Catholic University of America

Career Highlights

• 2022 NCAA Division III All-America Honors in the 100-yard breaststroke
• First Program All-American in 26 years
• Five NCAA B Cuts (100 breast x3, 200 breast x2)
• Owns four Schools Record times (100 back, 100 breast, 200 breast & 200 medley relay)
• 19x All-Landmark Conference Selection
• 10x Landmark Conference Champion in five different events (50 free, 100 breast x3, 200 breast x2, 200 IM x2, 200 medley relay x2)
• 25 career podium finishes at Landmark Championships
• Has finished on the podium in every career individual race he has participated in at Landmark Championships
• 2x Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (Jan. 23, 2023; Nov. 22, 2022)
• 2024 Catholic Athletics Harris Cup Nominee

As a Senior (2023-24)

• NCAA B Cut in the 100 breast
• Three Landmark Conference First-Team honors (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM)
• Three Landmark Conference Second-Team honors (200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay)
• One Landmark Conference Honorable Mention honor (400 free relay)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships (54.72), swimming an NCAA-B Cut time of 54.71 in the prelims.
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships (2:04.85)
• Placed 1st in the 200 IM at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships with a Personal-Best time of 1:51.12.
• Placed 2nd in the 200 free relay at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 2nd in the 200 medley relay at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 2nd in the 400 free relay at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 2nd in the 400 medley relay at 2024 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 1st in the 50 breast at Marymount (Va.) v. Catholic meet (27.01)
• Placed 1st in the 100 back at Elizabethtown v. Catholic meet (57.00)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Salisbury meet (58.04)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Drew v. Catholic meet (58.38)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at American v. Catholic meet (59.42)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Mary Washington meet (59.56)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Marymount (Va.) v. Catholic meet (1:00.51)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Scranton v. Catholic meet (1:00.84)
• Placed 1st in the 100 back at Elizabethtown v. Catholic meet (2:09.54)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Drew v. Catholic meet (2:12.73)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Catholic v. Mary Washington meet (2:13.21)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Scranton v. Catholic meet (2:18.47)

As a Junior (2022-23)

• NCAA B Cut in the 100 breast
• NCAA B Cut in the 200 breast
• Three Landmark Conference First-Team honors (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM)
• Landmark Conference Second-Team honors in the 200 medley relay
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships (55.48), swimming a NCAA B-Cut time of 55.34 in the prelims.
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships with a Personal-Best, NCAA-B Cut and School-Record time of 2:02.30
• Placed 1st in the 200 IM at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships (1:52.31)
• Placed 2nd in the 200 medley relay at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 3rd in the 200 free relay at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 3rd in the 400 medley relay at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 4th in the 400 freestyle relay at 2023 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 1st in the 50-yard freestyle at Catholic v. Marymount (Va.) meet (22.00)
• Placed 1st in the 100-yard backstroke at Randolph-Macon v. Catholic meet (54.48)
• Placed 1st in the 100-yard butterfly at Goucher v. Catholic meet (55.75)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a Season's-Best time of 55.25
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Salisbury meet (57.72)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Mary Washington meet (57.91)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Elizabethtown meet (59.16)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Drew meet (59.25)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Catholic v. Scranton meet (59.28)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (2:06.33)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Catholic v. Mary Washington meet (2:10.80)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Catholic v. Salisbury meet (2:12.22)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Catholic v. Elizabethtown meet (2:16.16)
• Placed 1st in the 200 IM at Catholic v. Mary Washington meet (1:59.92)
• Placed 1st in the 200 IM at Catholic v. Elizabethtown meet (2:01.57)
• Placed 1st in the 200 IM at Catholic v. Salisbury meet (2:02.27)

As a Sophomore (2021-22)

• NCAA Division III All-America Honorable Mention in the 100 breast
• Placed 14th nationally in 100 breast with a time of 54.79
• Swam the 50 free, 100 breast and 200 breast at NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships
• NCAA B Cut in the 100 breast
• NCAA B Cut in the 200 breast
• Three Landmark Conference First-Team honors (individual 50 free, individual 100 breast, 200- medley relay)
• Three Landmark Conference Second-Team honors (individual 100 breast, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships with a Program-Record, Championships Meet-Record, Conference-Record, Personal-Best and NCAA B Cut time of 54.59
• Placed 1st in the 200 medley relay at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships with a Program-Record time of 1:33.80
• Placed 1st in the 50-yard freestyle at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships with a Personal-Best time of 21.22
• Placed 2nd in the 200 breast at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships with an NCAA B Cut time of 2:04.43
• Placed 2nd in the 400 free relay at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 2nd in the 400 medley relay at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 3rd in the 200-yard freestyle relay at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 1st in the 50 free at Catholic v. Goucher meet (21.91)
• Placed 1st in the 50 free at Catholic v. Randolph-Macon meet (21.91)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jacket Invitational (56.66)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Drew v. Catholic meet (59.53)
• Placed 1st in the 100 breast at Scranton v. Catholic meet (59.91)
• Placed 1st in the 100 back at Elizabethtown v. Catholic meet (55.46)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Catholic v. Randolph-Macon meet (2:13.38)
• Placed 1st in the 200 breast at Elizabethtown v. Catholic meet (2:13.90)
• Placed 1st in the 200 IM at Elizabethtown v. Catholic meet (2:04.62)

As a Freshman (2020-21)

• Landmark Conference First-Team honors in the 200 medley relay
• Landmark Conference Second-Team honors in the 200-yard individual medley
• Placed 1st in the 200 medley relay at 2021 Landmark Conference Championships
• Placed 2nd in the 200 IM at 2021 Landmark Conference Championships with a Personal-Best time of 2:00.13
• Placed 3rd in the 200 free relay at 2021 Landmark Conference Championship
• Placed 3rd in the 100 breast at 2021 Landmark Conference Championship (59.01)
• Placed 3rd in the 200-yard backstroke at 2021 Landmark Conference Championship (1:59.22)

Before Catholic: Team captain and state qualifier at Kennett High School ... recipient of the Frank Graff Athletic Achievement Award ... swam club for the Kennett Square YMCA where he was team captain, a record holder, and national qualifier. 

Personal: Majoring in pre-law philosophy and Hispanic studies ... son of Dr. Daniel Ober and Dr. Kathleen O'Donnell ... has two brothers, Matthias “Ogre” and Dante ... member of the pre-law society.