2015-16 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

David Stluka

Ryan O'Donnell

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown McFarland, Wis.
  • Highschool McFarland High School

Biography

2015-16: Set career-best marks with a 13th-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (47.39) and a 14th-place finish in the 200-yard IM (1:46.00), while also finishing 16th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.22) ... won the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke with a career-best time of 20.71 in the 50 and a season-best time of 1:48.00 in the 200 vs. Green Bay ... finished fourth in the 200-yard IM (1:56.49) and sixth in the 100-yard backstroke (50.63) at Georgia ... placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.66) and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (49.40) at Auburn ... tallied a third-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke at USC with a season-best time of 49.29 ... finished 22nd in the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.40) and 21st in the 100-yard butterfly (49.13) at the Texas Invitational ... placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (50.26) at Northwestern ... finished third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.80) vs. Minnesota.

2014-15: Qualified for finals in every event he competed in at the Big Ten championships ... recorded a personal best time in the 200-yard butterfly at the Ohio State Invitational (1:49.40) ... contributed to the 200-yard medley relay team at the Big Ten championships that recorded the eighth-fastest time in program history (1:27.49)

2013-14: Raced to the third-fastest time in program history in the 200-yard backstroke (1:43.51) at the Big Ten championships ... also finished with the school's fifth-best time in the 100-yard backstroke (47.74) and seventh-best in the 200-yard IM (1:46.88) at Big Tens ... member of the pool record-setting 200-yard medley relay squad (1:32.78) at the Green Bay Dual ... won the 100-yard butterfly (20.39) at the Milwaukee Dual, where he also swam of leg of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay (1:24.26)

2012-13: Member of the 200-yard medley relay team (1:21.77) that finished ninth at the Big Ten championships ... swam to a personal-best time of 1:47.98 in the 200-yard IM at the Big Ten championships ... swam a personal best 1:44.51 in the 200-yard backstroke at the Big Ten championships ... swam a 'B' qualifying time and a personal-best in the 100-yard backstroke (48.11) at the Big Ten championships ... earned a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.53) at the Big Ten Quad Duals ... finished in fourth place in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.00) at the California Dual ... earned a top-20 finish in the 100-yard backstroke (48.78) at the Big Ten championships.

Prep: The two-time WIAA Swimmer of the Year achieved seven state championships over four-year career ... won a pair of relay and a pair of individual state championships during his senior campaign, while setting state records in both individual races ... earned a pair of state relay and individual championships during his sophomore and junior season ... winner of two relay state championships during freshman year, setting a state record ... also competed in soccer and track and field ... named a WIAA Scholar Athlete, as well as earning scholastic all-american honors.

Personal: Born in McFarland, Wis. ... parent is father, Larry ... has two brothers, Brandon and Derrick ... enjoys trampolines and soccer ... majoring in life sciences communication.

Personal Bests
50 Free: 20.71 (2/5/2016)
100 Free: 47.56 (1/31/2014)
100 Fly: 49.08 (9/29/2012)
200 Fly: 1:49.40 (11/23/2014)
50 Back: 23.36 (11/1/2013)
100 Back: 47.39 (2/26/2016)
200 Back: 1:43.51 (2/26/2014)
100 Breast: 59.12 (2/7/2015)
200 IM: 1:46.00 (2/25/2016)

Honors
2016 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree
2016 Academic All-Big Ten
2015 Academic All-Big Ten
2014 Academic All-Big Ten

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Fly/Back/IM
    5'10"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Back/IM/Fly
    5'10"