Paul DeLakis

FR/BR/IM

Player profile

Career Honors

CSCAA First Team All-American
- 200 Free (2019)
- 200 Breast (2019)
- 400 Free Relay (2019)
CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American
- 200 Free (2018)
- 400 Free Relay (2018)
- 800 Free Relay (2018, 2019)
Second Team All-Big Ten (2019)
CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2019, 2020)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019)
Ohio State Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2019)

School Records

2018-19 (Sophomore)

Earned individual CSCAA First Team All-America distinction with a fifth-place finish in the 200 Free (1:32.01) and a sixth-place finish in the 200 Breast (1:52.05) at the NCAA Championships, both new school records.
Second leg of the 400 Free Relay that placed seventh at the NCAA Championships, also claiming First Team All-America honors; Claimed CSCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors with a 10th-place finish on the 800 Free Relay squad, finishing with a time of 6:14.99.
Posted a silver-medal finish in the 200 Free (1:33.15) and as part of the 400 Free Relay (2:48.75) at the Big Ten Championships; earned a bronze medal on the 800 Free Relay team with a time of 6:13.44.
Took fourth in the 200 IM Final at the Big Ten Championships, clocking in at 1:42.67 for a new personal best and the No. 2 time for the team.
Represented Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, finishing fourth in the 200 Free with a time of 1:36.87.

2017-18 (Freshman)

NCAA Qualifier in the 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay and 800 Free Relay.
Placed 11th in the 200 Free final with a time of 1:33.17 at the NCAA Championships.
Third leg of the 12th-place 400 Free Relay team with a readout of 2:49.42 at the NCAA Championships.
Swam the second leg of the 800 Free Relay at the NCAA Championships, helping the squad to a 15th-place finish.
Bronze medalist in the 200 Free with a school-record time of 1:32.86 at the Big Ten Championships, and followed up with another bronze in the 200 IM with a time of 1:42.83, also a school record.
First leg of the silver-medal 400 Free Relay team (2:50.12) and second leg of the bronze-medal 800 Free Relay team (6:16.92 – school record) at the Big Ten Championships.
Recorded the fastest 200 Breast time of the season at 1:55.06, good for ninth at the Big Ten Championships.

Prior to Ohio State

Lettered four years in swimming at Memorial High School under the direction of Dylan Leonard.
Ranked the eighth best recruit in the nation by collegeswimming.com.
Ten-time state champion in Wisconsin.
Won back-to-back YMCA Short Course national titles in the 200 and 400 individual medley in 2016 and 2017.
Won a total of 46 races during his high-school career
2015 YMCA Short Course national champion in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:58.58)
Won four Wisconsin Boys Division State individual titles in the 200 free (2016), 100 breaststroke (2016), 100 breaststroke (2017) and 200 individual medley (2017)

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