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2021-22 Men's Swimming Roster

George Durin

  • Yr. Redshirt Junior
  • Height 6-4
  • Events Sprint Freestyle/Breaststroke
  • Hometown Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • High School Washington

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • RMAC Champion - 200 Free Relay (2021)
  • 2x Overall All-RMACĀ (2021)
    • First Team - 200 Free Relay
    • Second Team - 100 Breast
  • 2x CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American (2020 & 2022)
  • RMACĀ All-Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)
Swimcloud Profile Link

As a Redshirt Junior (2021-22): Competed in five meets, including the RMAC Championships… Scored in three individual and five total events at the conference meet… Finished fifth in the 100 breast with a personal-best time of 55.85 seconds (altitude-adjusted)… Ranks fourth in CMU history with that mark… Also placed 15th in the 100 free and 16th in the 50 free while swimming legs on the ā€œBā€ heat winning 200 medley and 400 free relays… Reached the ā€œAā€ final in all four of his individual events at the A3 Performance Invite while setting season-best times of 21.12 (50 free) and 46.55 (100 free)… Named as a CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American and to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

As a Junior (2020-21): Competed in six meets, including the RMAC Championships… Anchored the Mavs to a RMAC title with a school-record and NCAA qualifying time of 1:20.27 in the 200 free relay… Earned First Team All-RMAC honors for that performance… Was also a second team all-conference honoree in the 100 breast after posting a season-best time of 56.66 (altitude-adjusted) to finish third in that event… Also placed eighth in the 50 free and 12th in the 100 free at the RMAC meet… Set season-best times of 20.90 and 46.31 (converted) during the preliminary rounds of those events… Advanced to the consolation final as the 12th qualifier in the 200 breast but scratched out of the final… Accounted for 32 individual and 42 total team points at the conference meet.

As a Sophomore (2019-20): Swam in nine meets, including the RMAC Championships… Scored in three of his four individual events, placing 12th in the 100 breast with a season-best altitude-adjusted time of 58.17… Also took 13th in the 50 free and 14th in the 100 free, contributing a dozen team points to the Mavs’ championship win in the his individual events… Also helped the Mavs win the ā€œBā€ sections of the 200 free, 400 medley and 400 free relays… Finished 17th in the 100 fly… Had a long-course personal-best of 24.20 in the 50-meter free at the CMU Long Course Invitational, held on the eve of the conference meet… Had other personal-best short course times of 20.74 (50 free), 46.23 (100 free) and 52.28 (100 fly) at the A3 Performance Invitational… His 50 free time was a NCAA ā€œBā€ cut mark... Named as a CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American.

As a Freshman (2018-19): Competed in three meets, including the RMAC Championships as an exhibition swimmer... Had season-best times of 21.25 (50 free) and 58.61 (100 breast) at the A3 Performance Invite... Also had a season-bests time of 47.77 (100 free) at that meet.

Prep: Graduated from Washington High School as the school-record holder in the 100 freestyle and 400 free relay… Earned all-Metro, all-conference, all-district, all-state and all-America honors during his career with the Chris Cruise coached Warriors… Was a 3-time NISCAĀ All-American... Placed 10th at the Iowa High School State Championships as a senior in 2018 in the 50 free (21.81)... Was the team captain as a junior and senior.


Club: Finished third in the 100 breast (1:08.39) at the 2018 Iowa Swimming Long Course Championships while representing Lin-Mar Swim Team.

Personal: Is majoring in sports management… Hopes to become a swim coach... Son of George and Tahnee Durin… Has two older siblings (Nick, Lauren)... Enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing basketball and bass fishing.

Why I Chose CMU: "I choseĀ CMU because it felt right."

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Sprint Freestyle/Breaststroke
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sprint Freestyle
    6'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sprint Freestyle
    6'4"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Sprint Freestyle/Breaststroke
    6'4"