SMU Athletics

NCAA Standards: 100 breast (2026, 2024, B) … 200 breast (2026, 2025, B, 2024, B) … 200 IM (2024, B) … 400 IM (2024, B) … 400 Medley Relay (2026, Provisional).

School Records: 400 Medley Relay - 3:05.89 (2026)

Conference Championships: 100 breast (2024) … 200 breast (2024)

All-Conference Honors: 200 IM (2024) … 100 breast (2024) … 200 breast (2024)

Honors and Awards: ASUN Most Outstanding Freshman Performer (2024) … All-ACC Academic Team (2025, 2026)

2025-26 (Junior): Competed at eight meets for the Mustangs … posted personals records and earned NCAA standards in both the 100 breast (51.96) and 200 breast (1:53.69) at the SMU Invite, ranking second and third on SMU’s All-Time Top Performers list, respectively … qualified for C finals in both the 100 breast and 200 breast at the ACC Championships … won the 100 breast on three different occasions this season … ranks third on SMU’s All-Time Top Performers List in the 200 IM with a new personal record of 1:44.16.

2024-25 (Sophomore): Appeared at nine meets during the season ... scored points for the Mustangs in the 100 & 200 breast at the ACC Championships.

2023-24 (Freshman): Competed in 10 meets during his freshman campaign … claimed ASUN Conference Championships in the 100 and 200 breast with marks of 52.69 and 1:54.90, respectively … won the 100 breast with a then-personal-best time of 54.24 during the dual against Minnesota.

Prep: Multiple-time National Champion … national Junior record holder in the 200 and 400 IM (LC) and 100, 200 and 400 IM (SC ) … second all-time fastest performer in high school in the 100 breaststroke, 200 and 400 IM … swam for Valmiera Sports Club … teceived the 2022 Sport's School Rising Star Award … member of the Youth and Junior National team … semifinalist for the European Short Course Championships in 2021 and 2022 … competed in the World Junior Championships in 2022 and the World Short Course Championships in 2022 … also competed in the World Championships in Japan in 2023.

Personal: Born on Feb. 2, 2004 to Aiva and Arnolds Mikelsons … has one brother Gundars Lapse and a sister Ieva Lapse … his mother Aiva was a professional swimmer and rower … plans to major in Applied Physiology and Sport Management.