Lukas Scheidl

Class:
Freshman
Position:
IM, Fly, Free
Hometown:
Mendham, N.J.
High School:
West Morris Mendham

2022-23: Named to Academic All-Ivy League Team … Won the team’s Ken Miller ’70 Scholar-Athlete Award … Competed at eight events throughout the year, including the Ivy Championship … Won the 500 free, 400 IM, and 800 free relay at the Bruno Invite … Won the 200 fly against Harvard and the 200 free and 200 back against Cornell … Set personal best times in the 500 free, 200 back, and 400 IM at the Ivy Championship.

2021-22: Competed in eight meets for the Bears ... Broke the school record in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships with an NCAA B Cut time of 4:20.97 ... Swam an NCAA B Cut time at the Ivies in the 400 IM (3:49.65) ... Finished fifth in the 500 free and seventh in the 400 IM at the Ivy League Championships ... Took third in the 100 back and 500 free against Bryant to start the season ... Took third in the 200 free and fourth in the 200 IM at Penn ... Won both the 200 fly and the 400 IM against Yale ... Won the 400 IM and took seventh in the 200 back at the Bruno Invitational ... Finished second in the 200 IM and third in the 200 fly against Columbia.

2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Competed in all eight meets for the Bears in his rookie campaign … Broke the school record in both the 500 freestyle (4:21.79) and 1000 freestyle (9:02.75) at the Ivy League Championships, finishing sixth in the 500 and fourth in the 1000 … Also placed sixth in the 400 IM at Ivies … Came in third in the 1000 freestyle and took fourth in the 500 freestyle at Cornell … Finished second in both the 500 and 1000 freestyle against Columbia … Placed sixth in the 500 freestyle at the Big Al Open … Took second in the 200 butterfly and finished fourth in the 500 freestyle versus UConn … Placed fourth in the 200 backstroke at Penn … Came in third in the 1000 freestyle and finished fourth in the 200 IM at Yale.

Before Brown: Swam for Somerset Hills YMCA and West Morris Mendham High School ... Named NJSIAA Scholar Athlete and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... New Jersey Swimming Record Holder (400 and 800 freestyle relays) ... Individual Record Holder for High School and Club Swim Teams (seven for high school and seven for Somerset Hills YMCA) ... Selected First Team All-State New Jersey for the 200 IM ... Three-time high school MVP ... Salutatorian (2019) ... National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student ... Member of the National Honor Society ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Candidate.

Personal: Son of Martin Scheidl and Christina Wypijewska ... Has two siblings, Maya and Max ... Maya swam four years at the University of Chicago and Max plays lacrosse at Hamilton College ... Undecided as a concentration.