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Lewis & Clark College

2024-25 Swimming and Diving Roster

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Ella Ruark
Kaitlin McRae
Larry Stephan
Larry Stephan
Steve Gibbons
Whitney Maxfield
Soni Blair

Zach Martin (he/him/his)

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Upland, Calif
  • High School Claremont
  • Events Free/Breast
  • Major Music

Biography

Swimcloud Bio Page: https://www.swimcloud.com/swimmer/2165269/

2024-25 Awards 
 
College Sports Communicators: Academic All-District
Northwest Conference First Team All-Conference: 200 Freestyle – 2nd Place – 1:42.03 
Northwest Conference First Team All-Conference: 400 Freestyle Relay – 1st Place – 3:03.88
Northwest Conference Second Team All-Conference: 100 Freestyle – 7th Place – 46.46 
Northwest Conference Second Team All-Conference: 200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Place – 1:24.02
Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Team
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 
 
2024-25 TIMES (FASTEST TIMES LISTED) 
 
50 Free: 21.58 (NWC Championship Feb. 13-16) – 6th in program history
100 Free: 46.46 (NWC Championship Feb. 13-16)
200 Free: 1:42.03 (NWC Championship Feb. 13-16) – 2nd in program history
50 Breast: 29.75 (La Verne Invitational Nov. 22-24)
100 Breast: 1:02.76 (La Verne Invitational Nov. 22-24)
200 Breast: 2:32.58 (Whitworth vs. Lewis & Clark Jan. 17)
 
NOTABLES 
  • Put together a very strong junior season 
  • Competed in all 10 meets during his third season 
  • Earned his highest career finish at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet when he placed second in the 200 Free (1:42.03)
  • Placed seventh in the 100 Free (A Final) and 12th in the 50 Free (B Final) at NWCs
  • Recorded a career-high four All-Conference honors at NWCs 
  • Helped set the program record in the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relays at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet
  • Posted five first-place finishes across the team’s eight dual meets 
  • Won the 50 Breaststroke (30.00) and the 100 Free (48.68) in the team’s dual meet win against Pacific on November 8 
  • Earned a win in the 50 Free (22.22) on January 18 against Whitman 
  • Enters his senior season with nine All-Conference honors, four individual top-10 times in program history and the program record in all five relays 
2023-24 Awards 
 
Northwest Conference All-Conference Second Team: 100 Yard Freestyle (6th Place) 
Northwest Conference All-Conference Second Team: 200 Yard Freestyle (5th Place)  
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District

2023-24 TIMES (FASTEST TIMES LISTED) 
 
50 Free: 22.17 (NWC Championship Feb. 8-11)  
100 Free: 46.44 (NWC Championship Feb. 8-11)  - 3rd in program history
200 Free: 1:42.51 (NWC Championship Feb. 8-11)  - Program Record 
50 Breast: 28.83 (George Fox Bruins Invitational Dec. 2-3)
100 Breast: 1:00.56 (NWC Championship Feb. 8-11) - 6th in program history
200 Breast: 2:25.16 (Pacific Lutheran Nov. 4)
50 Fly: 24.62 (George Fox Bruins Invitational Dec. 2-3)
100 Fly: 52.87 (George Fox Bruins Invitational Dec. 2-3) - 10th in program history

NOTABLES 
  • Competed in all nine meets during his second season    
  • Posted the fourth and fifth All-Conference honors of his career  
  • Finished in the top-10 in all three of his individual events at the NWC Championship Meet 
  • Broke a 36-year program record in the 200 Free when he finished in 5th place with a program record time of 1:42.51 
  • Earned at least one event victory in all six dual meets and in seven of the Pioneers nine meets 
  • Won the 200 Free and 100 Free in five different meets and added a win in the 100 Breaststroke against Pacific 
  • Posted wins in both the 100 Free and 200 Free at the George Fox Bruins Invitational 
2022-23 Awards 
 
Northwest Conference All-Conference Second Team: 100 Yard Free (4th Place) 
Northwest Conference All-Conference Second Team: 200 Yard Free (4th Place) 
Northwest Conference All-Conference Second Team: 800 Yard Free Relay (3rd Place) 
 
2022-23 TIMES (FASTEST TIMES LISTED) 
 
50 Free: 21.77 (NWC Championship Feb. 9-12) – 8th in program history
100 Free: 46.47 (NWC Championship Feb. 9-12) – 4th in program history   
200 Free: 1:43.01 (NWC Championship Feb. 9-12) – 2nd in program history  
50 Breast: 30.11 (UNLV Invitational Nov. 17-19)
100 Breast: 1:03.90 (UNLV Invitational Nov. 17-19)
100 IM: 57.42 (UNLV Invitational Nov. 17-19) 

NOTABLES 
  • Swam in all ten meets during his first collegiate season  
  • Carved out a role as the Pioneers top sprinter in the freestyle events and posted the top time on the team and a top-eight mark in program history in the 50, 100 and 200 free
  • Member of six relay teams that set top-10 marks in program history including the fastest 200 Yard Medley Relay and 800 Yard Freestyle Relay Teams in program history 
  • Earned individual wins in all seven dual meets against conference opponents and finished second in the 100 free in a tri-meet against Linfield and Southwestern Oregon C.C.
  • Helped set the program record in the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (All-Conference) and the 200 Yard Medley Relay at the NWC Championship Meet
  • Finished in fourth place at the NWC Championship Meet in the 100 and 200 Free and 14th in the 50 Free   
At Lewis & Clark: Member of the Choir. 

Prior to the Pios: Palomares All League...one of four League MVPs 2021...Won four events at 2021 League Finals...Father swam at Harvey Mudd College

Why Lewis & Clark?: I loved the small college feel and the beautiful campus.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Free
    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Free
    6'2" 155 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Free/Breast
    6'2" 0 lbs