet competitions in the season.
2024-25: Member of the All-PSAC 400 Medley Relay and 200 Medley Relay teams (3rd place in both events) ... set the Gannon school record in the 200 butterfly at PSAC Championships (1:49.74), claiming second place ... was the top GU finisher and fifth place overall in the 200 backstroke (1:51.44)
2023-24: Member of All-PSAC 200-yard Medley Team (2nd place) ... Member of All-PSAC 400-yard Medley Team (3rd place) ... Named PSAC Swimmer of the Week (1/30/24) after tallying five individual victories against PSU-Behrend (1/26/24) and Niagara (1/27/24) ... Logged five personal-best times and earned 10 first-place victories during the 2023-24 campaign ... Swam a first-place time of 49.69 in the 100 Fly during the Magnus Invitational ... Touched the wall in 23.03 in the 50 fly and 21.44 in the 50 freestyle against PSU-Behrend (1/26/24) ... Earned a time of 50.95 in 100 backstroke and 1:51.17 in the 200 backstroke at the 2024 PSAC Swimming Championships ... Collected two first-place marks against RIT in the 400 IM (4:10.16) and 200 backstroke (1:54.00) ... Added a first-place result in the 200 IM (1:57.96) against Edinboro (1/13/24) ... Won the 200 IM (1:54.11) at the John A. Pidgeon Memorial Invitational (1/20/24) ... Earned a pair of wins in the 100 fly (50.23) and 50 freestyle (21.44) against PSU-Behrend (1/26/24) ... Concluded the regular-season with three wins in the 100 fly (49.89), 200 IM (1:54.08), 100 backstroke (52.28) against Nigara (1/27/24) ... PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner.
2022-23: Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... Earned CSCAA Scholar Second Team All-American honors ... Tallied a school record and second place mark in the 200 IM (1:50.08) during Cleveland State's Magnus Cup Invitational ... Honored with All-PSAC accolades after placing second (1:50.93) in the 200 IM and third (4:00.52) in the 400 IM during the 2023 PSAC Championships ... The PSAC's also saw Retsch swim four personal-best marks (50 Backstroke - 24.74, 100 Backstroke - 51.40, 200 Backstroke - 1:52.05, and 400 IM - 4:00.52) Swam a personal best and first place mark (52.56) during the IUP dual meet, also finished second in the 100 Fly (51.35) ... Secured a first place finish in the 400 IM (4:13.83) and placed second in the 200 Backstroke (1:58.54) during the RIT dual meet ... Competed in eight events (50 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM) during the Magnus Cup Invitational ... Swam a pair of first place marks (200 Backstroke - 1:58.31 and 200 IM - 1:56.25) during the Edinboro dual meet ... Captured a win in the 400 IM (4:14.44) and finished third in the 50 Freestyle (22.52) at the Penn State Behrend dual meet ... Swam a first place mark of 1:54.50 (200 IM) and fourth place finish (25.07) during the 50 Backstroke at the St. Bonaventure dual meet ... Competed in five events (50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 200 IM, and 400 IM) during the 2023 PSAC Championships ... Relay results include ... Third place in the 400 Medley relay at the Clarion dual meet ... Third place in the 200 Medley relay at the IUP dual meet ... Finished second in the 400 Medley at the Edinboro dual meet ... Secured a first place finish in the 400 Freestyle Relay at the Penn State Behrend dual meet.
Personal: Majoring in Environmental Engineering ... With a minor in Geographical Information Systems ... Son of Bill and Jennifer Retsch ... Has three siblings, Ava (sister), Isaac (brother), and Levi (brother).
