Ethan Saunders

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Saline, Mich.
High School:
Saline

2023-24 All-BIG EAST Team
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 100 Breast Gold Medalist
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Breast Gold Medalist
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Medley Relay Gold Medalist
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Medley Relay Gold Medalist
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
NCAA B-Cut Time: 100 Breast (53.70)
2022-23 All-BIG EAST Team
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 100 Breast Gold Medalist
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 50 Free Bronze Medalist
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Bronze Medalist
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Medley Relay Bronze Medalist
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Medley Relay Bronze Medalist
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022 All-BIG EAST Team
2021-22 BIG EAST Championships: 100 Breaststroke Gold Medalist
2021-22 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Freestyle Relay Gold Medalist
2021-22 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2021-22 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Medley Relay Silver Medalist
2021-22 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Medley Relay Bronze Medalist
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2023-24: Won gold medals and earned All-BIG EAST in six total events at the 2024 BIG EAST Championships…Bettered his own school record with a time of 53.69 in the Championship Final of the 100 breast, winning the gold…Also won the BIG EAST Championship in the 200 breast, setting a new school record time of 1:57.80 in the A-Final…Also took part in the Championship final of the 50 free, placing sixth with a season-best time of 20.53…Helped Xavier to a first place finish in the 200 free relay with a 19.91 split on the second leg…Set a time of 43.87 for the second leg of the 400 free relay to help the Musketeer take first…Won gold and helped Xavier to a school-record time in the 200 medley relay with a 23.67 time on the breaststroke leg…Also swam the breaststroke leg for the first-place finishing 400 medley relay, swimming a 52.90 split to help the Musketeers to a school-record time.

2022-23: Earned All-BIG EAST in six events, including a pair of individual events...Took part in three individual events at the BIG EAST Championships, earning a spot in the finals of all three...Won the 100 breast with a school-record, and NCAA B-Cut, time of 53.70...Set a personal-best time of 20.44 in the prelims of the 50 free, placing third in the finals with a time of 20.55...Set a season-best time of 45.11 in the A-final of the 100 free, placing seventh...Swam the lead-off leg of the gold-medal winning 200 free relay...Swam the breast stroke leg of the third-place finishing 200 medley relay that matched the school record...Also helped Xavier to third-place finishes in the 400 free relay an the 400 medley relay.

2021-22: Won a BIG EAST individual title, earned a spot in three championship finals and was All-Conference in five events total at the 2022 Conference meet…Won the 100 breast with a personal-best time of 54.62…Placed fourth in the Championship final of the 50 free with a personal-best time of 20.53…finished seventh in the 100 free A-Final after setting a season-best time of 45.00 in the prelims…Won a gold medal and helped set a school record in the 200 free relay, swimming the third leg in a time of 19.72 … Helped Xavier to a first-place finish in the 400 free relay, swimming the third leg in a time of 44.25…Was part of the silver-medal 200 medley relay, swimming the breast leg in 24.14 to help set a school record…Swam the free leg of the third-place finishing 400 medley relay with a time of 44.09.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: Came to Xavier from Saline, Mich., where he attended Saline High School...Also has experience swimming with Club Wolverine and the Saline Swim Team... A freestyle sprint specialist and will also compete in the 100 breast. At Saline High School, earned All-State and All-American honors in each of his four years...Capped off his high school career by being a part of the third-place finishing team at the MHSAA DI State Championships, and collected a state title and set a Michigan Division I record in the 100 free with a time of 44.64.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Exercise Science at Xavier...Son of Sean and Tamara Saunders.