Zach Switzer

  • Zach
  • Switzer

  • Event
    Backstroke/Individual Medley
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Woodberry Forest, Va.
Event2013-20142014-20152015-20162016-2017Career
100 Back48.30 (16th Place)
Men's ACC Championships
Mar 1, 2014
48.48 (20th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 25, 2015
48.65 (27th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
49.40 (5th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
48.30 (16th Place)
Men's ACC Championships
Mar 1, 2014
100 Breast56.77 (3rd Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Feb 9, 2014
53.96 (13th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
53.96 (13th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
100 Fly51.43 (10th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 5, 2017
51.43 (10th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 5, 2017
100 IM52.01 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 18, 2014
51.65 (9th Place)
Ft. Myers, Fla.
Oct 8, 2016
51.65 (9th Place)
Ft. Myers, Fla.
Oct 8, 2016
200 Back1:44.28 (13th Place)
Men's ACC Championships
Mar 1, 2014
1:44.65 (14th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 25, 2015
1:45.56 (19th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
1:47.65 (3rd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
1:44.28 (13th Place)
Men's ACC Championships
Mar 1, 2014
200 Breast2:09.92 (3rd Place)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 2, 2013
2:03.57 (6th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 7, 2015
1:55.40 (7th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
1:55.40 (7th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
200 IM1:50.95 (9th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
1:49.84 (9th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 22, 2014
1:49.93 (8th Place)
Knoxville, TN
Nov 22, 2015
1:49.04 (4th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
1:49.04 (4th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
200 Medley Relay1:30.34 (1st Place)
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nov 9, 2013
1:34.20 (5th Place)
Charlottesville, VA
Jan 17, 2015
1:26.37 (7th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
1:30.22 (3rd Place)
Ft. Myers, Fla.
Oct 8, 2016
1:26.37 (7th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
200 Medley Relay Lead Off23.50
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
24.09
Notre Dame, IN
Nov 8, 2014
22.34
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
23.40
Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 5, 2016
22.34
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
400 IM3:49.44 (14th Place)
Men's ACC Championships
Mar 1, 2014
3:48.04 (7th Place)
ACC Championships (Men's)
Feb 25, 2015
3:48.33 (8th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 27, 2016
3:47.03 (8th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
3:47.03 (8th Place)
Men's ACC Championship
Mar 2, 2017
400 Medley Relay3:18.19 (3rd Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
3:18.53 (5th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 22, 2014
3:17.26 (6th Place)
Knoxville, TN
Nov 22, 2015
3:20.63 (7th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
3:17.26 (6th Place)
Knoxville, TN
Nov 22, 2015
400 Medley Relay Lead Off50.50
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
49.59
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 22, 2014
49.60
Knoxville, TN
Nov 22, 2015
49.13
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
49.13
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
50 Back23.93 (4th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 11, 2013
23.68 (5th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 18, 2014
23.68 (5th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 18, 2014

Updated: July 25, 2017

2016-17

ACC
8. 400 IM (3:50.98)
8. 200 Breast (1:56.33)
16. 100 Breast (54.20)

Reached the A final at the ACC Championship in the 400 IM after swimming a personal best time of 3:47.03 in the prelims … Swam a 53.96, a PR, in the prelims of 100 breast at the conference meet, advancing him to the B final … Turned in a 1:56.33 in the A final of the 200 breast at ACCs … Took first in the 200 back with a 1:50.03 against Cincinnati and Rutgers … Placed second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:02.06 at Virginia … Swam a 1:49.04 in the 200 IM A final at the H2Okie Fall Invitational … Placed first in the B final of the 100 IM at the FGCU Classic with a time of 51.65.

2015-16: ACC Academic Honor Roll … Earned 46 points for the Hokies with a seventh place showing in the 200 medley relay at the ACC Championship … The team’s 1:26.37 in the 200 medley relay was the fifth-fastest time in school history … Second top 10 time at the ACC Championship came in the 400 IM with a time of 3:51.34 … Took first with a time of 1:30.42 in the 200 medley relay against Penn State … Turned in the top time in the 100 backstroke with a 50.94 against Queens University … Posted the top times in the 200 medley relay and the 400 IM against Pitt and Notre Dame.

2014-15
ACCs

8th - 400 IM (3:41.79)
16th - 200 back (1:46.16)
20th - 100 back (48.73)

At the ACC Championships, earned 38 team points, scoring in three events … Finished second in the 100 back and third in the 200 IM against Georgia Tech and UNCW … Earned a second-place finish in the 400 IM and a fourth-place finish in the 200 back at No. 21 Virginia … Against Kentucky, placed third in the 100 back, fourth in the 200 back and sixth in the 400 IM … Finished fifth in the 200 back at the H20kie Fall Invitational … At Duke, took second in the 100 back and third in the 200 back … At UNC, finished fourth in the 100 back and fifth in the 200 back …At the Virginia Tech Swimming & Diving Challenge, finished third in the 50 back, second in the 100 IM, second in the 400 individual medley, fifth in the 50 back and helped the 200 free relay team finish third and the 200 medley relay team finish fourth.

2013-2014
ACCs

12th - 200 back (1:44.55)
12th - 400 IM (3:50.55)
16th - 100 back (48.69)

At ACCs, earned 40.5 team points after placing 12th in the 200 backstroke, 12th in the 400 IM and 16th in the 100 backstroke … At UNC Wilmington, finished second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 200 backstroke … At the H20kie Fall Invitational, finished fifth in the 200 backstroke, fourth in the 400 IM and helped place third in the 400 medley relay … At Pittsburgh, took fourth in the 100 backstroke, third in the 200 backstroke and helped finish fifth in the 400 freestyle relay and win the 200 medley relay … Finished third in the 200 breaststroke at Cincinnati … At Ohio State, placed fifth in the 100 backstroke, helped place fourth in the 400 freestyle relay and helped the 200 medley relay team finish fourth … Against NC State, finished fourth in the 100 backstroke, fifth in the 200 backstroke and helped finish third in the 200 medley relay … At the VT Swimming Challenge, captured fourth in the 50 backstroke, fourth in the 200 backstroke, and helped finish fifth in the 400 medley relay and fourth in the 200 medley relay.

High School: Swam for Coach Gregory Guldin at Woodberry Forest High School in Charlottesville, Va. ... Named All-State and All-American in 2012 ... Three-time state champion in 200 IM ... Holds VISAA state record in 200 IM and 100 Back.

Personal: Born on May 8, 1995 in Denver, Colo. ... Son of Gregory and Tammy Switzer ... Was elected Prefect at Woodberry Forest ... Has one brother, Nick (15) ... Majoring in Psychology.