CANTON, Ga. – Daniel Apostol of Trinity and Justin Toth of Centre earned week four Athlete of the Week honors.
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SAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Schedule/Results
SAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Performance List
2026 SAA Swimming & Diving Championship
Athletes of the Week:
Swimming:
Daniel Apostol | Trinity | FR | Billings, MT – First-year Daniel Apostol recorded four wins in his first college meet against St. Thomas (TX) on Saturday. He was first to the wall in the 50 free (21.42) and 100 breaststroke (58.88), individually, and both of those times would have scored in the top 14 at last year’s SAA Championships. On the 400 freestyle relay, he split a 47.85 100 yard freestyle to lead the Tigers to a win to start the race. Daniel also put up an impressive 26.25 breaststroke split on the winning 200 medley relay.
Diving:
Justin Toth | Centre | SR | Pensacola, FL– Justin Toth posted scores of 236.99 on the 1-meter dive and 227.09 on the 3-meter dive as Centre competed in a team exhibition as neither Campbellsville nor Midway sent divers for the tri-match.
Notable Performances:
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Nick Fonzo | Berry | JR | Carlsbad, CA– A junior from Carlsbad, CA Fonzo helped lead the Vikings at the Emmanuel Invite finishing 2nd in the 200 Back with a 51.95, 3rd in the 200 Back in a 1:58.15 and also led off the 200 medley relay helping them to a third place finish with a 1:36.47.
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Gavin Schoeling | Centre | FR | Milton, GA – Gavin Schoeling won the 100 fly in a tri-match against Campbellsville and Midway. His time of 53.07 seconds with over 2 seconds faster than the rest of the field. He also swam the anchor leg of the men's 200 medley relay in a time of 22.01 seconds, more than 2 seconds faster than the other 3 Colonel swimmers. In the 200 free relay, Schoeling again was the fastest Colonel, with a split time of 21.73 seconds, propelling the team to a .01 second win. He also swam anchor in the 400 free relay and his split times of 22.87 and 47.48 were the fastest of anyone in the entire race.
2025-2026 Men’s Swim and Dive Report Archive (AOW Swimmer/Diver)
Week One – Sept. 23 Jonas Hostetler/ Parson Simmons
Week Two – Sept. 30 Josh Denckhoff/ Parson Simmons
Week Three – Oct. 7 Jonah Kearns
Week Four – Oct. 14 Jack Liau/ Garrett George
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