Drury’s swimming and diving workforce publicizes 2026-27 recruiting class

Drury swimming and diving completes 2026 recruiting class

Drury swimming and diving head coach Brian Reynolds introduced the addition of 18 new Panthers as a part of DU’s 2026 recruiting class on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Drury is coming off top-five finishes in each the boys’s and ladies’s competitors finally spring’s NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships, marking the twenty eighth time each DU squads have completed among the many high 5 packages on the nationwide meet.

The Drury males earned nationwide runner-up distinction after narrowly lacking its twenty third workforce title, ending simply 13.5 factors behind Tampa for the highest spot within the workforce standings, whereas the DU girls positioned among the many nation’s high 5 squads for the thirty first consecutive season, ending fifth on the nationwide meet in Evansville, Indiana.

In addition to their 5 November signees, the Panthers will welcome 13 spring and summer season newcomers to their 2026-27 roster this fall:

Drury fall signees:

• Seth Augustine; breast/IM; Kansas City, Missouri
• Elena Fuerst; again/IM; Engerwitzdorf, Austria
• Francesco Galluzzi; dash free/fly; Bari, Italy
• Julia Haar; fly/free; Feldkirchen bei Graz, Austria
• Kostas Vaiciunas; free; Panevezys, Lithuania

Drury spring/summer season signees

• Luiza Dias; free/again/IM; Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Sara El Tahawi; free; Algiers, Algeria
• Ben Forsythe; free; Sheridan, Wyoming
• Selima Hmaied; again/IM; La Marsa, Tunisia
• Kathleen Kielbus; breast/IM; Rockwall, Texas
• Fran Miodrag; breast/free; Zagreb, Croatia
• Missy Mizell; dash free/again; Lebanon, Missouri
• Joshua Montone; breast/IM; Savannah, Georgia
• Kelsey Perdomo; fly/again/free; Springfield, Missouri
• Eric Ring; free; Slidell, Louisiana
• Paula Rodríguez Rendón; dash free; Aguascalientes, Mexico
• Santiago Santodomingo; diving; Bogota, Colombia
• Vasil Tushev; free/again; Sandanski, Bulgaria

Drury will open the 2026-27 season with its annual Scarlet and Gray Intrasquad Meet on Sept. 26.

Drury’s Ryno Riekert earns silver at World Athletics U20 Championships

EUGENE, OR – Incoming Drury observe and discipline freshman Ryno Riekert made program historical past earlier this month, turning into the primary Panther to compete and medal on the World Athletics U20 Championships. Representing South Africa, Riekert competed because the leadoff runner in each the boys’s 4×400-meter relay and combined 4×400-meter relay. Riekert posted a 47.56-second break up within the combined relay and a 46.67 break up within the males’s relay. Riekert opened competitors within the combined 4×400-meter relay. The squad of Riekert, Davida Strong, Abelines Schoeman and Isabella Gunter superior to the ultimate and completed sixth with a time of three:21.48. Team USA gained gold in 3:15.31, whereas Czechia (3:18.16) and Australia (3:18.45) positioned second and third, respectively. On the ultimate day of competitors, Riekert helped South Africa seize the silver medal within the males’s 4×400-meter relay. Riekert, Kryn Romijn, Schoeman and Leendert Koekemoer completed second within the ultimate with a time of three:02.76. Team USA gained the occasion in 3:01.39, led by 2024 Olympic gold medalist Quincy Wilson.  Riekert additionally competed within the 200 and 400 meters and owns private bests of 21.10 and 46.03, respectively. He will be part of the Panthers for the upcoming indoor observe and discipline season this winter.