2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Biography
AT UMBC
2024-25
- America East Championship Diver of the Meet
- America East All-Academic Team
- America East Diver of the Week (Oct. 8, Oct. 15, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Jan. 28)
- America East Championships 1 Meter Diving Gold Champion (355.95)
- America East Championships 3 Meter Diving Gold ChampionÂ
- Set 1 Meter Diving school record (355.95)
- Set 1 Meter Diving Pool and Meet Record/NCAA Zone Cut at Loyola on Oct. 26 (338.95)
- Set 3 Meter Diving Meet Record/NCAA Zone Cut at the Thomas Murphy Invitational (344.75)
AT GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
2023-24: Senior
- Named to CSCAA Scholar All-American 2nd Team.
- 2024 Academic All-WAC Honoree.
- Placed 4th overall in the 3 meters (6 dives) with a personal best of 346.60 pts at the WAC Championships.
- Achieved 3rd place in the 1 meter (6 dives) at the WAC Championships.
- Secured 1st place in both the 1 meter (6 dives) and the 3 meter (6 dives) at the GCU vs. NM State, ACU, Ottawa meet.
2022-2023: Junior
- Named 2023Â Academic All-WAC honoree.Â
- Holds 6Â top-10 school marks.
- WAC Diver of the week
- Midseason platform score of 342.6 (school record).Â
- Won 1-meter event at the Miami Invitational (307.55).
- NCAA Zone cuts in all three diving events.
- 3-meter dive score of 299.03 (6 all-time) to open season.
2021-22: SophomoreÂ
- Named 2022 Academic All-WAC honoree
- Placed third on the 1-Meter (283.58) dive and sixth on the 3-Meter (212.25) dive at LSU.
- Earned zone qualifying scores in the 1-meter (329.85) and the 3-meter (323.85) at the Lancer Diving Invitational.
- Won all three events 1-Meter (372.0), 3-Meter (339.75), and Platform (272.48) in a two-day dual meet at Air Force. Set a new GCU record and broke the WAC Conference record in the 1-Meter against the Falcons.
- Won the 3-Meter (310.05) and the 1-Meter (290.45) dives and placed second on the Platform (288.40) at the Miami Invitational.
- Earned two second-place finishes in the 1-Meter (300.45) and the 3-Meter (317.93) at CBU.
- Won the 1-Meter (320.03) and the 3-Meter (320.93) dives against UNLV.
- Finished sixth in the 3-Meter (302.65), fourth in the 1-Meter (312.10), eighth on Platform (246.20) at the 2022 WAC Championships.
- Finished 10th in the 1-Meter (614.60) and Platform (561.95) dives and 17th on the 3-Meter (590.30) at the NCAA Zone E Championships.
2020-21: FreshmanÂ
- Took third place in the 1-Meter (264.67) dive and fifth in the 3-Meter (209.60) dive against California Baptist. Â
- Placed ninth in the 1-Meter (269.45), 11th in the Platform (241.30), and 13th in the 3-Meter (257.40) at the 2021 WAC Championships.
Background:
- Completed undergrad at Grand Canyon University, graduating Summa Cum Laude
- Son of Tracey and Stephen Poole
- Has a brother named Nathaniel
- 2020 - High School 3A State Champion
- 2024 - College All-American athlete
- Dives for Dive Seattle and Alpha Dive Club
- Lists favorite musical artist as John Michael Howell
- Started diving at 14 years old
- Plans to major in mechanical engineering with a career ambition in microchip technology
