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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Luban, Poland

6x All-American
- 2022: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2021: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2020: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay

1x ACC Champion
- 2022: 400 medley relay

Academic All-ACC Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019)

2021-22 (SENIOR):

Part of a pair of program record-setting medley relays at the NCAA Championships as he competed in the 200 (3rd - 1:21.69) and 400 (5th - 3:01.53) races
Also competed individually in the 100 breaststroke (34th - 52.83) and the 200 breaststroke (45th - 1:56.59) at NCAAs
Gold medalist in the 400 medley relay at the ACC Championships (3:01.88)
Finalist in both breaststroke races at ACCs, placing seventh in the 200 with a personal-best time of 1:53.71 and winning the B final in the 100 (9th - 51.86) with a mark that lowered his own program record
Also competed in the 50 freestyle at the conference meet
Helped set a facility record in Virginia’s pool in the 200 medley relay (1:24.14)

2020-21 (JUNIOR):

Garnered All-America honors as member of eighth-place 400 medley relay team at NCAA Championships. Swam breaststroke leg in 52.14 to help team to time of 3:04.47
Honorable mention All-American in 200 medley relay (1:23.57)
Also swam the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the national meet
Set new program record in the 200 breaststroke at the 2021 ACC Championships. Went 1:54.67 in the B final to take ownership of the No. 1 spot in NC State history
Also competed in B final of 100 breaststroke at ACCs
Took top 100 breaststroke finish in duals against Virginia Tech, Virginia and Duke

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):

Found the top of the podium at the ACC Championships with the Pack's 200 medley relay squad. Swam a 24.30 breaststroke split to help the team take the win in 1:24.13
Swam in the B final of the 100 breaststroke, finishing 12th overall in a season-best 54.04
Also reached C final of 200 breaststroke (1:57.96)
Garnered All-America status in a pair of relays in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Selected after being part of the A cut medley relay teams

2018-19 (FRESHMAN):

Swam in the B finals of both the breaststroke events at the ACC Championships, where he placed 12th overall in the 100 breaststroke (53.55) and 10th overall in the 200 breaststroke (1:56.22)
Ranks third and second, respectively, in program history with his times from ACCs
Joined the Pack for the spring semester and made his NC State debut in the home dual meet against UNC-Chapel Hill
Attended the NCAA Championships as an alternate

PREP/PERSONAL:

Silver medalist in the 200 breaststroke and bronze medalist in 4x100 medley relay at 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Bronze medalist at European Junior Swimming Championships in 2017