University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Accolades

• Earned entrance into Chi Sigma Alpha in the Spring 2023
• Selected to 2023 College Sports Communicators Swimming & Diving All-District Academic Team
• Selected to 2022-23 America East All-Academic Team 
• Selected to 2021-22 America East All-Academic Team
• Named America East Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 25
• Named the team’s 2021-22 Most Valuable Athlete

• Won the 100 breaststroke with the PR of 1:02.82 at the Romanian Federation National Championship in April 

• Earned four golds and set a meet record in the 200 breaststroke at the 2022 Romanian National Championships in March 

• Competed in four events at the CSCAA National Invitational and placed third in the 100 IM with a PR and school record time of 48.72
• Won three individual golds at the 2023 America East Championships (200 IM, 100 and 200 breaststroke)
• Set pool, meet and conference record in capturing both breaststroke events
• Part of three gold-medal winning UMBC relay teams in Worcester
• Tripled versus George Mason, winning both breaststroke events and the 200 IM
• Captured both breaststroke events and the 200 IM at the ECAC Winter Championships

• Competed in four events at the CSCAA National Invitational and placed sixth in the 200 breaststroke
• Set a meet record (1:57.56) while winning the 200 breaststroke at the America East Championships, defending his title
• Captured another gold in the 200 IM and also earned golds on the school-record setting 400 medley relay winning quartet and in the 200 medley relay
• A first-place finisher in the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM at Seton Hall
• Matched Kai Wisner’s efforts at ECAC Winter Championships, earning three golds, triumphing in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 IM events

2020-21

• Debuted in the black and gold by winning the 100 IM and 100 breaststroke at the George Mason Invitational
• Won 100 breaststroke at VMI
• Produced an outstanding meet at America East Championships, highlighted by a victory in the 200 breaststroke
• Also earned gold as a part of 400 medley relay quartet
• Took silver in the 100 breaststroke and bronze in the 200 IM in Newark

BACKGROUND: 

• A two-time champion at the 2019 Romanian International Swimming Championships
• Captured the 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle events
• A 2019 European Junior Championships semi-finalist, placing 11th in the 50m freestyle with a time of 23.23    
• Also competed in handball and his team earned an area title
• Selected UMBC (because it) “provided the best place for me both academically and athletically”
• Lists favorite professional sports team as FC Barcelona