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2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Maddie Maselko
Al Fuchs
Al Fuchs

Liam McDonnell

  • Position Backstroke / Butterfly / Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Highschool Brother Rice
  • Major Accounting and Finance

Biography

Swim Cloud Profile 

Career Honors
  • National
    • 2023 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay
    • 2023 NCAA Division III All-American Second Team: 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay
    • 2022 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay
    • 2022 NCAA Division III Honorable Mention All-American: 100 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 400 Medley Relay
    • 2021 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
    • 2021 NCAA Division III All-American Second Team: 50 Freestyle
    • 2020 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Backstroke, 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Medley Relay
    • CSCAA Scholar All-American: 2020, 2021
 
  • Conference
    • OAC Swimmer of the Year: 2021, 2023 
    • OAC Swimmer of the Week: 1/30/2023, 1/16/2023, 11/21/2022, 11/8/2021, 11/22/2021
    • OAC Champion 50 Freestyle: 2021, 2023
    • OAC Champion 100 Freestyle: 2022, 2023
    • OAC Champion 100 Butterfly: 2021, 2022
    • OAC Champion 100 Backstroke: 2021, 2023 
    • OAC Champion 200 Backstroke: 2020
    • OAC Champion 200 Freestyle Relay: 2021, 2022, 2023
    • OAC Champion 200 Medley Relay: 2020, 2021, 2022
    • OAC Champion 400 Freestyle Relay: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • OAC Champion 400 Medley Relay: 2020, 2021, 2022
    • OAC Champion 800 Freestyle Relay: 2022, 2023
    • All-OAC 100 Butterfly: 2020
    • All-OAC 100 Backstroke: 2020
    • Academic All-OAC: 2020, 2021
Records
  • Conference
    • 100 Freestyle (43.69) 2022
    • 100 Butterfly (47.21) 2022
    • 200 Freestyle Relay (1:20.53) 2022
    • 400 Freestyle Relay (2:59.27) 2022
    • 800 Freestyle Relay (6:41.27) 2022
    • 400 Medley Relay (3:17.18) 2022
    • 50 Freestyle (19.87) 2023
    • 200 Medley Relay (1:27.60) 2023
    • 100 Backstroke (46.95) 2023
  • School
    • 50 Freestyle (20.29) 2022
    • 100 Freestyle (43.69) 2022
    • 200 Freestyle (1:37.12) 2022
    • 100 Backstroke (46.61) 2023
    • 100 Butterfly (46.92) 2023
    • 200 Freestyle Relay (1:20.53) 2022
    • 400 Freestyle Relay (2:59.27) 2022
    • 800 Freestyle Relay (6:41.27) 2022
    • 200 Medley Relay (1:27.85) 2022
    • 400 Medley Relay (3:16.00) 2022
Career Top Times
  • 50 Freestyle = 19.87 (2/16/2023)
  • 100 Freestyle = 43.69 (2/19/2022)
  • 200 Freestyle = 1:37.12 (2/16/2022)
  • 50 Backstroke = 21.03 (3/15/2023
  • 100 Backstroke = 46.59 (3/17/2022)
  • 100 Breaststroke = 1:00.63 (1/28/2023)
  • 100 Butterfly = 46.92 (3/16/2023) 
2021-2022
  • Emerged as an elite NCAA-caliber athlete at the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championships. Bringing back 3 All-American titles and 3 Honorable Mention titles elevates his status in program history to a new level. (3/16-19)
  • Followed up 2021 OAC's with an even more stellar performance in 2022. Finished the perfect weekend with 2 individual golds in the 100 Freestyle (43.69) and 100 Butterfly (47.21) and gold in all 5 relays. (2/16-19)
  • Lead the 200 Medley Relay winning team, placed first in the 100 Fly, 100 Back, and the 100 IM in the win against Notre Dame. (12/3)
  • Swam notable performances in 50 free (20.61) earning an NCAA B-cut, as well as the B-cut for the 100 fly (48.79), along with tying for third in the 100 free (44.94) and securing the B-cut at the Kenyon Total Performance Invite.
  • Swam notable performances in the 200 medley relay, 100 backstroke (1st, 52.38), 50 freestyle (2nd, 21.94), and 200 IM (1st, 1:59.38) against Ohio Northern. (10/30)
2020-2021
  • Leaving the meet as the OAC Swimmer of the Year, contributed with three individual first place finishes: 50 Free (20.51), 100 Fly(48.15), and 100 Back(47.99). Additionally contributed towards four relay first place finishes: 200 Free Relay (1:21.02), 200 Medley Relay (1:28.90), 400 Free Relay (2:59.93), and 400 Medley Relay (3:17.46). (3/27)
  • Emerged victorious in the 100 Back (52.05), 100 Fly (51.89), and was a member of the winning 200 Medley Relay team in the victory over Ohio Northern. (2/20)
  • Dominated the 100 Fly (51.29), winning by over 4 seconds, and contributed in the 200 Medley Relay's victory in win against Wilmington. (2/19)
  • Won the 100 Fly (51.37) in win against Baldwin Wallace. (2/13)
  • Contributed towards two first place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay (1:35.21) and the 200 Free Relay (1:26.38) while finishing third in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:03.00 in the win against Mount Union. (2/6)
2019-2020
  • Won the 200 Back with a time of 1:50.12 as well as placed second in the 100 Back (49.00) and third in the 100 Fly (49.86) at the OACs (2/13-2/15) 
  • Took first in the 100 Back (52.76) and fourth in the 200 Free (1:48.40) against Ashland (1/24)
  • Placed first in the 200 IM (2:00.39) and second in the 200 Back (1:59.10) against Gannon University (1/11)
  • Finished first in both the 100 Back (50.05) and the 200 Back (1:51.88)  and third in the 100 Fly (50.51) at the Wabash Invitational (11/24)
  • Led off the winning 200 Medley Relay, placed first in the 100 Back (51.58), second in the 100 Fly (52.09), and third in the 200 Back (1:56.61) in the win against Case (11/9)
  • Took first in both the 100 Back (51.34) and 100 Fly (51.43) and contributed to the first place finishes of the 400 Medley Relay (3:30.64) and the 200 Free Relay (1:25.47) against Mount Union (11/2)
  • Helped his 200 Medley Relay (1:34.92) and 400 Free Relay (3:13.40) team secure the first place spot while finishing first in both the 100 Back (51.87) and 200 Back (1:55.75) in the win against Ohio Northern (10/26)
High School
  • Scholastic All-American 
  • Detroit Free Press Athlete of the Year Nominee
  • Catholic League Scholar Athlete Nominee
  • 3x All-State
  • 5x All-County
  • 6x All-league/Catholic
  • Prepped at Brother Rice High School under head coach Mike Venos 
Academics and Personal 
  • Son of Jonathon and Jill McDonnell 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Butterfly / Individual Medley
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Butterfly / Individual Medley
  • 2021-22Junior

    Backstroke / Butterfly / Freestyle
  • 2022-23Senior

    Backstroke / Butterfly / Freestyle
    5'11"

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