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2020-21 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Daniel Forndal

  • Event Freestyle
  • Class SR
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 206
  • Hometown Forserum, Sweden
  • Previous School N.C. State / Sandagymnasiet, Huskvarna

Biography

NCAA Standards ('B' standards unless otherwise noted)
100 free (2021, 2020)
200 free (2021, 2020)

School Records
400 free relay | 2:53.03 | 2/27/2021
800 free relay | 6:25.50 | 2/26/2021

Conference Championships
100 free (2021)
200 free (2021)
200 free relay (2021)
400 free relay (2021)
800 free relay (2021)
400 medley relay (2021)

All-Conference Honors
50 free (2021)
100 free (2021, 2020)
200 free (2021)
200 free relay (2021, 2020)
400 free relay (2021, 2020)
800 free relay (2021, 2020)
400 medley relay (2021, 2020)

Top-10 Rankings (Performers) 
100 Free
1. Lars Frolander
2. Mindaugas Sadauskas 
3. Daniel Forndal
4. Thomas Fadnes 
5. Luka Vrtovec 
6. Ryan Berube 
7. John Miranda
8. Christian Scherubl 
9. Ziga Cerkovnik
9. Justin Baker
1998
2012
2020
2009
2007
1995
1988
2015
2014
2021
42.12
42.77
43.26
43.42
43.46
43.50
43.58
43.59
43.64
43.64

200 Free
1. Christian Scherubl 
2. Lars Frolander
3. Ryan Berube 
4. Leif Wennerstrom
5. Rich Saeger
6. Daniel Forndal
7. Greg Kraus
8. Nicolai Hansen
9. Andy Veris
10. Nate Clark 
10. Matt Roney
2015
1997
1995
1992
1983
2020
1980
2014
1978
2008
2012
1:34.56
1:34.96
1:35.14
1:35.44
1:35.44
1:35.56
1:36.00
1:36.03
1:36.32
1:36.36
1:36.36

Top Times
50 free 19.97 2/25/2021
100 free 43.26 11/21/2020    
200 free 1:35.56 2/21/2020
100 fly 49.63 1/30/2021
100 breast 56.46 2/6/2021
200 breast 2:05.62 2/8/2020
200 IM 1:49.08 11/21/2019

Honors and Awards
American Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Swimmer (2021)
CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2021, 2020, 2018)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2021, 2020)

At N.C. State (2017-19): Spent two seasons at N.C. State… Part of ACC Championship teams in 2018 & 2019… Named to the Dean's List and a Caterpillar Student-Athlete (term GPA above 3.0).

Prior to SMU: Competed at World Championships (2016) and European Championships (2016) as part of the Swedish National Team… Was also a member of the Youth National Team, competing at the European Youth Olympic Festival (2013), and the National Junior Team, competing at European Junior Championships (2014), European Games (2015), Nordic Junior Championships (2015) and World Junior Championships (2015).

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20JR

    Freestyle
    6'4" 206 lbs
  • 2020-21SR

    Freestyle
    6'4" 206 lbs