Zander Minano

Class:
Junior
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Santa Clarita, Calif.
High School:
Saugus
Prev School:
Colorado Mesa

SIU TOP TIMES

50-yard freestyle: 19.90
100-yard freestyle: 45.31
100-yard butterfly: 48.92

2021-2022 (SENIOR)

All-MAC Second Team... swam in three events... earned second place in the 50-free at MAC Championships... holds the second fastest SIU time in the 50-free (20.06)... top-five school time in 100-free... swam in the first-place 200-free relay at 2022 MAC's... swam to a third place finish in the "B" final of the 100-free at MAC's, earned first in the 100-fly "B" final... 11 top-eight finishes.

2020-2021 (JUNIOR)

All-MAC First Team... swam in three events... won first at the MAC Championships in the 50-free -- holds the SIU school record... swam to a seventh place finish in the "B" final of the 100-free at MAC's, earned first in the 100-fly "B" final... six top-eight finishes.

2019-2020 (SOPHOMORE, COLORADO MESA)

Competed at seven meets… Posted altitude-adjusted season-best times of 20.33 (50 free), 47.09 (100 free) and 51.27 (100 fly) at the A3 Performance Invitational… The 50 free time was a NCAA “B” cut... Helped the Mavs set school-record times of 1:20.54 (200 free relay) and 1:28.00 (200 medley relay) at the A3 meet... Selected as a CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American.

2018-2019 (FRESHMAN, COLORADO MESA)

Competed in six meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships... Earned CSCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors as a member of the Mavs' 200 medley relay team at the national meet... Helped the Mavs place 12th in 1:28.28... Set school-records in the 50 free and the 400 free relay... Posted a record-setting time of 20.00 to win the RMAC title in the 50 free while qualifying as an individual for that event at the national meet... Finished 20th (tie) at the nationals championships (20.36)... Also swam the opening leg for the Mavs' 17th place 200 free relay team at the NCAA meet... Earned four total All-RMAC accolades for his efforts at the conference meet, including first team honors for his 50 free... Finished tied for third in the 100 fly with a time of 49.22 seconds to rank sixth in program history... Was also a second team honoree for both that event and both the 200 and 400 free relays, which CMU finished second in... Helped the Mavs set a school-record time of 2:59.25 in the 400 free relay... Finished seventh in the 100 free after setting a season-best time of 45.90 seconds in the prelims... Accounted for 47 1/2 individual points in his three events at the RMAC meet... Also won the 50 free at the A3 Performance Invitational and in a Jan. 11-12 dual at Mines.

PRIOR TO SIU

Placed second in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free at the 2017 California CIF Souther-Division 1 Section Championships while at Saugus HS. Competed in the 50 free at the 2017 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships while representing the Canyons Aquatic Club... Won that event at the CA NV Sectional Championship in December, 2016... Also placed second in the 100 free... Won the 50 free at teh USA Swimming Futures Championships in Stanford, Calif. in August, 2016... Best times are 19.87 (50 free), 23.33 (50 free-long course), 45.02 (100 free), 52.97 (100 free-long course).

PERSONAL

Born November 3, 1999 to Jake Minano and Rosamerlinda Rosales...majoring in marketing.