Kaelan Freund Season 2019-20

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date	Competition
100 Breast	53.14	2/23/18	Big Ten Championships
200 Breast	1:56.96	11/19/17	Ohio State Invitational
200 IM	1:46.52	2/23/17	Big Ten Championships

 
Career Accolades

• Academic All-Big Ten (2017-18).
• 50m and 100m breaststroke Canadian National Champion (2017).
• Ranks as the second-fastest performer at Penn State all-time in the 100 breast (53.14).
• Ranks as the fourth-fastest performer at Penn State all-time in the 200 breast (1:56.96).
  Ranks as the sixth-fastest performer at Penn State all-time in the 200 IM (1:46.52).
• Member of the second-fastest 200 medley relay team in Penn State history (1:25.27).
  Member of the fourth-fastest 400 medley relay team in Penn State history (3:08.04).
• Has placed in the Top 20 of the 100 and 200 breasts and 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships in each attempt, posting career-best finishes of 13^th in the breaststrokes in 2018.
• Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week (10/18/17).
• Four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2017-18).

 
National

• Two-time Canadian National Champion winning gold in the 100m breaststroke (1:02.01) and 50m breaststroke (27.94) at the 2017 Canadian Swimming Championships in Montreal. Was also seventh in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.71).
• Placed fourth in the 50m breaststroke (28.28) at the 2018 Canadian Swimming Championships in Montreal.

 
2018-19 (Junior Year)

• Virginia (10/6): Placed second in the 100 breast (55.92).

2017-18 (Sophomore Year)

• Awards: Academic All-Big Ten…Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week (10/14).
• Season: Won eight individual dual meet events, including the first six he competed in.
• Big Ten Championships (2/21-24): Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 100 breast (53.14, 13^th), 200 breast (1:56.97, 13^th) and 200 IM (1:46.69, 18^th). All times were “B” cuts and 100 breast and 200 IM times were personal bests that ranked among the top-five performers in school history in each event.
• Virginia (10/14): Named the Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week after winning the 100 breast (54.20), 200 breast (2:00.34) and 200 IM (1:49.71) The 100 breast time was the fastest in the nation for the week.
• at NC State/vs. Duke (10/20): Won the 100 breast (54.55), 200 breast (1:59.37) and 200 IM (1:49.54).
• Ohio State Invitational (11/17-19): Won the 200 breast in a personal best and NCAA “B” cut time of 1:56.96, ranking as the fourth-fastest performer in school history. Also won the 100 breast (53.26) and placed 13^th in the 200 IM (1:47.52).
• Villanova (2/2): Won the 200 breast (2:03.11), swam the fastest time in the 200 IM (1:51.11) and member of winning 200 medley relay team (1:29.76) against.

 
2016-17 (Freshman Year)

• Awards: Four-time Big Ten Men’s Freshman of the Week.
• Season: Nine-time dual meet individual event champion.
• Big Ten Championships (2/22-2/25): Earned career bests and three top-20 finishes in the 100 breast (53.59, t-11th), 200 breast (1:57.60, 13th) and the 200 IM (1:46.52, 20th), tallying NCAA B-cut times in all three. Also contributed in the relays, helping the 200 medley (1:25.27) and 400 medley (3:08.04) relay teams to fifth-place finishes in NCAA “B” cut and Penn State all-time top-five times. 200 IM time was the team’s fastest for the year and ranked him as the fifth-fastest performer in the event in school history.
• Towson (10/6): Made collegiate debut, winning the 100 (56.28) and 200 (2:05.61) breaststrokes.
• Virginia Tech (10/15): Won the 200 IM in 1:53.70.
• Ohio State Invitational (11/18-20): Named Big Ten Freshman of the week after swimming first NCAA B-cuts in the 100 breast (54.75), placing fourth, and 200 breast (1:59.65), placing 11^th.
• Yale (1/13-14): Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for a second time after he won both the 100 (55.42) and 200 (1:59.79) breasts, placed runner up in the 200 (1:49.89) and 400 (4:02.04) IM and also contributed to winning efforts in the 200 and 400 medley relay.
• Navy (1/21): Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for a third time, sweeping the 100 (55.10, B-cut) and 200 (2:02.17) breaststrokes, earning a win in the 200 IM (1:50.60), and opening the meet by contributing to a winning effort in the 200 medley relay.
• at Villanova (2/3): Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for a fourth-time following the regular season finale, winning the 200 breast (2:00.88) and contributing to a first-place mark in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:24.37.

 
High School

• Attended Chinook H.S.
• Swam since age 12 with Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club under Coach Peter Schori.
• Competed in the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials (200 IM).
• Won five gold medals and one silver at the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games.
• Competed in the Alberta 2016 Provincial Championships and 2015 Calgary Speedmeet International.
• 2011 North American Challenge Cup Competitor.
• Earned four gold medals, five silvers and three bronze competing in the Canadian Age Group Championships (2012-14).
• 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Competitor.
• Named Lethridge’s 2014 Junior Male Athlete of the Year.
• Earned Swimming Canada’s Victor Davis Memorial Award in 2015.
• Four-time Team MVP (2012-2015).
• Holds club’s records in the 50m breaststroke (29.08), 100 breaststroke (1:03.89), 200 breaststroke (2:21.61) and 200 IM (2:08.58).
  Member of Chinook High School Interact Club.

Personal

• Full name is Kaelan Jay Freund.
• Parents are Jason and Julie Freund.
• Has two siblings, Joshua and Brittany.
• Also enjoys golfing.
• Majoring in mechanical engineering.
• Aspires to become an NCAA finalist and a Canadian Olympian.
• Born August 23, 1998 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.