Army West Point Athletics
2015-16 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Zach Blankenbeker
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jeffersonville, Ind.
- High School:
- Jeffersonville
2015-16: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … competed for the Cadets at the ECAC Championships … placed fifth in the 200 fly at the meet with a time of 1:50.29 … also swam in the 200 free (1:43.07) and 500 free (4:43.94) events … touched the wall first in the 200 fly (1:53.18) opposite American and George Mason … placed second in the 200 fly in the dual-meet with Bucknell with a time of 2.54.41 … swam to a third-place finish in the 200 free (1:46.06) a week later in the tri-meet against Colgate and Lafayette ... branched into the Armor Corps.
2014-15: Competed for Army at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships … had a career-best time in the 200 fly … placed third with a time of 1:50.26 … was 24th in the 200 free (1:41.99) … touched the wall in 4:42.25 in the 500 free … clocked two career-best times in the dual-meet against rival Navy … recorded a 1:49.80 in the 200 fly and a 4:39.42 in the 500 free … won the 200 fly in the dual-meet at Bucknell … finished first in the 500 free in the tri-meet with Colgate and Lafayette … was second in the 200 fly at the dual-meet against Lehigh … placed third in the 200 fly in the dual-meet at UMass and in the quad-meet with American, Boston U and George Mason.
2013-14: Climbed the record charts in the 200-fly ... now ranks seventh in Army's top-times ... clocked a 1:49.16 at the Army-Navy meet.
2012-13: Excelled in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly during his freshman season...recorded two third-place performances in the 200 butterfly and 200 free at Lehigh (Jan. 11) and Bucknell (Jan. 12)... clocked in at 53.14 in the 100 fly against Bucknell (Jan. 12)...recorded a fourth-place finish in the 200 free at Colgate/Lafayette Invite (Jan. 26)...pulled in three fifth-place finishes in 100 and 200 butterfly versus, Brown (Oct.5) and in meet versus LIU Post and Columbia (Nov. 17)...part of the 200 medely relay team which broke the plebe West Point in 2013.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Capped an outstanding career at Jeffersonville High School by qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 fly (long course meters) ... qualified for the 2011 U.S. Junior Nationals in the 200 fly (long course meters) ... twice named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in the 500 free (2011-12) ... swam to a pair of top-five finishes at the 2012 Indiana State Championships ... tabbed MVP of the Jefferson High swim team all four years ... four-time all-conference selection ... graduated with high school records in the 200 free and 500 free ... President of the Jeffersonville National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Hobbies include reading, studying history and playing video games ... particularly enjoys American history ... fifth straight first born male in his family ... dream job is to be a historian ... spirit animal is ais a bear ... Company F-3 ... majoring in History.
