Luke Wiesner

2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Steve Woltmann

Career Best
50 Back: 22.36 (2/19/25)
100 Back: 48.50 (2/21/25)
200 Back: 1:45.65 (2/23/25)

2024-25 (Senior):

Finished third in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:45.65 at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship meet, breaking a school record.
Also swam career-bests in the 50 (22.36) and 100 backstroke (48.50) at the conference meet.
Placed eighth in the 50 backstroke in 22.89 seconds at the House of Champions meet.
Named a member of the 2025 All-MVC Conference First Team.
Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team.
Selected to the 2025 All-MVC Scholar Athlete Team.

2023-24 (Junior):

Won the 200 Back against UChicago, finishing in 1:53.78.
Finished eighth in the 100 back (50.12) at the House of Champions Meet.
Played a part of the 200 medley relay team that finished fifth with a time of 1:27.71 at the MAC Championship Meet.
He was also a member of the 400 medley relay team that earned fifth place in a time of 3:13.81, breaking a 13-year old school record.
Was among the 12 record breaker award recipients at the end-of-the-year awards banquet.
Selected to the Academic All-MAC Team.

2022-23 (Sophomore):

Helped the 400 medley relay team to a sixth-place finish at the MAC Championships.
Placed 10^th in the 200 back at the House of Champions Invitational.
Member of the 200 medley relay team that won against Illinois Wesleyan.
Came in fourth in the 100 back and 200 back against Northwestern.
Took second in the 100 back and third in the 200 back in opening meet against Milwaukee.

2021-22 (Freshman):

Had a pair of sixth place finishes, in the 100 back and 200 back, in his collegiate debut against Northwestern.
Was fourth in both backstroke events against Milwaukee.
Had two fifth place swims, in the 50 and 100 back, against Oakland.
Qualified for two B-finals, and was 12th in the 100 back and 13th in the 200 back at the House of Champions.
Won the 100 and 200 back against Valpo.
Was fourth in the 100 back and sixth in the 200 back against UChicago.
Came in second in the 200 back, and was fifth in the 100 back against Notre Dame.
Made the B-final in both backstroke events at the Horizon League Championships…was 11th in the 100 and 12th in the 200.

High School / Personal:

All-American in 100 backstroke and 200 medley relay.
Won conference championship all four years of high school and went to states three times.
Biggest thrill was winning conference in 200 medley relay, setting a new team and pool and conference record.
Older brother is John Wiesner who ran track at UIC.
Son of Jennifer Wiesner and Jim Wiesner.
Majoring in criminology.