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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Wayzata, MN
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- High School:
- Breck
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- Events:
- Fly, Free
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- Major:
- Economics
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
SwimCloud Results
At CMS
Completed his senior season as a member of the CMS swimming and diving team, where he competed in the freestyle and the butterfly ... Graduated ranked No. 4 in CMS history in the 200 fly (1:49.52) and as part of a program-record 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:36.85).
2023-24 (Senior)
Second-Team All-America (800 free relay) ... All-SCIAC (800 free relay) ... CSC Academic All-District ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Competed at the NCAA Championships with the CMS 800-yard freestyle, helping CMS earn second-team All-America honors with a 15th place finish ... Part of an 800 relay that set a CMS record with a 6:36.85 at the SCIAC Championships, earning second place ... Qualified for the finals in the 100 fly and 200 fly at the SCIAC Championships, earning fourth in the 200 with a 1:50.71, two seconds faster than he swam in prelims ... Took first in the 200 fly at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational ... Was second in the 200 fly in duals with Occidental and Redlands, after missing the fall semester while studying abroad.
2022-23 (Junior)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team ... CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Qualified for the finals in the 100 fly and the 200 fly at the SCIAC Championships ... Finished sixth in the 200 fly (1:51.77) and eighth in the 100 fly (50.25) ... Earned 11th in the 500 free with a 4:37.02 ... Helped the CMS 400-yard medley relay B team win its heat with a 3:22.63 ... Won the 200 fly in a dual with Redlands ... Was second in the 200 fly in a dual with Pomona-Pitzer in a personal-best time of 1:50.34, placing sixth in CMS history.
2021-22 (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Qualified for the finals of the 200-yard butterfly at the SCIAC Championships and earned sixth place with a time of 1:51.25 ... Took first place in the consolation heat of the 100-yard butterfly at the SCIAC Championships to come in tenth place overall ... Also came in 12th in the 500-yard freestyle and swam the first leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay "B" team that won its heat ... Was second in the 200 fly in a dual meet with Pomona-Pitzer.
2020-21 (Redshirt)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Stags did not compete due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Reached the finals of the 200 fly at the SCIAC Championships and earned an eighth-place finish with a 1:53.59 ... Earned a 13th place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:40.85 ... Was 15th in the 100 fly in 51.69 ... Earned 23 points in his three individual events in a meet that the Stags won by only 14 ... Won the 200 free at the CMS Invitational ... Earned second-place finishes to his teammates in conference dual meets against La Verne (200 free) and Occidental/Whittier (200 back)
Prior to CMS
Attended the Breck School in Minnesota, where he was a member of the swimming team ... Helped Breck to three state titles in a row ... Finished in second place in the 200 free and third place in the 100 fly at the 2019 state championships ... Came in second place in both events at the 2018 states as a junior ... Also swam for the Aquajets Swim Team.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in economics … Father was on the crew team at Princeton.
News Mentions
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Applebaum Breaks Own 200 Fly Record, But Finishes as National Runner-Up
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Frank Applebaum took almost a half-second off of his NCAA Division III record time in the 200-yard butterfly, but ended...
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Frank Applebaum broke his own CMS record in the 100-yard butterfly with a 47.13 to take third place on the second day of...
March 21, 2024
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CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team had six individuals qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships,...
February 29, 2024
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February 25, 2024
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CMS Men's Swimming and Diving Takes Lead After First Day of SCIACs
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February 23, 2024
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CMS Men's Swim and Dive Concludes Regular Season at Pomona-Pitzer Invitational
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Frank Applebaum, the NCAA Division III record holder in the 200-yard butterfly, moved into third place in CMS history in the...
February 10, 2024
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Stags Swim and Dive Celebrates Senior Day with Sweep of Redlands
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team honored its six seniors prior to the meet and then swept all 16...
January 27, 2024
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CMS Men's Swim and Dive Dominates Occidental in Return to SCIAC Competition
EAGLE ROCK, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team won 14 of the 16 events as it took a 224-61 win over Occidental on...
January 6, 2024