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Updated: July 29, 2017

HONORS
All-American, 200 Breast (2017)
All-American, 100 Breast (2017)
Honorable Mention All-American, 200 IM (2017)
ACC Champion, 200 Breast (2017)
ACC Champion, 100 Breast (2017)
2016 ACC Championship Most Valuable Swimmer
All-American, 200 IM (2016)
All-American, 100 Breast (2016)
All-American, 200 Breast (2016)
ACC Champion, 200 Breast (2016)
ACC Champion, 200 IM (2016)
Honorable Mention All-American, 400 Medley Relay (2015)
ACC Champion, 200 IM (2015)

2016-17

NCAA
4. 200 Breast (1:52.71)
6. 100 Breast (51.66)
13. 200 IM (1:42.80

ACC
1. 200 Breast (1:52.39)
1. 100 Breast (51.51)
2. 200 IM (1:42.09)
6. 200 Free Relay (1:18.69)
10. 400 Free Relay (2:56.26)

Left Virginia Tech as arguably the best breastroker in the history of the ACC and in program history ... Held ACC and ACC Championship records in both the 100 breast and 200 breast at the conclusion of his career ... Earned two All-American accolades and an Honorable Mention All-American honor at his final NCAA Championship … Took home two ACC titles and a silver medal at the ACC Championship … His first place time of 1:52.39 in the 200 breast set the ACC and ACC Championship records … His time of 51.30 in the 100 breast at NCAAs was the sixth fastest time at the meet and the fastest in the ACC in 2016-17 … His time of 51.30 was also the eighth-fastest time in the history of the event … Registered three A cut times at the ACC Championship … Collected his third ACC medal in the 200 IM after placing second with a time of 1:42.09 ... Swept the breastroke events and placed first in the 200 IM against UVA … Swept the breaststroke events and swam the top time with the 200 medley relay against Pitt and Notre Dame … CSCAA Scholar All-American … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll … VaSID Academic All-State Team.

2015-16

Olympic Trials
16. 200 Individual Medley (2:03.71; Semifinals)
16. 100 Breaststroke (1:02.07; Semifinals)

NCAA
t-4. 100 breaststroke (52.14)
5. 200 breaststroke (1:53.45)
8. 200 IM (1:42.36)

ACC
1. 200 IM (1:42.26)
1. 200 breaststroke (1:52.87)
2. 100 yard breaststroke (52.28)
5. 400 freestyle relay (2:54.62)
7. 200 freestyle relay (1:18.96)

Reached the semifinals in both of his events at U.S. Olympic Swim Trials … Named the Most Valuable Swimmer at the ACC Championship … Won two gold medals at the ACC Championships in the 200 individual medley and the 200 breaststroke … Set an ACC meet and pool record in the 100 breaststroke at the ACC Championship with a time of 51.86 in the prelims … The time also set a new program record in the 100 breaststroke … Finished second overall with a 52.28 in the finals … Also set ACC and pool records after taking first with a finals time of 1:52.87 in the 200 breaststroke … His time of 1:41.95 in the NCAA prelims of the 200 individual medley set a new program record … Set a new program record with a 1:52.82 in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championship preliminaries … Named ACC Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 19 … Turned in the top times in four events in the first meet of the season against Penn State … Took first in the 100 breaststroke and was part of victories in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays against Notre Dame and Pitt ... ACC Academic Honor Roll ... VaSID Academic All-State.

2014-15
NCAAs
16th - 400 medley relay (3:08.50)
ACCs
1st - 200 IM (1:43.97)
5th - 100 breast (53.23)
5th - 200 breast (1:55.72)
5th - Relay - 200 medley relay (1:25.82) - with Latimer, Becksted, CJ Fiala
5th - Relay - 400 medley relay (3:11.12) - with Higgins, Latimer, Burns
5th - Relay - 400 free relay (2:54.13) - with Burns, Bureau, CJ Fiala
6th - Relay - 200 free relay (1:18:57) - with CJ Fiala, Latimer, Burns

At the NCAA Championships, took 37th in the 200 breast, 40th in the 100 breast, 43rd in the 200 IM and helped the 400 medley relay team take 16th for honorable-mention all-America honors … At the ACC Championships, earned 82 individual points and 198 relay points with one gold medal, five fifth-place finishes and one sixth-place finish … Against Georgia Tech and UNC, won the 100 breast (56.05) and the 200 breast (2:04.07) and helped the 200 medley relay take first … At No. 21 Virginia, won the 200 IM with a time of 1:49.56, finished second in the 100 free and finished second in the 200 breast … Also helped the 200 and 400 medley relay teams to first place finishes … Against Kentucky, took second in the 200 free, third in the 100 free and helped the 200 free relay team win and the 400 medley relay team finish second … At the H20kie Fall Invitational, finished eighth in the 50 free and helped both the 400 yard relay team and the 200 medley relay team to second place finishes … Also placed fifth in the 100 breast at the H20kie Fall Invitational … At Notre Dame with Pitt, finished second in the 100 and 200 breast, third in the 200 IM and helped the 400 free relay team win … Duke, took third in the 100 back, fourth in the 100 free and helped the 400 free relay team finish first and the 200 medley relay team finish second … At UNC, placed fourth in the 100 breast, second in the 200 IM and helped the 400 medley relay team place second … At the Virginia Tech Swimming & Diving Championship, won the 50 breast in 26.22, took third in the 200 breast and helped the 200 medley relay team finish second.

2013-14
ACCs
5th - 200 IM (1:45.23)
8th - 100 breast (53.92)
13th - 200 breast (1:57.64)
3rd - 400 medley relay (3:08.26) - with Latimer, Tremols, Bonk

One of 10 swimmers and three divers to compete at NCAAs for the Hokies … Earned All-ACC academic honors … At ACCs, earned 36 individual points and 54 relay points for the Hokies by placing 13^th in the 200 breaststroke, eighth in the 100 breaststroke, helped the 400 medley relay win the bronze and took fifth in the 200 IM … At UNC Wilmington, finished second in the 200 free and fourth in the 200 backstroke … At No. 18 Virginia, placed fifth in the 200 breast and seventh in the 400 IM … At Tennessee, finished seventh in the 100 breast, fifth in the 200 breast and sixth in the 200 IM … At the H20kie Fall Invitational, placed sixth in the 200 breast, fifth in the 100 breast, helped the 800 freestyle relay team finish third and placed fourth in the 200 IM … At Cincinnati, earned third in the 200 backstroke and sixth in the 200 butterfly … Finished seventh in the 200 breaststroke at Ohio State … Against NC State, helped the 200 medley relay team finish third, placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke, fourth in the 200 breaststroke and fifth in the 200 IM … At the VT Swimming Challenge, finished fourth in the 50 breaststroke, fifth in the 200 breast and helped the 200 medley relay team finish fourth.

High School: Swam for Coach Bruce Anderson at Westfield High School ... Four year letterwinner in the 100 Breast and 200 IM ... 2013 State Champ in 50 Free ... Owned state championships in the 400 Free relay and 200 Medley relay ... First-team All-Met and All-State ... Five-time All-American ... Swam for Coach Dan Jacobs with Machine Aquatics ... Four-time top-8 finisher at NCSA Junior Nationals ... Bronze medalist in 50 Breast at NCSA Junior Nationals.

Personal: Born April 3, 1995 in Fairfax, Va. ... Son of John and Karen Fiala ... Two brothers, CJ (20) and Collin (15) ... Father, John swam at West Point, while mother, Karen, played soccer for Virginia Tech ... Brother, CJ, also swims for the H2Okies.