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Pieter Pelser

Pieter Pelser

  • Organization:
    Swimming & Diving
  • Year:
    Class of 2014

Pelser (2003-06) was one of the top swimmers to come through the CSU program, earning Horizon League Athlete of the Year honors in 2005 when he helped the Vikings to a runner-up finish at the league championship. The following year, Pelser was instrumental in helping CSU win the conference title.

A four-time league champion in the 200 backstroke and three-time league champion in the 100 backstroke, Pelser set the school record in the 200 back in each of his four years at CSU. His record time of 1:47.72 set in 2006 was broken last season. He also set the 100 back school-record five times, including a school record time of 48.58 that was also broken last year. Pelser was a member of CSU's 400 medley relay team that won league titles in 2004, 2005, and 2006.