2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

John VanderMeer
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Lauren Montez

Joseph Lev-Tov

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Boulder, Colo.
  • Highschool Fairview
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25:
 CSC Second-Team Academic All-America ... CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America ... First-Team All-RMAC (1000-free) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (1650-free) ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC Summit Award ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Raced in 11 meets for the Orediggers throughout the season ... Scored team points for Mines at the RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships in four individual events and as part of one relay ... Top finish at the conference meet was silver in the 1000-free which secured first-team all-conference distinction thanks to a NCAA "B" cut and season-best time of 9:25.94 ... Was second-team all-conference as well thanks to a fourth-place finish in the 1650-free, clocking 16:01.81 ... Also took 10th in the 500-free and 15th in the 200-free at the RMAC meet ... Lone relay appearance in the postseason was on the Orediggers' second 800-freestyle squad which combined to finish 13th ... Nationally-ranked during the season in three events including 23rd in the 1000-free, 32nd in the 1650-free, and top-100 in the 500-free ... The season yielded career-best times in the 200-free, 50-back, and the 200-back.

2023-24: First-Team All-RMAC (1650-free) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (1000-free) ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... Qualified for the 2024 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships in three events including the 500-free, 1000-free, and 1650-free ... His nationals debut was in the 1000-free where he took 24th in the nation with a time of 9:22.19 ... Top finish at the big meet was 17th in the 1650-free after stopping the clock at 15:38.56 ... Also placed 39th in the nation in the 500-free thanks to a time of 4:35.91 ... His 1650-free time at the NCAA meet broke the program record previously held by Brennan Mays ... Individually tallied 40 points for Mines' team total at the RMAC Championships ... Top finish at the conference meet included a silver medal in the 1650-free at a 15:46.97 clip ... Earned RMAC bronze in the 1000-free, touching the wall at 9:25.09 ... Added a 10th-place finish in the 500-free and a placing of 19th in the 200-free at the conference meet as well ... Made his collegiate swimming debut in a dual against Adams State which was hosted by CSU Pueblo where he took third in both the 1000-free and 500-free ... National rankings in 2023-24 included 43rd in the 500-free, 18th in the 1000-free, and 11th in the 1650-free ... Career-best times during his true-freshman campaign came in the 1650-free, 1000-free, 500-free, and the 200-free.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Raced his way to three varsity letters as a member of the swim team at Fairview High School in Colorado … Qualified for the state championships three times with a top finish of eighth in the 500-free … Was also a league finalist in the 200-free and 500-free … Appeared in club competition for the Riptide Swim Team where he qualified for Junior Sectionals, and Nationals as well as being a finalist at Senior Western Zones … Earned MVP honors from his club in 2022-23 … Stood on the podium at the club state championships and Senior Western Zones … Earned a pair of first-place finishes at Speedo Sections in Boise in both the 1500-free and 800-free … Also grabbed silver in the 1650-free at the Western Zone Senior Championships in March of 2023 … Thrived academically as well, graduating summa cum laude and as a member of the National Honor Society with the Calculus 2/3 award and AP Scholar with Distinction … Plans to major in computer science at Mines.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior