2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster Choose a Player: Appelhans, Madelynn Augustin, Anna Bane, Madeline Becker, Claire Blattner, Katelyn Borrman, Jakob Browne, Miller Burchett, Emily Byrnes, Brendan Carsrud, Sani Chadderdon, Kellen Clerkin, Maggie Columbus, Andrew Covello , Samantha Crane, Kira Cumnock-Francois , Daniel Cunningham, Kayla DeYoung, Max Diaz, Samantha Diaz , Thomas Eccleston, Erin Ford, Brooke Franckowiak, Kali Gilbert, Reilly Giles , Emily Giles, Hannah Gonzalez, Juan Green, Molly Haigler, Gabriella Horne, Rachael Houlihan, McKenna Jeter, Lana Jones, Lainee Klimczak, Maisyn Lang, Matt Lee , Payton McPherson, Katie Mehl, Emma Metzler, Sydney Mihalic, David Mirafuentes , Melissa Mitchell , Robert Morton, Sage Murphy , Cameron Netzel, Ryan Nichols, Britt Niemann, Andrea O'Neil, Jack Owens , Sarah Palmer, Carly Pietsch, Rachel Ramirez, Roxanna Rich, Isabel Robison, Zoe Rodriguez, Andrew Sloan, Grant Smith, Gavin Stuckey, Sam Swartz, Lauren Teller, Quinn Theiler, Kylee Tjaden, Harry Walker, Luke Wargin, John Go Profile Stats Profile FREE/FLY/IM Position Sophomore Class Edina, Minn. Hometown Edina HS High School Andrew Columbus FREE/FLY/IM Position Sophomore Class Edina, Minn. Hometown Biography Summary Biography Sophomore (2021-22): Participated primarily in distance freestyle and the individual medley … posted multiple career-best times at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (2/24/22), swimming a 3:58.18 in the 400-yard IM and a 4:38.24 in the 500-yard freestyle … recorded a career-best time of 10:03.86 in the 1,000-yard freestyle in a tri-meet involving UNLV and Hawaii (1/29/22) … logged season-best times 16:07.14 in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Freshman (2020-21): Enjoyed a successful showing at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (2/26/21) with multiple career-best times … swam a 4:03.56 in the 400 IM, a 1:50.91 in the 200 butterfly and a 15:59.75 in the 1,650 freestyle … recorded a career-best time of 10:06.31 in the 1,000 freestyle in a dual against Denver (1/22/21) … boasted another career-best time of 4:46.07 in the 500 freestyle in a dual against Hawaii (1/29/21). High School: A four-time NCSA Junior National Qualifier while attending Edina High School…in 2019, he was a Winter Junior National Qualifier in the 200 butterfly, while he scored in the NCSA Junior National meet in the same event and the 1500 freestyle…while swimming for his club team, he was named the Hardest Worker and was the Long Course IMX State Champion…selected USA Swimming Academic All-America in 2020. Personal: Columbus is the son of David and Christine…majoring in French.
