The 2025-26 College Athletes of the Year: Males’s Swimming/Diving – Sioux Falls Live

There wasn’t a race on the Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships that proved to be an excessive amount of for Rounds to deal with.

The USD sophomore earned three particular person convention titles and was named the Summit League’s swimmer of the yr in 2025-26. His triumphs on the convention meet got here within the 50-yard freestyle (19.15), 100-yard freestyle (42.98) and 100-yard backstroke (45.21).

A local of Des Moines, Iowa, Rounds turned the primary Coyote within the Division I period to punch a ticket to the Division I Championships in each the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles. He presently holds 4 USD data within the pool, together with two that have been set in 2026.

• Peyton Bartsch, Augustana
• Alex Parkinson, South Dakota
• Brock Russell, South Dakota
• Braxton McGrath, South Dakota State

Editor’s notice: Check out the 2025-26 College Athletes of the Year web page to see our picks for different sports activities.

Trent Singer is a sports activities reporter for Sioux Falls Live. He focuses his protection on Augustana males’s hockey and Sioux Falls space sports activities. Singer’s earlier stops embrace Just Women’s Sports, the Southeast Missourian and the Kentucky New Era.