Missouri S&T Athletics

2018-19: Won three All-America awards at the NCAA Division II Championships, headed by a second place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle...also took fifth in the 1,000-free and also earned All-America honors in the 500-freestyle...captured his second straight GLVC championship in the 1,650-freestyle, while also finishing fourth in the 500-free and fifth in the 1,000...best times of the season were 4:30.43 in the 500-free, 9:09.38 in the 1,000 and 15:12.18 in the 1,650-freestyle. 

2017-18: Captured the NCAA Division II national championship in the 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events, becoming the first S&T swimmer to win individual national titles in two events a the same meet...set school records in those events in the process of winning the titles, with times of 8:59.45 in the 1,000-free and 15:08.53 in the 1,650...also had the team's best time in the 500-freestyle of 4:27.51...won the GLVC championship in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a league-record time and also placed second in the 1,000-free and seventh in the 500-freestyle...also broke a long-standing S&T Pool record in the 1,650-freestyle during the season.

2016-17: Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the distance freestyle events at the NCAA Division II Championships…placed ninth in the 1,650-freestyle and 15^th in the 1,000-yard event at the national meet…finished third in the 1,650-yard freestyle and fifth in the 1,000-freestyle at the GLVC Championships, while also winning the consolation final in the 500-freestyle…set a new school record in the 1,650-freestyle at the national meet with a time of 15:29.27…also had top marks of 4:32.36 in the 500-freestyle and 9:17.98 in the 1,000.

PERSONAL: Son of Svein and Ann Samuelsen…will compete in the distance freestyle events at Missouri S&T, where he was a national junior champion in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay and also earned second place finishes in the 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle…majoring in mechanical engineering at Missouri S&T.