Swimming & Diving

Hoping to qualify for NCAA Div. III Championships and lower his own school records … Coaches cite his steady improvement in each season have enabled big-time results.

2015-16: Capped junior year as a history-maker in the program annals … Became the first male student-athlete in program history to earn an all-NCAC certificate in a backstroke event … Runner-up in the 200 back at the NCACs, lowering own school record time to 1:49.40, and earning an NCAA Div. III “B” cut in the process … Captured the first individual all-conference certificate on the men’s side in a non-diving event since 2007, and the runner-up finish marked the first individual second-place finish at NCAC Championships by a non-diver since 2001 … Part of the third-place 400 medley relay that time in a 3:27.52 to pick up the program’s first all-NCAC certificate in that event … Led off the 400 medley relay by lowering own 100 back school record to 50.70 … Turned in a 51.10 in the finals of the 100 back to place fourth in the conference … Part of the school-record 800 free relay (6:56.38) that placed fourth at NCACs, breaking the 20-year-old program standard in the process … Earned a spot in the championship heat of the 100 butterfly and moved up to eighth in that heat, touching the wall at 50.82 … Part of the sixth-place 200 medley (1:35.07) and 400 free (3:08.04) relays at the conference meet … Two-time NCAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week.

2014-15: Broke 34-year-old Wooster record in the 200 freestyle (1:42.66) during the Wooster Invitational, a record that now belongs to younger brother Cameron … Went on to set second school mark in the 200 back at NCAC’s, logging a NCAA “B” cut time of 1:51.19 in preliminary swim, before ultimately placing ninth in championship heat (1:54.42) … Placed eighth in the NCAC championship in the 100 back (51.36) at NCACs, after preliminary NCAA “B” cut swim of 51.27 (at the time was the second-fastest clip in program history, and .01 off the school record) … Also scored at the conference meet in the 200 free, hitting the wall at 1:43.67 … Key in relays as well, helping the 800 free to fifth (7:10.22), the 400 medley to sixth (3:29.40), and the 200 and 400 frees to seventh (1:27.31, 3:11.78) … Turned in a 47.21 as the leadoff leg of the 400 free relay, the fifth-fastest 100 free time in team history.

2013-14: Made a strong impression in his debut at the NCAC Championships, as he placed 14th or better in six events, highlighted by anchoring the seventh-place 200 free relay (1:26.86) … Also in relay competition, was eighth in the 400 free in an NCAA “B” cut time of 3:15.40, and ninth in the 800 free in 7:12.36 … Individually, touched the wall 11th in the back (1:56.98), 13th in the 200 free (1:43.18), and 14th in the grueling 1650 free (16:52.95) … Went 16:51.65 at the Wooster Invitational - the ninth-fastest 1650 in school history.

Prior to Wooster: Helped lead Zionsville Community High School to sectional championships as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Was part of 400 free relay team that placed 15th in state.

Personal: Born March 22, 1995 … Son of Jeff and Beth Gelwicks, and older brother of teammate Cameron Gelwicks … Majoring in student-designed program of earth and information sciences.