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2012-13 Swimming & Diving Roster

Spencer Litzau

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ballwin, Mo.
  • High School Marquette

Biography

 

2011-12
Competed in the distance freestyle events for Saint Louis...at the 2012 A-10 Championships, competed in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.21), 500-yard freestyle (4:50.61) and 1650-yard freestyle (16:46.96)...swam in the 400-yard IM at the House of Champions Invite, finishing with a time of 4:50.78...

2010-11
One of the top distance swimmers for the Bills as a sophomore...Finished with the third-fastest times on the season in the 500-yard (4:46.86), 1000-yard (9:54.65) and 1650-yard (16:31.89) freestyle events...was named the hardest-working member of the Billiken swimming and diving team by head coach Jim Halliburton...

2009-10
Placed 11th in the 1650 free (16:23.14), 22nd in the 500 free (4:45.01) and 31st in the 200 free (1:48.90) at the A-10 Championships, all were personal bests ... captured a share of the team's Hardest Worker Award ... his performance in the 1650-free final at the A-10s ranks eighth in school history ... finished first in the 1000 free (10:16.87) and second in the 500 free (4:55.01) vs. Eastern Illinois ... finished second in the 500 and 1000 free vs. Evansville ... touched second in the 1000 free (10:18.54) and third in the 500 free (4:56.39) at Eastern Illinois ... recorded a second-place finish in the 1000 free (10:17.61) and a third-place finish in the 500 free (5:04.22) at the South Dakota State-South Dakota meet ... touched second in the 500 free (4:55.70) and third in the 1000 free (10:04.60) at the IUPUI Quad ... notched a second-place effort in the 500 free (4:59.08) and a third-place finish in the 1000 free (10:12.94) vs. Lindenwood ... finished second in the 500 free (4:56.58) and third in the 1000 free (10:10.74) at the Wash U dual ... placed second in the 500 free (4:57.93) at South Dakota State ... touched second in the 1000 free at Western Illinois and at the Butler Quad ... came in third in the 1650 free at the Lindenwood Quad and at the Wash U Thanksgiving Invitational ... came in third in the 1000 free (10:21.30) at the Lindenwood Invitational.

At Marquette
Finished 14th in the 200 free and was a member of the 15th-place 400-free relay at the 2008 MSHSAA state championships ... placed eighth in the 500-free final at the 2007 and 2008 state championships ... recipient of the team's Hardest Worker Award as a senior ... recorded the second-best 200- and 500-free times and the ninth-fastest 100-fly performance in the St. Louis area as a senior ... was a member of the 400-free relay that came in 10th at the state championships his sophomore year ... was also a member of the water polo team ... four-year Honor Roll member ... received his school's Academic Excellence Award ... earned the President's Education Award for academic excellence ... member of the Rockwood Swim Club Association ... qualified for Junior Nationals.

LITZAU'S CAREER BESTS

50 FREE 24.55 WIU-UIC, 12/17/2011
100 FREE
53.31 Washington University, 10/9/2010 (relay)
200 FREE
1:48.90 A-10 Championships, 2/19/2010 (prelim)
500 FREE
4:45.01 A-10 Championships, 2/18/2010 (prelim)
1000 FREE
9:54.10 A-10 Championships, 2/20/2010 (split)
1650 FREE
16:23.14 A-10 Championships, 2/20/2010
100 FLY
1:01.47 Show-Me Showdown, 10/10/2009
200 FLY
2:10.41 Butler Quad, 10/4/2009
200 IM
2:18.70 A-10 Champs, 2/25/2011 (prelim)
400 IM 4:45.20 Thanksgiving Invite, 11/21/2009

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

  • 2010-11Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2011-12Junior

    6'2"
  • 2012-13Senior

    6'2"