CANTON, Ga. – Jimmie Hester and Garrett George capture the final men's swimming and diving athlete of the week as teams take a break until January.
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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:
Jimmie Hester | Trinity | FR | Round Rock, TX – Jack Hester had a record setting weekend at the Tiger Invite. He demolished Trinity school records in the 100 (48.11) and 200 (1:47.25) backstroke events. Both of those times are NCAA B cuts. Jack also split a 19.88 on the 200 freestyle relay, becoming the fourth Tiger in the last five years to split under the 20 second mark! Individually Jack also posted a lifetime best 50 freestyle of 20.77 (#7 in Trinity history) to win the event. Jack was key to all four team relay wins. He led the 400 medley relay off with a split of 48.55 and posted a 22.55 50 backstroke on the winning 200 medley. Jack wrapped up his weekend with a 45.47 100 freestyle, leading off the 400 freestyle relay. That's a best time by two seconds and moves him to #6 in school history.
Diving:
Garrett George | Centre | SR | Huntsville, AL –In the Speedo Invitational, Garrett George won the 3-meter competition with a total score of 534.55 points, just 11.95 points off a school record. He also finished 2nd in the 1-meter competition with 496.80 points, less than 3 points away from victory.
Notable Performances:
Swimming
- Nick Fonzo | Berry | JR | Carlsbad, CA – A junior from Carlsbad, CA Fonzo helped lead the Vikings men to a 4th place finish out of 12 teams at the Speedo Centre Mid Season Invite. Fonzo placed 4th in the 100 back with a 49.95, 5th in the 200 back with a season best 1:52.22, 3rd in the 100 fly with a season best 50.31and 7th in the 200 IM with a 1:55.18. He also shone in the relays splitting a 1:46.38 in the leadoff leg of the 800 free that finished 9th, leading off the 200 medley with a season best 22.95 in the 50 back as the team took 7th and then splitting a 50.01 in the 100 back to lead off the 400 medley relay that placed 6th. He also record a D3 b cut in the 100 back prelims with a 49.04.
- Tiernan Moore | Centre | SO | Versailles, KY – Tiernan Moore was part of Centre's 200 & 400 medley relay teams that broke program records in this weekend's Speedo Invitational. The 400 medley relay broke the program record by 1.31 seconds to finish with a time of 3:21.72. Moore also helped break the 200 medley record by .06 seconds with a time of 1:32.05. Individually, Moore reached an NCAA B-cut time in the 100-yard breaststroke, winning the event in a time of 54.65 seconds, just 0.16 seconds off his own school record. He also set a meet record in the 200-yard breaststroke with a winning time of 2:01.14, besting his preliminary time by 3.25 seconds.
- Andrew Olsen | Sewanee | SO | Atlanta, GA – Olsen set school-records in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke and was part of a school-record 200-yard medley relay at the Speedo Centre Invitational. He won the 100-yard backstroke in 49.00, which now ranks him in the Top 10 nationally in D3, and placed third in the 100-yard freestyle in 45.35. He finished 10th in the 50 freestyle in 21.29. He was part of the 800-yard freestyle relay that finished sixth, leading off in 1:41.91, and anchored the seventh-place 400-yard freestyle relay in 44.85. The 200-yard freestyle relay placed ninth with his anchoring time of 20.56 and the 400-yard medley relay was 10th, with Olsen swimming the 100-yard backstroke in 50.11.
Diving
- Jonah Kearns | Sewanee | FR | Lexington, KY – Kearns placed third in the one-meter with 486.50 points and finished fourth in the three-meter with 441.40 points.
- Max Rolla-Mullis | Trinity | SR | Ann Arbor, MI – Max Rolla-Mullis finished third on both boards in the six dive competition at the Tiger Invite meet. He totaled 219.25 points on three meter and 210.75 on the one meter board.
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
Week Five – Oct. 21 Daniel Apostol / Justin Toth
Week Six – Oct. 28 Andrew Olsen / Garrett George
Week Seven - Nov. 3 Nick Fonzo / Max Rolla-Mullis
Week Eight - Nov. 10 Andrew Olsen / Justin Toth
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