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2020-21 Women's Swimming Roster

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Maddie Pressler

  • Yr. Senior
  • Height 5-5
  • Events Middle Distance Freestyle/Backstroke
  • Hometown Mill Creek, Wash.
  • High School Henry M. Jackson

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 3x CSCAA All-American (800 Free Relay)
    • 2020 FIrst Team
    • 2018 & 2019 Second Team/Honorable Mention
  • 3x RMAC Champion
    • 2019 - 800 Free Relay
    • 2020 - 400 Medley & 400 Free Relays
  • 10x All-RMAC
    • 5x First Team
      • 2019 - 800 Free Relay
      • 2020 - 100 Free; 400 Medley Relay, 400 & 800 Free Relays
  • School Record Holder (400 Free Relay - 3:24.56)
  • School-Record Holder (800 Free Relay - 7:26.36)
  • 2017-18 Preseason All-RMAC
  • 3x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018, 2019 & 2020)
  • 2x RMAC All-Academic
    • First Team (2020)
As a Junior (2019-20): Competed in 11 meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships… Earned four First Team and five overall All-RMAC certificates at the conference meet… Anchored the Mavs to titles in both the 400 medley and 400 free relays… Led off the Mavs’ runner-up 800 free relay team… Placed second in the 100 free and third in the 200 free, individually... Set NCAA “B” cut altitude-adjusted times of 51.96 (100 free) and 1:50.89 (200 free)… Ranks third in program history with that 200 free time… Scored 56 points in her four individual events… Finished fifth in the 100 back with a season-best altitude-adjusted time of 56.97 and won the consolation heat of the 50 free (ninth overall… Was invited to the national championships in the 200 free, finishing 31st in 1:52.79… Would have also been eligible to contest the 100 free, but did not have that opportunity due to the COVID-19 related mid-meet cancelation… Also swam in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay preliminaries at the national meet… Was awarded CSCAA First Team All-America honors in the 800 free relay, which the Mavs would have competed in if not for the cancelation… That was her third straight All-America honor in that event... Won the 100 free with her personal-best and national optional qualifying time of 51.65 at the A3 Performance Invitational… Ranks sixth in program history with that mark... Set other season-bests of 24.08 (50 free), 56.97 (100 back), 2:13.87 (200 back)… Selected to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team... Named to the RMAC All-Academic First Team.

As a Sophomore (2018-19): Competed in eight meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships... Earned her second straight Second Team CSCAA All-America honor in the 800 free relay as the second leg on CMU's team that placed tenth in 7:29.63... Scored in all seven of her events at the RMAC Championships earning a pair of All-RMAC honors... Helped the Mavs win the 800 free relay to earn her first conference title and initial First Team All-RMAC honor... Was also second in the 200 free relay to earn a second team plaudit... Helped the Mavs set a former school-record time of 1:34.66 in that race... Helped the Mavs finish third in the 400 free relay after posting a personal-best and NCAA "B" qualifying opening split of 51.81 seconds... Ranks fourth in program history for the 100 free with that time... Qualified for the championship finals in three of her four individual events at the conference meet taking fifth in the 200 free, 100 back and 200 back... Had a season-best time of 2:04.49 in the 200 back... Also took 10th in the 50 free... Had a season-best and NCAA "B" qualifying time of 1:51.83 in the 200 free at the A3 Performance Invitational... Ranks eighth in school-history with her "B" cut time of 23.93 (50 free) which came in a relay at that meet... Won the 100 back at the A3 Performance Invite as well... Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America team and to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.
 
As a Freshman (2017-18):
 Competed in 10 meets... Was a relay swimmer at the NCAA Division II National Championships in Charlotte, N.C., competing in four events... Earned second team all-America honors in the 800 free as the second leg on CMU's school-record (7:26.36) setting and ninth place 800 free relay team... Also helped the Mavs set the 400 free school record of 3:24.56 at the RMAC Championships in Lewisville, Texas... Earned three Second Team All-RMAC certificates at that meet placing second in both the 400 and 800 free relays while earning a fourth place individual finish in the 200 back with a "B" cut and season-best time of 2:03.15... Also finished seventh in the 100 back (58.49), ninth in the 200 free (1:52.50) and 12th in the 50 free (24.21)  in other individual events at the RMAC Championships... Was a Preseason All-RMAC selection... Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team.
 
Prep: Competed for Henry M. Jackson HS… Finished third in the 200 free and fourth in the 100 free at the 4A Washington State Championships as a senior.
 
Club: Was a 4-event finalist for the Central Area Aquatic Team at the Washington Senior State Championships in December, 2016… Competed for the Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club at the Pacific Northwest Senior Long Course Championships in July, 2018... Took third in the 200 free, fourth in the 200 back, fifth in the 500 free and 6th in the 100 back at that meet… Has best times of 52.28 (100 Free), 1:50.97 (200 Free), 55.98 (100 Back) and 2:00:60 (200 Back) to her credit.
 
Personal: Is majoring in exercise science with aspirations of becoming a physical therapist, posibly with a focus on pediatric therapy... Enjoys hiking, camping and drawing... Daughter of Christine and Kevin Pressler... Has two younger sisters (Lindsay & Sabrina).
 
Why I Chose CMU: "I chose CMU because they offer many opportunities to students as undergraduates that most other schools do not. As an exercise science major, having access to the human performance lab is amazing and furthers my experience in the field of exercise science more than I could imagine. Grand Junction is also so close to many outdoor opportunities like floating the Colorado River or hiking in the Grand Mesa."

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Backstroke/Freestyle
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Freestyle/Backstroke
  • 2019-20Junior

    Middle Distance Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'5"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Middle Distance Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'5"