Biography
Expected to compete in distance freestyle events during the 2015-16 season.
2014-15: Competed in the 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 400-yard IM … recorded Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying times during 22 of 23 events he swam in … captured gold medals in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Grove City Tri-Meet (2:14.80) and Cleveland State Meet (2:14.80) … added a third title in the 400-yard IM (4:19.19) at Tiffin … recorded nine top-three finishes and 14 top-five performances … produced season-best times in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:54.48), 200-yard breaststroke (2:09.86) and 400-yard IM (4:08.35) at the PSAC Championships … placed second during two of his three 1,000-yard freestyle performances, touching the wall second at the Grove City Tri-Meet (10:08.34) and Cleveland State Meet (10:08.76) … swam with relay teams in the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley, 3X500 freestyle, 3X100 backstroke and 3X100 breaststroke … began the season by swimming the opening leg for winning relay teams in the 3X500 freestyle (15:11.65) and 3X100 breaststroke (3:08.35) at the Westminster Relays … added a third top-three relay finish at the Westminster Relays, swimming the anchor leg for the 3X100 backstroke team that placed third … helped the 200-yard medley relay team finish fourth (1:42.87) at Bloomsburg.
2013-14: Participated in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 50-yard butterfly, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM as a sophomore … earned 20 PSAC-qualifying times ... recorded top-three finishes 12 times and top-five performances 18 times during 31 individual races ... secured a conference-standard time every time he competed in the 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke ... captured first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.49) and 500-yard freestyle (4:53.00) at Penn State Behrend ... touched the wall first (16:39.04) in the 1,650-yard freestyle against Lake Erie ... placed second (16:27.11) in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the Wooster Invitational ... earned runner-up finish (4:20.29) in the 400-yard IM at the Crimson Hawk Dual Challenge ... collected three 10th-place performances at the PSAC Championships … placed eighth (16:17.65) in the 1,650-yard freestyle, ninth (9:41.49) in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 10th (4:09.90) in the 400-yard IM at the conference championships ... participated with relay teams in seven different events.
2012-13: Participated in eight different individual events, recording PSAC-qualifying times in five … met conference standards every time he swam the 500-yard freestyle (10 times), 1,000-yard freestyle (eight times), 1,650-yard freestyle (four times) and 200-yard breaststroke (five times) … finished sixth in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:19.93) at the PSAC Championships … produced 28 PSAC-qualifying times in 33 individual races … captured eight gold medals … won four consecutive races in the 1,000-yard freestyle against Bloomsburg (9:59.58), at the Kenyon Quad-Meet (9:53.58), against Penn State Behrend (9:53.63) and against Fredonia State (10:01.34) … touched the wall first in the 1,650-yard freestyle against Allegheny (16:40.08) and NCAA Division I Canisius (16:53.03) … added a 500-yard freestyle (4:55.49) title against Penn State Behrend … was the best during his only attempt in the 100-yard breaststroke, producing a 1:06.59 time against California (Pa.) … finished first or second in an event 11 times … recorded 18 top-three finishes in 28 individual races … competed with relay teams in eight different events … was a double-relay winner at the Westminster (Pa.) Relay Meet, helping the 500-yard freestyle relay (4:29.83) and 3x500 freestyle relay (15:01.43) teams earn gold … completed the Westminster (Pa.) Relay Meet with a second-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:17.88) … finished among the top five in seven relay events.
High School: Swam for head coach Dan Stratton at Notre-Dame-des-Grands-Lacs High School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario … awarded the bronze medal for outstanding academics by the Governor General of Canada … received back-to-back Spirit Awards for sportsmanship.
Personal: Biology/Pre-Med major … has one brother … is the son of Lianne and Denis.
