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2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Casey Dolen

Casey Dolen

  • Position:
    Sprint Free
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    160
  • Letters:
    4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • High School:
    Dexter

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Twice named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team (2020-21 and 21-22) ... swam in 18 GLIAC championship events, with a best individual finish of sixth in 2021 (500 Free – WSU season-best time in that event) and top relay placing of second in 2021 (800 Free Relay) ... earned Second Team All-GLIAC for that 800 Free Relay finish, which was a WSU season-best mark of 6:47.34 in the category ... competed in 26 regular-season events.

2022-23:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Notched a fourth-place finish as part of the 200 free relay team with a time of 1:22.07 ... also placed 21st in the 50 free (21.24), 23rd in the 100 free (46.72), 25th in the 100 back (52.85), and 28th in the 200 free (1:46.20).  SEASON:  Swam in nine of the 11 regular season meets. 

2021-22:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Finished 12th in the 200 free (1:42.51), 13th in the 500 free (4:39.96), 19th in the 100 free (47.14) and 29th in the 1000 free (10:07.26).  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in seven regular-season meets ... helped the 400-medley relay team finish second with a time of 3:30.73 in a tri-meet with Ashland and Davenport (10/22) ... placed second with the 125 free relay team (51.43) and third with the 125-medley relay squad (55.69) at Northern Michigan (11/5) ... aided the 200 free relay team to a second-place finish, posting a time of 1:29.30 at Northern Michigan (11/6) ... competed in seven events at the Don Kimble Invitational (11/21) ... saw action in four events versus Oakland (1/22) ... swam in the 200 free, 500 free and 400 free relay at Oakland (1/23) ... participated in three events at Calvin (1/28).

2020-21:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Earned Second Team All-GLIAC recognition by anchoring the runner-up quartet in the 800 free relay (WSU season-best time of 6:47.34) ... finished sixth in the 500 free (WSU season-best time of 4:37.55) ... placed eighth in both the 200 free (1:44.78) and the 1000 free (WSU season-best time of 9:44.19) ... finished ninth in the 100 free (season-best time of 46.12) ... posted a WSU season-best time of 1:41.87 (200 free) in the prelims.  SEASON:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... swam in the first four regular-season meets ... recorded season-best times of 55.12 (100 back) vs. Northern Michigan (2/7) and a 2:07.13 (200 back) vs. Oakland (2/13).

2019-20:  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Completed the 100 free in 12th place (46.18) ... finished the 200 free in 16th place (1:44.28) ... placed 18th in both the 50 free (21.35) and the 100 back (53.82).  SEASON:  Swam in the third-place 200 free relay (1:26.53) versus Oakland (10/25), and also finished fifth in the 200 free (1:48.04) ... notched a victory in the 200 free (1:45.56) at Ashland (11/8), while also claiming the third spot in the 100 free (49.35) ... competed in the sixth-place 200 free relay (1:24.07) at the Denison Invite (12/5-12/7) ... served as the lead off in the second-place 200 medley relay (1:35.49) at Saginaw Valley State (1/10), and also earned a fourth-place finish in the 100 back (55.76) ... tallied a win in the 200 free at Findlay (1/17), with a time of 1:45.95 ... placed third in the 200 free (1:45.62) vs. Grand Valley State (1/25), while also leading off the fourth-place 400 free relay (3:14.64).

High School:  A 2019 graduate of Dexter High School ... was a four-year letterwinner for coach Michael McHugh, and a four-time state qualifier ... the Dreadnaughts won four consecutive MHSAA Division II state titles (2016-19) ... won the 100 free at the 2019 state meet in a time of 46.01 ... finished second in the 200 free (1:40.58) ... anchored the 2018 200 free relay state champions (1:24.95), then anchored the runner-up quartet in 2019 ... anchored the 2019 400 free relay state champions (3:06.84) ... finished third in the 100 free (46.47) and fifth in the 200 free as a junior (1:41.13) ... anchored the second-place 400 free relay in 2018 (3:07.76) ... placed ninth in the 200 free as a sophomore and 10th in the 500 free, while anchoring the third-place 200 free relay along with swimming the third leg of the runner-up 400 free relay ... also competed in water polo ... earned Academic All-State honors in both sports ... served as a swimming team captain as a senior ... swam during the summer for Club Wolverine.

Personal:  Full name -- Casey J. Dolen ... born on April 16, 2001, in Ann Arbor ... son of Stephen and Wendy Dolen ... father played lacrosse at SUNY Geneseo ... has an older brother, Andy ... grandfather Lawrence Morawa played end on the 1961 University of Michigan football team ... is majoring in Environmental Science ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2020 and Fall 2021 ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... was a member of the WSU Student-Athlete Leadership Council.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Sprint Free
    5'11" 161 lbs

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprint Free
    5'11" 161 lbs

  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprint Free
    6'0" 154 lbs

  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprint Free
    5'11" 160 lbs