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2020-21 Swimming & Diving Roster
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Clay Riemenschneider
- Position:
- Distance Free
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- High School:
- Fort Myers
- Prev School:
- Florida State
- Major:
- Biology
- Birthday:
- 3/30
Career Accolades
- 2021 CCSA Championships silver medalist in 800 free relay
- 2021 CCSA Championships bronze medalist in 500 free
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019-20 CCSA Scholar Athlete of the Year
- 2020 CCSA Championships silver medalist in the 800 free relay
- 2020 CCSA Championships bronze medalist in the 500 free
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 50 Free -Â 22.82 (relay) at Patriot Invitational (11/23/19)
- 100 Free - 47.22 (relay) at Patriot Invitational (11/23/19)
- 200 Free - 1:39.43 at 2020 CCSA Championships (2/21/20)
- 500 Free - 4:27.92 at 2020 CCSA Championships (2/20/20)
- 1650 Free - 15:41.49 at Patriot Invitational (11/23/19)
- 50 Fly - 26.07 at FAU Alumni Meet (10/19/19)
- Tallied four top-10 individual finishes in his final year with the Owls
- Received the silver medal in the 800 free relay (6:51.00) and bronze in the 500 free (4:35.01) at the 2021 CCSA Championships
- Also finished with a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 200 free (1:41.39) and 1650 free (16:02.05) at his final conference championship meet
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- One of four swim & dive student-athletes honored with the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- Tallied 12 top-5 individual finishes in first season as an Owl
- Recognized as the 2019-20 CCSA Scholar Athlete of the Year, the second consecutive feat accomplished by an Owl
- Achieved the silver medal in the 800 free relay, bronze medal in the 500 free (4:27.92), fourth in the 1650 free (15:49.54) and eighth in the 200 free (1:39.43) at the 2020 CCSA Championships
- Claimed sixth in the 500 free (4:46.64) at No. 15 Florida State
- Logged second in the 500 free (4:50.08) and fourth in the 100 free (49.63) in the Owls’ win against SUNY Geneseo
- Captured a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 free (1:44.41) and 500 free (4:45.57) at the FAU Fun Invite
- Tallied third in the 500 free (4:31.17) and 1650 free (15.41.49), as well as fifth in the 200 free (1:40.08) and contributed to first in the 800 free relay to break a meet record of 6:38.18 at the Patriot Invitational
- Recorded second in the 1000 free (9:39.68) and third in the 500 free (4:43.18) in win vs. reigning NJCAA Champion Indian River State
- Began first meet as an Owl with seventh in the 1000 free (9:51.64) vs. No. 7 Florida
- One of 13 on the men's team to be named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Earned the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for earning a cumulative 3.75Â GPA or higher
- ACC Academic Honor Roll member
- Four-time Dean's List recipient
- Golden Torch recognition
- Played a role in FSU's CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors
- Coached by Neal Studd and Dan Carrington
- All-Conference champion
- News-Press Swimmer of the Year finalist
- Scholastic All-American
- Holds all-time top-3 500 freestyle time at Fort Myers HS
- State finalist
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a member of the National Honors Society
- Represented Florida Swimming Open Water Zone team
- Born on March 30Â in Fort Myers, Fla.
- Majoring in biology (pre-dental)
- Son of Eric and Katie Riemenschneider
- Oldest of three boys with brothers Kyle (17) and Rhys (8)
- Holds the professional goal of opening his own dentistry practice
- Enjoys playing the violin in his spare time
- Fun fact: he didn't start swimming until he was in eighth grade
- Took note of the positivity, happiness and improvement of swimmers at FAU. Recognized how the groups are doing a great job by emphasizing swimmers' strengths, and the team and location of the university better suiting his lifestyle. Mentioned how the coaches and swimmers will help him succeed and achieve his goals
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Monday, March 30
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