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2023-24 Men's Swimming Roster

Dave Jahnke
Vince Smith

Matheus Laperriere

  • Yr. Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-4
  • Events Freestyle/Individual Medley
  • Hometown Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • High School Colégio Santo Antonio
  • Prev School St. Cloud State

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 7x CSCAA All-American
    • 2x First Team - 2022 & 2023 (800 Free Relay)
    • 5x Second Team
      • 2021 - 200 Free
      • 2022 - 400 Free Relay
      • 2023 - 200 Free, 500 Free, 400 Free Relay
  • 7x RMAC Champion
    • 2021 - 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
    • 2022 - 400 Medley Relay
  • 11x Overall All-RMAC
    • 8x First Team
      • 2021 - 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
      • 2022 - 400 Medley Relay
      • 2023 - 800 Free Relay
    • 3x Second Team
      • 2022 - 200 Free & 800 Free Relay
      • 2023 - 200 Free
  • CMU School Record Holder - 800 Free Relay - 6:25.73
Swimcloud Profile Link

2023-24 (Redshirt Senior): Redshirt season.

2022-23 (Redshirt Junior): Competed in 11 meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships… Earned four CSCAA All-America honors, anchoring the Mavs to a fifth place finish in the 800 free relay to garner a first team certificate… Helped the Mavs set the school-record of 6:25.73… Later earned second team honors thanks to tenth place finishes in both the 200 and 500 free while helping the Mavs finish 15th in the 400 free relay… Set a personal-best time of 4:24.63 in the 500 free to rank fourth in program history… Had a time of 1:36.69 in the 200 free finals… Also qualified for the NCAA meet in the 200 IM and 100 free, placing 26th in the 200 IM (1:49.63) and 34th in the 100 free (44.97)… Scored in all seven of his events at the RMAC Championships, earning two all-conference honors… Was a first team honoree in the 800 free relay after swimming the third leg on the Maverick team that finished second in 6:33.61… Also earned second team all-conference honors in the 200, claiming third place and the bronze medal in the 200 free… Finished seventh in the 100 free, ninth in the 500 free and tenth in the 200 IM… Set several other season-best times at the TYR CMU Invitational… Set NCAA altitude-adjusted qualifying times of 45.20 (100 free), 1:35.93 (200 free) and 1:48.24 (200 IM)… Ranks second in CMU history with that 200 free time… Ranks fourth in the 200 IM… Won the 200 free while placing second in the 200 IM… Finished third in the 100 free.

2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in seven meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships… Earned a pair of all-America honors in relays at the national meet, garnering first team honors as the lead-off leg on CMU’s third place 800 free relay team that set a former school-record time of 6:29.29 while earning the highest ever national place for a Maverick relay team… Also swam the third leg on CMU’s 400 free relay team that placed 15th… Also competed in four individual events at the national championships, placing between 18th and 35th place… Was 18th in the 200 free (1:37.95) and 25th in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:30.86… Finished 33rd in the 200 IM (1:50.00) and 35th in the 100 free (44.93)… Won an RMAC title as the anchor and freestyle leg on the Mavs’ RMAC winning 400 medley relay team, good for one of three total All-RMAC plaudits… Also helped the Mavs take second in the 800 free relay at the conference meet to garner a second team all-conference certificate… Earned 52 team points in his four individual events and another 23 when accounting for his share of relay team points… Finished fourth in the 200 free to earn Second Team All-RMAC honors… Was also in the finals of his other three individual events, taking sixth in both the 200 IM and 100 free while placing eighth in the 500 free and ninth in the 400 free relay as the lead-off leg on CMU’s “B” section winning team… Had his best meet of the season at the A3 Performance Invitational, setting nearly all of his season-best times… Won the 100 free (44.70) and 200 IM (1:48.39) with season-best times… Also won three relay events, all with meet record times… Set the former Mavericks’ 200 free school record time of 1:36.43 in the opening leg of the 800 free relay.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Made his Maverick debut at the RMAC Championships, winning six RMAC titles and First Team All-RMAC certificates… Went on to earn Second Team CSCAA All-America honors in the 200 free at the NCAA Division II National Championships, only his second meet while representing CMU… Won RMAC individual titles in the 200 IM, 200 free and 500 free all with NCAA Division II Championship “B” qualifying times… Also set a “B” cut time in the 100 free preliminaries before being disqualified in the finals… Swam legs on the Mavs’ winning 400 free, 800 free and 400 medley relay teams… Helped CMU set a former school-record time of 2:58.24 (altitude-adjusted) in the 400 free relay… Set the RMAC’s fastest times of the entire season (altitude-adjusted) of 1:36.63 (200 free) and 4:30.01 (500 free)… Set the former CMU school-record in the 200 free and ranks ninth in program history for the 500 free… Ranked third on the RMAC season-long performance list behind two teammates in the 100 free with his altitude-adjusted time of 45.21... Accounted for 60 individual and 90 overall team points at the RMAC meet... Competed in four individual events at the NCAA Division II Championships, finishing 15th in the 200 free to earn his all-America honor… Also placed 20th in both the 200 IM and 500 free, setting a season-best of 1:48.99 in the 200 IM to rank second on the RMAC season-long performance list behind teammate Mahmoud Elgayar… Placed 32nd at the national meet in the 100 free.

As a Freshman (2019-20) @ St. Cloud State: Was a 3-event finalist at the 2020 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships as one of the top swimmers for St. Cloud State as a freshman… Placed fourth in the 100 free (45.14), fifth in the 200 free (1:39.99) and eighth in the 200 IM… Set personal-best times in each event, recording his 200 IM time of 1:53.12 in the prelims… Also set a PB of 22.15 in the 50 free helping the Huskies’ 400-yard freestyle team to a third place finish… The 100 and 200 freestyle times met the NCAA “B” standard… Also won five dual and three invitational events throughout the season.

Prep:  A 2018 grad of Colégio Santo Antonio...a member of the Minas Tenis Clube...part of 2019 national championship team at Minas.

Personal:  Son of Henrique Gallo and Gisele Laperriere.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Freestyle/IM
    6'4"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    Freestyle/IM
    6'4"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Freestyle/IM
    6'4"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    Freestyle/Individual Medley
    6'4"