Overall Career Honors
- 11x Overall CSCAA All-American
- 6x First Team
- 2025 (800 Free Relay)
- 2026 (50 Free, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- 5x Second Team
- 2025 (50 Back, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- 2026 (100 Back)
- 2024-25 RMAC Freshman of the Year
- RMAC Championship & El Pomar Natatorium Record Holder
- 200 Free Relay (1:18.04)
- 800 Free Relay (6:27.43)
- CMU Record Holder
- 200 Free Relay (1:17.37)
- 800 Free Relay (6:19.80)
- 7x RMAC Champion
- 2025 - 50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
- 2026 - 200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay
- 12x All-RMAC
- 7x First Team
- 2025 (50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
- 2026 (200 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- 5x Second Team
- 2025 (200 Back)
- 2026 (50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back)
- RMAC Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 29, 2025)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-American - Third Team (2025-26)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2025-26)
- First Team Academic All-RMAC (2025-26)
- First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American (2025)
- RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2025-26)
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2025-26 (As a Sophomore): Swam in 11 meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships… Earned five first team and six total all-America honors through the national meet… Accounted for 33 team points in his four individual events and another 24 in the relays… Helped the Mavs place second in the 200 free relay with a school-record time of 1:17.37… Also helped the Mavs set a school-record and third place time of 6:19.80 in the 800 free relay… Anchored the Mavs to a fourth place finish in the 200 medley relay… Also reached the championship final in two of his three individual events… Placed third in the 200 Back with a career-best time of 1:43.25 and sixth in the 50 Free (19.76) after setting a career-best time of 19.57 seconds in the preliminary round… Set a career-best time of 47.79 seconds in the 100 Back preliminaries before going on to finish 13
th in the consolation final (47.91)… Ranks third in program history for both the 200 Back and 50 Free… Ranks sixth in the 100 Back… Also qualified for the NCAA meet in the 200 free, placing 28
th… Also had a strong RMAC Championship meet, helping the Mavs win three relay titles while earning three bronze medals and four Second Team All-RMAC honors in his individual events… Claimed First Team All-RMAC honors and the gold medal in the 200 medley, 200 free and 800 free relays…Helped the Mavs set RMAC Championship and pool record times of 1:18.04 and 6:27.43 in the 200 and 800 free relays… Placed third in the 50 free, 100 Back and 200 Back events… Set a season-best time of 1:37.67 (altitude-adjusted) in the 200 Free to place fourth in that event and qualify for the NCAA meet… Set a season-best and NCAA “B” cut time of 45.22 in the 100 Free at the TYR/CMU Invitational… Won three individual and six total events at that meet… Won the 50 free in duals against Mines and Utah in October… Selected as a College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-American after earning Academic All-District accolades… Also voted on to the First Team Academic All-RMAC squad.
2024-25 (As a Freshman): Named as the RMAC Freshman of the Year after impressive efforts throughout the season, especially in the championship meets… Competed in nine meet overall... Earned five CSCAA All-America honors, including a first team accolade as a member off the Mavs’ 800 Free relay team that placed eighth in 6:30.87… Also helped the Mavs place ninth in both the 200 Medley (1:26.10) and 200 Free (1:19.07) relays… The 200 Free relay time was a former school-record… Claimed individual second team all-America honors in the 200 Back and 50 Free, placing 11
th and 13th, respectively… Set season-best times of 1:45.08 (200 Back) and 19.93 (50 Free) to do so before lowering his 50 Free best to 19.86 as the lead-off leg on the 200 Free Relay team later in the meet… Also competed in the 200 Free at the NCAA meet, placing 29
th… Was also qualified in the 100 Free, but took a declared false start after settting a season-best time of 44.42 (altitude-adjusted) during the TYR/CMU Invitatational… Won four RMAC titles and five total All-RMAC honors at the conference championships… Won the 50 Free in 19.98 seconds while also helping the Mavs win all three freestyle relays… Was a First Team All-RMAC performer in those four events… Also earned a second team honor thanks to a fourth place finish in the 200 Back, where he set his NCAA qualifying time of 1:45.13 (altitude-adjusted)… Also scored seventh place finishes in the 200 Free and 100 Back to finish with 59 team points in his four individual events plus another 30 when accounting for his relay points as CMU won a seventh straight team title… Set his season-best 100 Back time at the RMAC meet… Set his NCAA qualifying times in the 50 free (19.98), 100 Free (44.42) and 200 Free (1:37.87) at the TYR/CMU Invitational… Helped the Mavs set a former El Pomar Natatorium Record of 1:19.09 in the 200 Free Relay at that meet... Claimed other event wins in the 200 Free against Denver and in the 200 Back against Air Force/BYU… Named as the RMAC Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 29 after the Air Force/BYU meet... Was ranked amongst the RMAC’s top ten in seven different events, including five championship events... Was also a CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American.
Prep: Graduated from Wirtemberg Gymnasium… Coached by Nikolai Schmidt… Won the 50 and 200-meter backstroke events at the 2022 German Short Course Championships… Also took second in the 100 Back… Competed at the 2024 Luxembourg Euro Meet while representing Schwimmverein Cannstatt 1898, setting new personal best LCM freestyle times of 24.23 (50 Free), 53.03 (100 Free) and 1:57.70 (200)… Won the 100 Back at the Berlin Swim Open with a LCM personal best of 58.06… Also finished fourth in the 200 Back (2:07.70) and eighth in the 50 Back (26.54) with other personal best times.
Personal: Is majoring in marketing and business… Son of Hendrik and Irina… Has two older siblings— Nicolas and Emma.
Why I Chose CMU: “The coaching team, the swim team and the environment look very good.”
