Breaststroker Calvin Groenewold has announced his intention to transfer to Florida State University next fall.
“I want to start off by thanking Bryant University for an amazing past two years. Bryant will always hold a special place in my heart. With that being said I am proud to announce that I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Florida State University. I wanna thank God, my family friends, and coaches who helped me through the transfer process. #GoNoles”
Originally from Lombard, Illinois, Groenewold graduated from Timothy Christian High School in 2020 and headed to Bryant in Smithfield, Rhode Island, in the fall of 2020. There, he improved dramatically in his best events, dropping 1.9 seconds in the 50 breast, 2.6 seconds in the 100 breast, 6.4 seconds in the 200 breast, and 5 seconds in the 200 IM. Swimming with the club team FMC Aquatic in the summer of 2021, he took 3.7 seconds off his LCM 100 breast time and dropped 11.6 in the 200 breast and 12.8 in the 200 IM.
| Event | High school PB | Current PB |
| SCY 50 breast | 27.71 | 25.86 |
| SCY 100 breast | 57.88 | 55.25 |
| SCY 200 breast | 2:07.07 | 2:00.68 |
| SCY 200 IM | 1:57.64 | 1:52.63 |
| LCM 100 breast | 1:08.55 | 1:04.88 |
| LCM 200 breast | 2:32.13 | 2:20.50 |
| LCM 200 IM | 2:26.24 | 2:13.44 |
Groenewold will arrive in Tallahassee amid a turnover in the ‘Noles breaststroke group. Several of the top performers last season, Izaak Bastian (52.27/1:55.36), Nevada Wood (53.78/1:56.23), and Jackson Seith (54.62/2:03.23) were seniors. Junior Peter Varjasi (54.01) and freshman Jason Martindale (54.38/1:58.59) will form the core of the training group next year.
Wow here we are again talking about fsu breaststroke! From Jason to incoming jaydon Cunningham to now Calvin, I wonder if they can do some damage at Accs
Really? Another guy going to a program which had multiple top swimmers transfer out because of horrible coaching and a crappy team environment.
I don’t know man, look up Neal’s record and reviews he’s a great guy better coach. Sure there are some growing pains but covid years are changing how transfers are handled in swimming.
They score zero points at NCAA’s.
But they scored 14th place in 2019? You don’t have the info clearly, don’t treat FSU like they are notre dame, they are a real ACC swim school.
That was 3 years ago. One year doesn’t make up for years of crappy performances at NCAA’s. Notre dame will be in a better position this next season than fsu because of the louisville hire. Fsu is garbage
Sounds like you are one of the moody transfers then, be sure to visit this conversation when FSU finishes top 5 at ACCs next year ;).
Bruh no one improves there how can you improve as a team when the swimmers don’t improve
I just started going through the roster alphabetically:
-Adrian Aguilar, junior, 21.34-20.57 in the 50 free
-Jason Brzozowski, freshman – did not improve in primary events
-Eli Butters, freshman – did not improve in primary events
-Telly Coleman, sophomore – 20.95-20.68 in the 50 free
-Ian Cooper (first one alphabetically who swam at ACCs), junior – 20.42 to 19.55 in the 50 free
(Most of the names at the top of the roster alphabetically didn’t swim at conference, so iI started skipping ahead)
-Mason Herbert, sophomore – 48.91 to 45.66, 100 back
-Zach Smith, sophomore – 15:36 to 15:14, mile
So, not everyone who has gone to Florida State has improved right away,… Read more »