2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
Awards:
- Second-Team All-New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference (2022)
- Second-Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (500 freestyle - 4th place) (2023)
- Second-Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (400 freestyle relay - 4th place) (2023)
- Second-Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (800 freestyle relay - 4th place) (2023)
- First-Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (2022-23, 2025-26)
- 2X RMAC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2025-26)
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Men's Swimming & Diving Team (2025-26)
- 2025-26 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (UTPB’s Inaugural Class)
2025-26 (Redshirt Senior):
Voted First Team Academic All-RMAC. Heelein helped UTPB break the school record in two relays and finish in fifth place in three relays at the RMAC Championship. Heelein swam anchor in all three of those relays for the UTPB "A" team. He made the B Final and finished 13th in both the 200 IM and the 100 freestyle. He was T66th in scoring (8 points) and set four season bests and one personal best at the championship. He ranked fourth on the team and 61st in the RMAC according to FINA points... Picked for the 2025-26 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators... Was a member of the RMAC Academic Honor Roll for the second time in his career.
2025-26 RMAC Championship Results:
- 800 freestyle relay – A Final – "A" relay – fifth place – 6:45.38 (Alt Adj 6:40.58) (School Record) (swam anchor)
- 400 medley relay – A Final – "A" relay – fifth place – 3:19.85 (Alt Ad 3:19.45) (School Record) (swam anchor)
- 400 freestyle relay – A Final – "A" relay – fifth place – 3:03.34 (swam anchor)
- 200 IM – B Final – 13th place – 1:55.16 (Season Best) (15th in prelims, 1:56.63, Season Best, moved up two spots in final)
- 200 freestyle – Prelims – 17th place – 1:42.75 (1st alternate)
- 500 freestyle – Prelims – 22nd place – 4:45.97
- 100 freestyle – B Final – 13th place – 46.05 (Season Best) (13th in prelims, 46.15, Season Best)
- Time Trial – 50 freestyle – first place – 21.06 (Personal Best)
2025-26 Season-Best Times:
- 50 Free – 21.06 (Personal Best) – RMAC Championships – Feb 14, 2026
- 100 Free – 45.95 (Alt Adj) – RMAC Championships – Feb 14, 2026
- 200 Free – 1:41.17 – Trinity University Tiger Invitational – Nov 22, 2025
- 500 Free – 4:39.50 – Trinity University Tiger Invitational – Nov 21, 2025
- 1000 Free – 10:25.35 – UTPB vs Southwestern – Nov 8, 2025
- 1650 Free – 16:20.10 – Trinity University Tiger Invitational – Nov 23, 2025
- 100 Back – 56.42 – UTPB vs. UTRGV – Oct 11, 2025
- 100 Breast – 1:00.77 (Personal Best) – Sam Freas Invite – Sep 27, 2025
- 100 IM – 54.86 (Personal Best) – Sam Freas Invite – Sep 27, 2025
- 200 IM – 1:53.96 (Alt Adj) – RMAC Championships – Feb 11, 2026
2024-25 (Senior):
Redshirted... Earned 2025 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
Carl-von-Weinberg-Schule (HS):
Academic All-Conference... Two-time all-conference team... Placed at German nationals... School records in the 500 freestyle and the 200 freestyle.
Current UTPB School Records:
- 500 freestyle – 4:29.92 alt adj. – 2023
- 800 Freestyle Relay (Sean Greene, Nico Turner, Owen Putnam, Niklas Heelein) – 6:40.58 alt adj. – 2026
- 400 Medley Relay (Nico Turner, Sean Greene, Colin Doyle, Niklas Heelein) – 3:19.45 alt adj. – 2026
Historical Player Information
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2025-26Redshirt Senior
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