Daniel Fujan 2017-18 Swimming and Diving Roster
freestyle
AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16): Emerged as a talented freestyler for the Irish, adding roster depth in the stroke early on … began the year swimming on 200 free relay (21.62 leadoff split) and 400 free relay (47.40 split) at Dennis Stark Relays … versus Michigan State, earned third with the 200 free relay (21.68 leadoff split) and a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 50 free (21.52) and 400 medley relay (47.65 split) … at Virginia Tech, again finished fourth twice in the 200 free relay (21.02 split) and 400 free relay (47.04 split), taking fifth with the 200 medley relay (21.26 split) and touching the wall in 21.77 in the 50 free … at Purdue Invitational, swam with 200 free relay (20.76 split), 200 medley relay (20.44 split) and 400 free relay (46.93 leadoff split) … individually, finished 17th in the 50 free (21.02 finals, 21.20 prelims), 23rd in 200 free (1:44.33 finals, 1:47.68 prelims) and 20th in 100 free (46.64 finals, 47.63 prelims), clocking in at 54.70 in 100 back prelims … at Virginia, swam to third place with 200 free relay (21.45 leadoff split), earned two fifth-place finishes with 400 medley relay (48.01 split) and 400 free relay (46.95 leadoff split) teams … finished sixth with 200 medley relay (21.01 split) and exhibitioned in 100 free (46.92) and 50 free (21.39) … versus Northwestern, won on the 400 free relay lineup (45.74 split) and finished third in 50 free (21.38) and fifth with 200 medley relay (20.69 split) … in Shamrock Invitational, earned two sixth-place relay finishes with 200 free relay (21.30 leadoff split) and 400 free relay (46.51 split) … also swam in the 50 free (21,04), 200 medley relay (20.78 split), 200 free (1:46.32) and 100 free (46.73) … came in second twice at Michigan First Chance Meet, swimming in the 50 free (20.40) and 100 free (44.73), time-trialing in the 50 free (20.54) … honored at end-of-year banquet as Men’s Most Improved Swimmer.
PREP & PERSONAL: Swam with the Rochester Orcas Swim Club during prep career …named club swimmer of the year for 2014-15 … biggest athletic thrill to date is earning first place in the men’s 400-free relay at the 2015 short course Minnesota state meet, setting a club team record … holds multiple records within the club, and has earned top-3 finishes at the Minnesota State Meet in the 50 and 100 free events … outside of the pool, was a four-year representative on the student council, as well as being a member of the National Honor Society, the Peer Leadership Council and a role model in D.A.R.E. … voted homecoming king and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Byron High School in June 2015 … earned three varsity letters in football and also played baseball and basketball … younger brother of current men’s swimming teammate Reed Fujan … youngest child of Bruce and Robert Fujan … also has two sisters, Brianna and Caitlin, both of whom swam at Miami of Ohio … currently enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.