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Career Honors
- 2020 Tokyo Olympian
- CSCAA First Team All-American
- 200 Free Relay (2019, 2022)
- 400 Free Relay (2019)
- CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American
- 800 Free Relay (2019, 2022)
- 200 Free (2022)
- 400 Medley Relay (2022)
- 100 Free (2022)
- 400 Free Relay (2022)
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2019)
- Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (11/7/18)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/7/18)
- First Team All-Big Ten (2022)
2021-22 (Senior)
- Big Ten Champion in the 200 and 400 free relays
- Helped the Buckeyes to a podium sweep of the 50 free at the conference championship meet with a second-place finish
- Earned five All-American finishes at the NCAA Championship meet
- Won the 100 and 200 free and helped the 400 free relay to a win in Ohio State’s victory over Michigan
- Competed at the 2022 World Championships for Canada, helping the team to a silver medal in the 4×100 mixed medley
2019-20 (Sophomore)
- Swam at the OSU Fall Invitational
- Also competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series event in Greensboro, the Toyota US Open in Atlanta and the Prairie Winter International in Winnipeg
2018-19 (Freshman)
- Member of the 200 Free (1:16.89) and 400 Free (2:50.28) Relays that finished seventh at the NCAA Championships to earn CSCAA First Team All-America honors; also claimed Honorable Mention All-America honors as part of the 800 Free Relay, finishing 10th with a time of 6:14.99
- Helped break the school 800 Free Relay record with a time of 6:13.44 for bronze at the Big Ten Championships; also swam the second leg of the 200 Free Relay (1:16.36) for silver and another school record
- Claimed silver as the anchor to the 400 Free Relay (2:48.75) at the Big Ten Championships, breaking the school record
- Anchored the 400 Medley Relay to fourth-place at Big Tens with a time of 3:06.20, the No. 2 time in program history
- Took fifth in the 100 Free with a time of 42.74 at the Big Ten Championships; Finished seventh in the 50 Free with a time of 19.60 and in the 200 Free (1:34.83)
- Recorded the No. 2 50 Free (19.34) and No. 5 100 Free (42.51) times in program history in the Big Ten Championship preliminaries
- Won the 100 Free at the Shamrock Invitational (43.59) and at the Ohio State Invitational (42.79); also won the 200 Free (1:34.97) at the OSU Invite
- Represented Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in the 100 Free, finishing sixth with a time of 43.93
- Debuted as a Buckeye with a win in both the 50 Free (20.19) and the 100 Free (43.79) against Alabama
Prior to Ohio State
- 2018 Canadian Pan Pac team member
- 4×100 Free Relay junior world record holder
- Sixth-place at the FINA World Junior Championships in the 50 Free
- Competed with the Markham Aquatic Club