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2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster

Grant Gerl

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mattawan, Mich.
  • Major Master of Accounting
  • High School Mattawan

Biography

On SLU’s all-time top performers lists (following the 2024-25 season) – school-record holder in the 200 medley relay (1:27.94), second in the 50 free (20.40), sixth in the 100 fly (49.33), 10th in the 100 free (45.55), third in the 200 free relay (1:21.02), fourth in the 400 medley relay (3:16.27).

2024-25 • SENIOR | Meet-by-Meet Times
• A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• Recipient of SLU's Best Attitude Award.
• Competed in 10 meets.
• At the A-10 Championships, placed 14th in the 50 free; also competed in the 100 free and 100 fly.
• Member of SLU's 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley (school-record 1:27.94) and 400 medley relay teams at the A-10 Championships.
• Swam the Billikens' top times of the season in the 50 free (20.40, A-10 Championships) and 100 fly (49.33, A-10 Championships), and was second in the 100 free (45.55, A-10 Championships) on SLU's lists of best times by each swimmer in 2024-25.
• Notable regular-season finishes:
                • Butler Duals – first, 50 free; first, 400 free relay; second, 400 medley relay
                • UMSL (home) – first, 50 free; first, 200 medley relay; first, 200 free relay
                • Washington University – first, 50 free; first, 200 free relay
                • Bellarmine – first, 400 free relay
                • House of Champions – seventh, 50 fly
                • Omaha – first, 200 medley relay
                • UMSL (away) – first, 50 free; first, 200 free relay; first, 200 medley relay
                • Maryville – first, 400 medley relay

2021-22 • FRESHMAN | Meet-by-Meet Times
• Member of the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• Competed in two meets.
• Member of the first-place 200 free relay team vs. Maryville.

PRIOR TO SLU
• Earned four varsity letters at Mattawan, competing primarily in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.
• All-State as a junior and senior.
• Placed fifth in the 50 free at the state meet as a senior.
• First-team All-Conference all four years.
• High-point swimmer at the conference championship meet as a junior and senior, including league titles in the 50 free and 100 free both years.
• The Wildcats’ MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior.
• Team captain as a junior and senior.
• Recipient of the Mattawan Athletic Boosters Scholarship.
• Set school records in the 50 free (21.21), 100 free (46.81), 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.
• Swam a top time of 52.49 in the 100 fly.
• Futures and Winter Juniors qualifier in the long-course 50 free.
• Summa cum laude graduate and National Honor Society member.
• Also competed for the Southwest Y Michigan Swimming club.
• Played junior varsity baseball as a freshman and sophomore and earned the JV Pitcher of the Year award.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2024-25Senior