The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) issued its list of boys prep swimming All-Americans for the 2023-24 season and locals from Cherokee Trail, Grandview, Regis Jesuit and Smoky Hill made the prestigious cut.
The organization annually recognizes the top 100 athletes or relay teams from across the country who achieve the required standard in each event and Colorado showed well on that list.
Leading the way among Aurora’s honorees was Grandview’s Oliver Schimberg, who put the finishing touches on a stellar junior season with five All-American honors.
Schimberg — who recently announced his commitment to the University of Minnesota — won the area’s only Class 5A state championship when he took the 100 yard backstroke. His altitude-adjusted best time of 47.38 seconds ranked ninth in the country. Schimberg also achieved All-America status in the 100 yard butterfly (in which he tied for 45th nationally) and the 200 yard individual medley (in which he was 54th), while he was also part of two All-American relays.
Alex Stinemetze, Ethan Finlay and Evan Higgins joined Schimberg on a 200 yard medley relay that ranked No. 43 nationallly, while Higgins plus Evan Linnebur and Christian Burgeson landed 95th in the 400 freestyle relay.
Three other Aurora area individuals earned All-American status in Smoky Hill senior Daniel Yi and junior Ian Noffsinger as well as Regis Jesuit junior Reid Magner.
Yi — a University of Utah recruit — had the 25th-fastest time in the country in the 100 yard breaststroke (in which he was the 5A runner-up) of 54.49 seconds, while he tied for 100th in the 200 yard individual medley. Noffsinger was the 5A state runner-up in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 4:30.09 that tied him for 79th nationallly. Magner earned the honor in the 200 yard individual medley as he tied for 60th nationally.
Regis Jesuit, the 5A state team runner-up, had two All-American relay teams in the 200 yard medley team of seniors Owen Mulligan and Hennig Colsman, junior Hugh Boris and sophomore Nolan Kohl — who ranked 56th nationally — plus the 400 freestyle relay team of Colsman, Magner, Kohl and senior Sean Greene-Cockriel, who were the 67th-fastest outfit.
Rounding out Aurora’s boys All-American contingent was the Cherokee Trail 400 yard freestyle relay team of senior Hugh Mullen, juniors Jacob Mueller and Bronson Smothers and sophomore Tyson Walker. The Cougars ranked 96th — one spot behind Grandview — with its adjusted time of 3:06.
Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports
