David Ortyn
David Ortyn
Height: 6-0
Year: SR
Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WA
High School: Bainbridge Island
Position: IM
Major: Biology

2013-14:  Quality contributor to the Bulldogs’ third-place finish at the SCIAC Championships… Competed in the 200 Individual Medley at the NCAA Division III Championships, taking 24th overall in the event with a solid mark of 1:51.71… Won the 200 Fly at SCIAC Championships for All-SCIAC honors with an NCAA “B” time of 1:49.53… Completed the 1-2 punch in the 200 Individual Medley at the SCIAC Championships by clocking a second-place time of 1:51.62… Posted an NCAA “B” time of 4:02.26 to take third in the 400 IM and earn another All-Conference nod at the SCIAC finale… Swam on the second-place 800 Free Relay that clocked an NCAA “B” time of 6:52.13 at the SCIAC Championships for All-Conference honors… Contributed to the 400 Free Relay that finished second at the SCIAC Championships with an NCAA “B” time of 3:03.90 to garner another All-SCIAC accolade… Swam for the fourth-place 400 Medley Relay that touched the wall in 3:26.14 during the conference finale… Member of the SCIAC All-Academic Swimming & Diving team…

2012-13:  Versatile competitor for the Bulldogs… All-American member of the eighth-place 800 Free Relay (6:41.09) at the 2013 NCAA Division III Championships… This quartet also registered the second-fastest time in school history… Individually competed in the 200 Fly, just missing out on qualifying for the consolation final (1:49.92) at the NCAA Championships… Posted a time of 1:52.95 in the 200 IM for 29th overall at the national meet… Swam a time of 4:03.52 in the 400 IM prelims at NCAAs, just missing out on the consolation final…  Also collected four All-Conference accolades at the SCIAC Championships… Successfully defended his title in the 200 Fly with a meet-record time of 1:49.48… Also finished second in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:01.54 and third in the 200 IM with a time of 1:52.79… Contributed to the second-place finishes of the 400 Free (3:03.92) and 800 Free (6:44.82) relays… SCIAC All-Academic Award winner…

2011-12: Made a significant splash in his sophomore campaign as he continued to provide depth and speed to the butterfly and individual medley events... Captured the 200 Fly crown with a time of 1:51.05 at the SCIAC Championships, giving him the third-best time in U of R history... Also competed in the 400 IM (4:04.08) and 200 IM (1:54.39), placing third and sixth, respectively...  Garnered individual All-Conference awards in the 200 Fly and 400 IM, and collected the honor as a member of the 200 Medley Relay... Made his national debut at the NCAA Division III Championships in the 200 Fly (1:51.32) and placed 15th, garnering All-America Honorable Mention... Part of the team that earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors... Named the team’s Most Improved Athlete… 

2010-11: First-year fly and Individual Medley specialist who played a significant role in the Bulldogs’ second-place showing in conference… Throughout the regular season, he notched personal lows in the 100 IM (57.85), 200 IM (2:02.66) and 400 IM (4:22.32) as well as the 100 Fly (56.33) and 200 Fly (2:01.25)… Competed at the Finis Collegiate Invitational, going 56.33 in the 100 Fly…At the SCIAC Championships (2/22), he recorded a career-best in the 200 Fly (1:52.91), qualifying for an NCAA “B” cut with a third-place finish… He also took fourth in the 400 IM (4:10.23) and came in seventh in the 200 IM (1:57.99)… Named Rookie of the Year by teammates and coaches…