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Two weeks before Michigan State announced the cut of their swimming & diving programs, Zach Bann committed to become a Spartan. Left in a scramble to find a new college program, Bann has now landed with the Miami Redhawks in Ohio, scheduled to arrive in the fall of 2021.
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Bann finished 5th at the 2020 Texas 5A (smaller schools) State Championship meet last season in 1:55.62. That was a few tenths slower than his lifetime best of 1:54.93 that was done at his Regional meet to qualify for state.
Coming out of quarantine, Bann has already been a best time in the 200 yard back of 1:48.44. That knocked almost a second-and-a-half off his previous lifetime best in the event.
Best Times in Yards:
- 100 back – 51.81
- 200 back – 1:48.44
- 100 breast – 59.00
- 200 breast – 2:07.43
- 100 fly – 54.49
- 200 IM – 1:54.93
- 400 IM – 3:59.21
While Bann lives in Texas, he has midwestern roots – he lived in Iowa for 10 years, has family in Michigan and Ohio, and his grandma attended Miami University in the 1950s.
At last year’s Mid-American Conference Championship meet, the Miami men placed 2nd out of 5 teams. Then-freshman Jack Clouatre was the team’s only A finalist in the 200 IM, finishing 5th in 1:50.12. Adding depth there is crucial for Miami, as that’s an event where they were thumped by the conference champions Missouri State last year, which had the 1-3-4-6-7 finishers. In total, they outscored Miami by 50 points in that event, Bann’s best, alone, of an 80-point final margin in the meet.
He joins a class for Miami that includes:
- Freestyler Jack Flanagan from Tennessee (46.2/1:52 100y/200y freestyles)
- Nick Barrows from Virginia (4:01.9 400 IMer, 15:54 miler)
- Another IMer Paul Brosky from Pennsylvania (1:52/4:02 in the 200y/400y IMs)
- Backstroker Diego Pareja from Illinois (49.9/1:52.1 backstroker)
- Distance freestyler Yonatan Rosin from Israel (15:28/8:08 1500m/800m freestyler)
- Ohio native Jonah Karschnick (50.1 in 100 yard fly, 1:43.3 in 200 yard free)
- Scott Spear from Massachusetts (1:40.4 200 free, 1:50.1 200 fly)
Bann attends Rouse High School and trains with Nitro Swimming. He is a Winter Juniors Qualifier, based on the 2019 standards.
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