Walter Limm
Walter Limm
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Mukilteo, WA
  • High School:
    Kamiak
  • Events:
    Breast, Free
  • Major:
    PPE
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

At CMS
Entering his junior season as a member of the CMS swimming and diving team, where he competes in the breaststroke events ... Holds the school record in the 100 breast (55.77) ... Also holds the fastest 100 breast relay split in school history (55.02) and the fourth-fastest 50 split (25.21) ... Part of 200 and 400 medley relay teams that each rank third at CMS ... Ranked seventh in program annals in the 200 breast (2:04.54).

2019-20 (Sophomore)
All-American (400 medley relay) ... All-SCIAC (100 breast, 400 medley relay) ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Came in third place at the SCIAC Championships in the 100 breast with a 55.77, which set a new program record ... Added a sixth-place finish in the 200 breast in 2:04.54, which places seventh in CMS history, giving him 33 individual points in a meet that the Stags won by only 14 ... Also helped the 200 medley relay B team win its heat for 20 more points towards the CMS total ... Won the 100 breast in a dual with Pomona-Pitzer in 56.22, which moved him into second place in CMS history at the time ... Also won the 100 breast in duals with Redlands and La Verne ... Took both breaststroke events at the CMS Invitational.

2018-19 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team … 
Won the 100 breast at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, defeating his older brother Henry by just one-hundredth of a second (58.25 to 58.26) ... Swam a 57.12 in the 100 breast at the SCIAC Championships, the ninth best time out of a field of 42, as well as a 2:07.35 in the 200 breast ... Also swam a 22.24 in the 50 free at SCIACs. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Kamiak High School, where he was a member of the swimming team ... Also competed for the South Snohomish County Dolphins club team ... School-record holder in the 100-yard breaststroke ... Came in third place in the Washington State 4A Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke, and helped his 200-yard medley relay team to a second-place finish ... Helped Kamiak to a second-place finish in the states and a 4A district title ... Volunteered as a local swimming coach with the Special Olympics.

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in philosophy, politics and economics ... Brother, Henry, was also on the CMS swimming and diving team and graduated in 2020 from Harvey Mudd ... Cousin, Xander Bartone, attends Pomona and competes on the Pomona-Pitzer track and field team. 

News Mentions

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Championship Memories Saturday: 2020 Men's Swimming and Diving Edges Pomona-Pitzer for SCIAC Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - In a back-and-forth battle that was deadlocked with only three events to go, the 2019-20 CMS men's swimming and diving team...

November 21, 2020