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2023-24 Swimming Season Preview

10/6/2023 10:00:00 AM

Looking Back At 2022-23

The Salisbury University men’s and women’s swimming teams combined for 461 lifetime-best swims during the 2022-23 season. Salisbury finished first in percentage of personal bests at the 2023 Metropolitan (METS) Championship.

2023-24 Swimming Preview

2022-23 Team Recaps

Men's Season Recap

The men’s swimming team finished the 2022-23 season with a 9-0 dual-meet record, breaking the previous program record of wins in a season when the 2007-08 team finished with seven. The Sea Gulls finished fifth at the METS Championship with 690 points. They finished as the Most Improved Men’s Swim Team in NCAA Division III, according to SwimCloud. They moved up 103 spots going from 170th ranked to 67th. The men’s team set seven program records and three pool records throughout the season.

Women's Season Recap

The women’s swimming team finished the 2022-23 season with an 8-1 dual-meet record, setting a program record for wins. The Sea Gulls finished seventh at the METS Championship with 737 points. SwimCloud’s Third-Most Improved Women’s Swim Team in Division III, the Sea Gulls moved up 74 spots from 145th to 71st in the national rankings. The women’s team set 16 program records during the season.

Swimmers To Watch

So. | Dominic Kazzi

Sr. | Christopher Knorr

So. | Alexa Hilty

So. | Leah Gude

Dominic Kazzi
Christopher Knorr
Alexa Hilty
Leah Gude

According to SwimCloud, Kazzi was the top-ranked swimmer on the men’s team during the 2022-23 season. As a freshman, SwimCloud attributed 663.35 points to Kazzi for his performance throughout the season.
Kazzi finished eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.27 at the METS Championship.

Knorr was the second-ranked swimmer on the men’s team for the 2022-23 season according to SwimCloud. The rising senior finished with a value of 623.95 points for his performance during the season.
At the METS Championship, Knorr finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:53.09, and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.49.

The rising sophomore was the second-ranked swimmer on the women’s team during the 2022-23 season according to SwimCloud. Hilty was attributed 584.80 points by SwimCloud for her performance throughout the season.
Hilty set personal bests at the METS Championship in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle with times of 24.90 and 54.42, respectively.

Gude was credited as the top-ranked swimmer on the women’s team for the 2022-23 season according to SwimCloud. The rising sophomore finished with 588.55 for her performance during the season.
Gude finished fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:58.37, and sixth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:14.98 at the METS Championship.

2023-24 Men's Roster

2023-24 Women's Roster

Last year we had a huge improvement in the conference and I think that we can continue on that path as we move forward this year. We have two different teams but both with very similar goals in trying to crack into the top three at the conference championship.

Head Coach Nate Parsley