Zane Backes

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Henderson, Nev.
High School:
Laurel Springs
Club Team:
Team Rebel Aquatics

CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
50-yard free: 21.54 (11/21/19)
100-yard breast: 51.04 (3/5/21)
200-yard breast: 1:53.18 (3/6/21)
200-yard IM: 1:47.24 (3/3/21)
400-yard IM: 4:04.35 (1/26/19)

CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
100-meter breast: 1:01.06
200-meter breast: 2:14.39
200-meter IM: 2:06.77

CAREER ACCOLADES AT INDIANA
Five-Time All-American (2019, 20, 21)
First Team All Big-Ten (2020)

U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS 2020 (SUMMER OF 2021)
Finished 15th out of the semifinals in the 100m Breaststroke at the Olympic Trials with a time of 1:01.06.

JUNIOR YEAR (2020-21)
Earned three All-America honors at the 2021 NCAA Championships … took All-America honors with a seventh-place effort in the 100 Breaststroke (51.66) at NCAAs … finished 35th in the 200 Breaststroke at the national meet with a time of 1:56.40 … claimed fifth in the 400 Medley Relay at the national meet … finished 11th at NCAAs in the 200 Medley Relay … earned his first of two individual bronze medals with a third-place finish in the 100 Breaststroke (51.04) at the Big Ten Championships … finished with a bronze in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 1:53.18 at the conference meet … finished 19th out of the C Final in the 200 IM with a time of 1:47.24 at Big Tens … member of the 400 Medley Relay team that claimed gold at the conference meet with a time of 3:02.57 … member of the bronze medal-winning 200 Medley Relay team (1:23.35) at the league meet … member of the winning 400 Medley Relay team (3:11.89) against No. 17 Ohio State.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2019-20)
CSCAA All-American ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten silver medalist in the 100 breaststroke with an NCAA A Cut time of 51.37 … also recorded an NCAA A Cut and career-best time of 51.07 in the 100 breast prelims at the Big Ten Championships … won the Consolation Final of the 200 Breaststroke (1:54.22) at the Big Tens … finished 46th in the 200 IM at the conference meet with a time of 1:48.28 … member of the Big Ten Champion 400 Medley Relay team that finished with a CBAC Pool Record and NCAA A Cut time of 3:02.27 … member of the gold medal 200 Medley Relay team with a CBAC Pool Record and NCAA A Cut time of 1:23.07 at the 2020 Big Ten Championships ... compiled victories in the 100 breaststroke (53.33) and 200 medley relay (1:26.76) against Purdue ... won the 100 backstroke (53.58) in the tri-meet against Iowa and Michigan ... claimed a trio of victories at the UK-ND tri-meet in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.26, the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.39, and the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:27.55.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2018-19)
Earned All-America honors in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships … placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a time of 51.35, earning All-America honors … finished 27th in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:54.89 … won bronze in the 100 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA A cut time of 51.73 … took sixth in the 100 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:53.78 … finished 20th in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:45.24 … placed 28th in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:48.10.

PREP/PERSONAL
Swam at Laurel Springs High School for head coach Lorena Diaconescu ... competed for Team Rebel Aquatics.