2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jeff Brown | Indiana Sports Corp
Claire McDaniel
Lauren Montez
Lauren Montez

Vladislav Kazakin

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Parker, Colo.
  • Highschool Highlands Ranch
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25: CSCAA First-Team All-America (500-free, 1000-free) ... Finished seventh in the nation in both the 500-free and 1000-free at the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships ... RMAC Champion in the 1000-free ... RMAC Champion in the 500-free ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... First-Team All-RMAC (1000-free, 500-free, 400-free relay) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (200-free, 800-free relay) ... Qualified for the DII championships as a true freshman in three events including the 200-free, 500-free, and 1000-free ... Raced in five meets for the Orediggers throughout the course of the season ... Collegiate swimming debut came at Denver on Jan. 3 where he grabbed silver in the 1000-free and finished eighth in the 200-back ... In his first-ever, national collegiate meet, became the first Oredigger man to climb the podium since 2011, and the first Oredigger men to climb the national podium twice at the same meet since 2005 ... Finished seventh in the nation in the 500-free in an adjusted, program-record time of 4:22.27 ... Claimed seventh in the nation in the 1000-free thanks to another unadjusted, program-record time of 9:07.50 ... Also finished 39th in the nation in the 200-free after stopping the clock at 1:39.66 ... Scored team points for Mines at his first-ever RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships in four individual events and as part of three relays ... Won RMAC gold in the 500-free with an altitude-adjusted, program-record time of 4:22.24 ... Claimed RMAC gold in the 1000-free with another altitude-adjusted program record of 9:06.17 ... Raced to RMAC bronze in the 200-free after stopping the clock at 1:39.91 which converted to an altitude program record of 1:38.71 ... Helped Mines' 400-freestyle relay win RMAC silver in a program-record time of 2:58.55 ... Provided a leg on the Orediggers' 800-freestyle relay which won RMAC bronze ... Helped Mines' second 400-medley relay finish 10th as well while taking 13th individually in the 100-fly ... Closed his true-freshman campaign touting altitude-adjusted program records in the 200-free, 500-free, and 1000-free - which he broke and reset multiple times ... Also posted unadjusted program records in the 500-free and 1000-free, separate of his altitude-adjusted performances ... National rankings from the season as a hole included 75th in the 200-free, ninth in the 500-free, 10th in the 1000-free, and 90th in the 100-back.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Four-time varsity letter winner in swimming for Highlands Ranch High School … Two-time All-American, earning the status as a junior and senior … 2024 Colorado 5A State Champion in the 500-free thanks to a finals time of 4:33.75 … Also placed top-20 at the 2024 state meet in the 200-free … Freshman season saw a finish of 30th in the 500-free at the state championships … Took eighth in the state in the 500-free as a sophomore and was 30th in the 200-free … Junior season brought Colorado silver in the 500-free and a 10th-place finish in the 100-back … Competed in club swimming for Highlands Ranch Aquatics … Work in the classroom led to Outstanding Mathematics Student awards as a freshman and sophomore.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'9"