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Dominik Niedzialek

Dominik Niedzialek

  • Year:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Lublin, Poland
  • High School:
    Mediterranean General

2018-19 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Posted three top-three individual finishes at Horizon League Championships … Led CSU by earning 50 points as an individual at league meet … Finished second at HL meet in 500 freestyle (4:27.47) … Also was league runner-up in 200 backstroke (1:45.60) … Took third place in 100 backstroke in career-best 48.26 seconds … Swam lead relay legs of both 400 medley relay and 800 free relay at league meet, helping both to runner-up finishes … His lead leg of 800 free relay saw him swim a career-best 1:38.59 in 200 freestyle … Finished among top 15 in both 50 backstroke and 100 backstroke at National Invitational Championship … Was a two-time Horizon League Swimmer of the Week … Swept backstroke events at Magnus Cup … Also won 200 back at Akron Zips Classic … Reset career best in 50 free (22.07) while leading off a relay in dual vs. Xavier … Won five dual meet races on season … Swam in seven traditional individual events, adding the 50 free, the 100 free, the 1650 free and the 200 IM to those above … Named Academic All-Horizon League. 

2017-18 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Posted three top-three individual finishes in his debut Horizon League Championships … Surpassed NCAA ‘B’ standards in two of those three events and broke school record in one of them … Swam third leg of 800 freestyle relay team that won League title and broke school record in 6:32.96 … CSU was seeded fourth entering 800 free relay … Tied for second in 200 backstroke in school-record time of 1:44.98, also a ‘B’ standard … Placed third in 100 back in 48.39 seconds, a NCAA cut time … Was also third in 500 freestyle at HL meet in 4:25.45 … Swam the lead leg on CSU’s 400 medley relay team that took third at League meet … Won 200 backstroke at Magnus Cup and was runner-up in 100 back and 500 free … Won seven dual races during the season, six in backstroke events and one in 1000 freestyle … Swam in seven traditional individual events on season, adding the 200 IM to his freestyle and backstroke disciplines … Named Scholar All-America Honorable Mention by the CSCAA. 

Pre-CSU
Was a national championship medalist in his junior age groups.