2020-21: Academic All-Big Ten honoree...did not compete
2018-19: Finished first in the 100 back (48.99) and second in the 100 free (45.94) in season-opener vs. Green Bay … tallied a trio of wins in the 200 medley relay (1:29.27), 400 free relay (3:00.97) and 100 back (48.75) vs. Minnesota … took second in the 100 back (48.38) vs. Tennessee and Purdue … qualified for 100 back finals, finishing 19th overall (48.19) at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational … assisted 200 medley relay squad’s first-place effort (1:29.87) vs. Hawaii … won the 100 back with a time of 48.80 seconds vs. Iowa and Northwestern
2017-18: Finished seventh in the 100 back final (47.12), 17th in the 200 back final (1:42.93) and participated in two top-eight relay squads at the Big Ten Championships ... won the 100 back (48.78), finished eighth in the 200 back (1:48.84) and took part in the sixth-place 400 medley relay squad (3:17.04) at the Shamrock Invite ... placed 11th as part of the 400 relay squad (2:57.06) at the Texas Invite ... participated in the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:30.76) and winning 200 free relay squad (1:22.06) at Northwestern ... took home the win in the 200 back (1:47.80) and finished second in the 200 IM (1:55.72) at UW-Green Bay ... won the 100 back (48.04) and took fourth in the 200 back (1:48.87) and took fifth in the 200 fly (1:50.20) at the Big Ten quad duals ... finished fourth in the 100 back (49.41) vs. NC State ... placed second in the 100 backstroke (49.40) and 200 back stroke (1:48.13), and took part in the second-place 200 medley relay squad (1:31.14) vs. Georgia ... finished third in the 100-yard backstroke (48.88), fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.96) and took part in the third-place 200-yard medley relay squad (1:30.51) vs. Auburn and Tennessee
Honors: Named Big Ten freshman of the week, November 8
Prep: four-time Nebraska state champion in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly
… USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … No. 1 prospect out of Nebraska … placed fifth in the 200 back and sixth in the 100 back at the 2016 YMCA Short Course National Championships while competing for his club team, Grand Island YMCA Quicksilver
Personal: Parents are Dan and Carole Novinski (both swam collegiately at Nebraska)… has four siblings: Daniel, Jonathan, Kate and Jane
Why Wisconsin: "The University of Wisconsin has everything I was looking for in college and swimming athletic program. Wisconsin has a great campus, academics and is a rising Big Ten and national men's swimming program. I am excited to train under head coach
Whitney Hite and new backstroke coach
Jake Tapp. My goal is to be an asset to the team competing at the highly competitive Big Ten Conference, but more importantly, hopefully, at the national level."
