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2021-22 MIT Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Alex Podrez

  • Height 5-9
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown Beachwood, Ohio
  • High School Hawken High School
  • Event IM
  • Major Computer Science and Finance

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
200 IM 1:50.9
400 IM 3:58.48
200 Back 1:51.22
 
In the Record Books:
- 200 IM:
7th (1:50.92)
- 400 IM: 6th (3:58.48)
Accolades:
- CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American
NEWMAC All-Conference:
- 2021-22:
400-IM (Second Team)
2021-22:
- Finished second in the 400 IM at NEWMACs
- Grabbed third-place finishes in the 200 IM and 200-back at NEWMACs
- Competed in six meets during the year
Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Computer science and finance major
- Cleveland Clinic Brain Study Data Team
Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the State Championship title as a team my senior year of high school
Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Post NEWMAC victory pool jump
High School:
- Graduate of Hawken High School
- Men’s 200IM Record Holder (2020)
- MVP (2020-2021)
- News Herald Swimmer of the Year (2019-2020)
- 4x Ohio All-State Team
- 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th Place in Individual Events at OHSAA State Championships
- Central Zone record holder in 400 IM (13-14 age group)
- 6x record breaker – Lake Erie District – 400 IM (15-16 age group)
- 4 Individual Lake Erie District Records
- US-Open Senior National Qualifier (400 IM)
- Open Water Senior National Qualifier (5K)
- TYR Pro Swim Series Finalist
- 2x Junior National Swimmer (200IM, 400IM)
- USA Swimming Central Zone Championships: 2x high point runner up (2013, 2017)
- Central Zone Select Camp 
- NCSA Olympic Training Center Select Camp;
- International Swimming in Moscow Olympic Complex
-  Lake Erie Swimmer of the Year, 2014
- SUCAFINA NA, New York, NY (remote) Summer Intern, 2020
- CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH Summer Intern, 2019
- LAUNCHHOUSE, Cleveland, OH Designer, 2019
- Hawken Fishing Club Founder
Club:
- Lake Erie Silver Dolphins, Great Lakes Sailfish Swimming
- Scholastic All-American - USA Swimming (2017-2020)
- All-American Consideration - USA Swimming (2020)