It was another season to remember for San Diego State's swimming and diving team as the Aztecs successfully defended their conference championship and qualified eight swimmers and a diver to compete at the 2020 NCAA Championships (canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Here is a look back at the Aztecs' 2019-20 campaign by the numbers:
2 | Junior Klara Thormalm earned her Mountain West title in the 200 breaststroke with a time that was two seconds faster than the previous SDSU program record. Her swim of 2:08.20 also set a new conference championship and overall conference-best time. |
3 | Thormalm won three individual titles at the 2020 Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships (50 free, 100 breast, 200 breast) while swimming in four of the Aztecs' championship-winning relay teams (200 medley, 400 medley, 200 free, 400 free). For her efforts, Thormalm was named the MW Championships' Swimmer of the Meet and the 2020 MW Swimmer of the Year. |
3.34 | The Aztecs earned a 3.34 team grade point average (GPA) in the Fall 2019 semester, a program-best effort. |
4 | The number of conference end-of-the-year awards won by the Aztecs for their 2019-20 campaign, marking only the second time in Mountain West history that a school has swept all four honors in the same season. |
5 | The number of Mountain West Championships the Aztecs now hold after successfully defending their title in 2019-20 (the program's first-ever back-to-back title). With five conference championships, SDSU now holds the most swimming and diving conference titles among active members. |
7 | With his 2020 Mountain West Coach of the Year honor, Mike Shrader now owns seven conference coach of the year awards in his illustrious career. Additionally, a total of seven Aztec swimmers and divers wonCollege Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-American awards for their efforts throughout the 2019-20 season. |
8th | Sophomore diver Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez earned the MW Diver of the Year award for the second consecutive year, becoming just the eighth diver to earn more than one end-of-year conference honor in her career. The sophomore placed first at the MW championships on the 3-meter dive with a score of 382.35 while earning podium finishes on the other two springboard events. |
13 | The Aztecs took home 13 first-place finishes at the conference championship meet, earning eight individual titles while sweeping all five relay events for just the third time in conference history. |
24 | Including three new school records, SDSU's swimmers and relay teams posted 24 times that rank inside the program's top-10 performances throughout the 2019-20 season. |
51.60 | Senior Courtney Vincent swam a school-record setting time of 51.60 in the preliminary heats of the 100 fly at the 2020 MW Championships on the way to winning the individual title in the event for the third consecutive year. |
1,463.5 | SDSU scored 1,436.5 points at the 2020 MW Championships, a new conference record for points scored at the championship meet. |