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2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Matan Segal

  • Event Backstroke/IM/Freestyle
  • Class SR
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Hometown Lehavim, Israel
  • Previous School Eastern Michigan / Hof HaSharon

Biography

All-Conference Honors
400 free relay (2019)
800 free relay (2020, 2019)
400 medley relay (2019)

Top-10 Rankings (Performers) 
200 back
1. Ryan Berube, 1996    1:41.23
2. Pontus Renholm, 2009    1:42.56
3. Jakob Andersen, 2001    1:44.18
3. Ian Clark, 2006    1:44.18
5. Bartosz Lesko, 2016    1:44.44
6. John Simmons, 1995    1:44.59
7. Sam Straughan, 2015    1:44.72
8. Matan Segal, 2019    1:45.42
9. Matas Andriekus, 2012    1:45.51
10. Bart Wickard, 2001    1:45.93

Top Times
50 free 21.89 12/2/2017
100 free 45.49 3/4/2017
200 free 1:38.22 2/27/2019
100 back 48.44 3/1/2019
200 back 1:44.54 3/2/2018
200 IM 1:49.52 2/28/2018

Honors and Awards
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2021, 2020, 2019)
SMU Honor Roll with Distinction (Spring 2020, Fall 2019)
SMU Honor Roll (Spring 2019)

Prior to SMU: Competed at Hof HaSharon under Leonid Kaufman... Graduated Summa cum laude... Swam club for Hapoel Jerusalem under Gary Kolontarov... Member of Israeli Junior National Team from 2010-2013 and was named captain of the team in 2013... Competed in the Mediterranean Sea Championship  for 2010 and 2011... Competed in the European Junior Championship in 2012... Swam two seasons at Eastern Michigan... Member of the 2017 MAC Champions team... Placed third in the 200 backstroke in 2017... Placed second in the 200 backstroke in 2018... First leg of the winning 800 freestyle relay in 2018... Israeli junior champion in the 400 Freestyle... Placed third in the 200 back at the Israeli Championship.

Personal: Son of Eitan Segal... Has two brothers (Yonatan and Stav)... Chose SMU because of the great swim team and facilities.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19JR

    Backstroke/IM/Freestyle
    6'0" 180 lbs
  • 2019-20SR

    Backstroke/IM/Freestyle
    6'0" 180 lbs