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2018-19 Men's Swimming Roster

Hugh Patton
Ben Ennis
Ed Cottingham
Ed Cottingham

Niklas Martin

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kempton, Germamy

Biography


2018-19 (SENIOR)

  • Team captain
  • Google Cloud Academic All-America men’s at-large first team
  • All-Bluegrass Mountain Conference in six events (19 for career)
  • Earned two silver medals and four bronze medals at 2019 BMC meet
  • BMC silver medal times: 800 Freestyle Relay (6:32.98) and
  • BMC bronze medal times: 200 Medley Relay (1:28.50), 100 Butterfly (48.01), 200 Butterfly (1:48.86) and 400 Freestyle Relay (2:59.17)
  • Four honorable mention AA swims at 2019 NCAA meet
  • Four-year NCAA qualifier
  • For career, two All-American swims and nine honorable mention AA swims
  • School-record holder in 100 (48.42) and 200 Backstroke (1:45.45) events
  • Also holds records in both medley relays
  • Won prestigious A.F. Hendricks Award at WU’s 2019 commencement exercises
  • Received CSCAA Scholar All-American honors for his achievements in the classroom and the pool

2017-18 (JUNIOR)

  • Google Cloud Academic All-America men’s at-large third team
  • Earned All-American honors in the 400 Medley Relay (3:13.22) at the NCAA national championship meet in Greensboro
  • Three honorable mention AA swims: the 200 Medley Relay (1:27.87), the 100 Butterfly (48.63) and the 800 Freestyle Relay (6:34.03)
  • Posted five All-BMC swims at the 2018 league meet
  • Collected three silver medals at the 2018 BMC event: the 800 Freestyle Relay (6:33.03), the 400 Medley Relay (3:11.95) and the 200 Backstroke (1:45.91)
  • Added fourth-place showings in the 100 Butterfly (48.22) and the 200 Butterfly (1:47.98) to the above BMC list
  • Received CSCAA Scholar All-American honors for his achievements in the classroom and the pool

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Earned All-Bluegrass Mountain Conference honors in three events at the 2017 championship meet in Charlotte
  • Second in the BMC 800 Freestyle Relay (6:33.22)
  • Claimed third place in two BMC individual events: the 200 Backstroke (1:47.51) and the 200 Butterfly (1:48.52)
  • Fourth in two BMC relay races (the 200 and the 400 Medley Relays)
  • Seventh in the 100 Butterfly at the BMC meet
  • Earned All-American honors in the 800 Freestyle Relay (fourth, 6:30.45) in 2017
  • Honorable mention AA distinction in the 200 Medley Relay (tie for ninth, 1:29.01) and the 200 Butterfly (14th, 1:49.68)
  • Received CSCAA Scholar All-American honors for his achievements in the classroom and the pool

2015-16 (FRESHMAN)

  • Posted five All-BMC swims in his freshman year
  • All-BMC in the 100 and 200 Butterfly and the 200 Backstroke
  • All-BMC in the 200 and 400 Medley Relays
  • Swam the following personal-best times in the 18th annual BMC event: the 50 Backstroke (23.17), the 200 Backstroke (1:50.27) and the 100 Butterfly (49.25)
  • Recorded a new career-best in the 100 Backstroke (Fall Frenzy, 50.11) and the 200 Freestyle (Catawba dual meet, 1:50.73)

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    FLY/BK
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    FLY/BK
  • 2017-18Junior

    FLY/BK
  • 2018-19Senior

    FLY/BK