Pitt's 400 medley relay team earns All-Big East honors.
2009-10: An NCAA provisional qualifier...earned All-Big East honors as a member of the 200 medley, 200 free, and 400 free relay teams...placed within the Big East top 10 times in the 50 free and 200 free...anchored the 200 medley relay that set an ECAC championship record with a NCAA B time of 1:21:54...also a member of the ECAC record-setting 200 free relay...earned an ECAC crown by breaking 10 year old record at a collective NCAA B cut of 1:29:53 with 200 medley relay team...swam under a previous Trees Pool record finishing second at 2:57:10 with the 400 free relay team...individually, he won the 100 free against Carnegie Mellon...also placed second in the 50 free against Maryland and Penn State.
2008-09:Joined the team in January and immediately contributed...at the Big East Championships he placed fifth in the 200 free...set a freshman record in the 200 free...was 11th in the 50 free and 16th in the 100 free...turned in his best time in the 200 free as the lead leg of the third-place 800 free relay team...was a part of the third-place 200 and 400 freestyle relays...also swam in the 400 medley relay which placed sixth at the BEC.
HIGH SCHOOL:Swam for the SG Neukolin club team...only swam for two years at Werner-Seelenbinder-Schule in Berlin.
PERSONAL: Born Sept. 25, 1988...son of Silke Pagel...an undecided major.
