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Danny Schmidt Season 2024-25

Danny Schmidt Season 2024-25

SpecialtyIM/Breast
ClassJunior
HometownMagdeburg, Germany

Honors & Awards
CSCAA Academic All-American (2025)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
Second Team All-SEC (2024)

2024-2025
Competed in 10 meets throughout the season... Earned NCAA B cuts in the 200 free (1:31.80), 200 fly (1:40.43), 200 IM (1:41.42) and the 400 IM (3:40.29)... Began the year with a third-place finish in the 200 fly (1:46.00) at the SMU Classic... Won his first race of the season in the 200 fly (1:46.02) at Georgia Tech... Swept the 200 fly (1:43.64) and 200 IM (1:46.36) against South Carolina... Returned to the winner's circle with wins in the 200 fly (1:42.64) and 200 IM (1:44.30) against rival Alabama... Was the top scorer at the SEC Championships with 67 points, finishing sixth in the 200 fly (1:41.27), fourth in the 200 IM (1:41.42) and 10th in the 400 IM (3:40.29)... Also helped the 400 free relay (2:49.69) to an eighth-place finish, the 800 free relay (6:11.72) to a fifth-place finish and the 400 medley relay (3:05.44) to a seventh-place finish... Qualified for the NCAA Championships, finishing 31st in the 200 free (1:33.08), 33rd in the 200 fly (1:42.37) and 18th in the 200 IM (1:42.04)... Helped the 400 free relay to a 20th-place finish (2:49.39) and the 800 free relay to a 16th-place finish (6:12.82) for All-American Honorable Mention Honors... His 1:31.80 in the 200 free jumped Schmidt to No. 2 all-time in program history, the 1:40.43 in the 200 fly at SECs set the school record, the 1:41.42 in the 200 IM at SECs moved him to No. 2 all-time in program history and the 3:40.29 in the 400 IM at SECs moved him to No. 2 all-time in school history... The 6:11.72 in the 800 free relay was the third-fastest in program history.

2023-2024
Competed in 11 meets throughout the season... Earned NCAA B cuts in the 200 free (1:34.73), 200 fly (1:42.24), 200 IM (1:42.93) and 400 IM (3:42.33)... Jumped on the podium in a double dual with Missouri and Indiana in the 200 IM (1:50.26), finishing third... Picked up a pair of wins at Alabama in the 200 fly (1:44.74) and 200 IM (1:45.28)... Scored 68 points at the SEC Championships, finishing sixth in the 200 IM (1:42.93), eighth in the 400 IM (3:48.57) and eighth in the 200 fly (1:43.12)... Added 54 points as part of the 800 free relay (6:11.03), finishing third... Scored three points at the NCAA Championships, finishing 14th in the 400 IM (3:41.31), 20th in the 200 IM (1:42.61) and 36th in the 200 fly (1:43.24)... Added eight points as part of the 800 free relay (6:12.16), finishing 13th... In total, Schmidt picked up two All-American Honorable Mention Honors... His 1:42.24 in the 200 fly at SECs moved Schmidt to No. 7 all-time in the event, his 1:42.61 in the 200 IM at NCAAs jumped him to No. 3 all-time and his 3:41.00 in the 400 IM at NCAAs moved him to No. 2 in Auburn history in the event... The 6:11.03 in the 800 free relay at SECs was an Auburn record. 

2022-2023
Competed in 10 meets throughout the season... Earned NCAA B cuts in the 200 free (1:34.94), 200 fly (1:44.04), 200 IM (1:44.21) and 400 IM (3:45.61)... Started his collegiate career with a win in the 400 IM (3:49.42) at the USC Invite... Added a second win at LSU in the 200 IM (1:50.10)... Returned to the podium in the 200 IM (1:46.58) versus Alabama... Scored 28 points at the SEC Championships, finishing 15th in the 200 IM (1:45.32), 17th in the 200 fly (1:44.04) and 18th in the 400 IM (3:46.20)... Qualified for the NCAA Championships, finishing 28th in the 200 fly (1:43.25), 35th in the 400 IM (3:50.37) and 37th in the 200 IM (1:44.09)... Added 22 points as part of the 800 free relay (6:11.64), finishing eighth and earning All-American Honors... His 3:42.99 in the 400 IM at SECs jumped Schmidt to No. 6 all-time at Auburn in the event... The 6:11.64 in the 800 free relay at NCAAs was an Auburn record. 

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Sophomore
2023-24

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Freshman
2022-23

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