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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Seattle, WA
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- High School:
- Roosevelt
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- Events:
- Dive
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- Major:
- Environment, Economics and Politics
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
SwimCloud Results
At CMS
Entering his senior season competing for the CMS swimming and diving program, where he is a diver ... Ranks fourth in CMS history for the highest scores in both the one-meter (557.80) and three-meter (566.20).
2023-24 (Junior)
Finished fourth in the SCIAC Championships in the one-meter dive, and sixth in the three-meter ... Took second in both dives in a dual with Redlands ... Was second in the three-meter in a tri-meet with Cal Lutheran and La Verne ... Studied abroad in the fall semester.
2022-23 (Sophomore)
SCIAC Champion (One-Meter) ... Two-Time SCIAC Diver of the Week ... Earned the SCIAC title in the one-meter with a score of 492.70, a dominant win by 34 points ... Added a fourth-place finish in the three-meter ... Swept both boards in a dual meet over Whittier, earning SCIAC Diver of the Week honors ... Won the one-meter in a dual with Occidental, while finishing second in the two-meter ... Earned a one-meter win in a dual with Division I UC San Diego, earning his first SCIAC Diver of the Week Award of the season.
2021-22 (First-Year)
All-SCIAC (One-Meter) ... Two-time SCIAC Diver of the Week ... Earned All-SCIAC honors in the one-meter dive by earning 475.75 points in the finals ... Also came in fourth in the three-meter, earning 35 points to help CMS to the team championship ... Earned SCIAC Diver of the Week after his first collegiate competition at UC San Diego, where he won the three meter and finished a close second in the one-meter ... Earned SCIAC honors a second time on Jan. 31 after winning both the one-meter and the three-meter events at a SCIAC tri-meet with Cal Lutheran and La Verne, helping CMS to a pair of wins.
Prior to CMS
Attended Roosevelt High School in Seattle, where he was a diver for the school's swim and dive team ... Also competed for the Pacific Northwest Diving Club ... School record holder for one-meter diving ... Earned Scholar-Athlete honors ... Participated in a grant-making program to support non-profits in his community ... Created a student communications network over COVID for all the public high schools in Seattle via Discord.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he plans to major in environment, economics and politics (EEP) ... Father, Gordon Griffith, played lacrosse at Yale ... Lists The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown as his favorite books. Chose CMS "for the atmosphere, the size, the opportunities provided, the academics, and lastly the athletic facilities."
News Mentions

Gaylord Earns Top-10 Finish at NCAA Regional Qualifiers
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Cyrus Gaylord came in ninth place in the one-meter with 419.40 points at the NCAA Division III Region 2 Diving Qualifiers on...
March 3, 2024

Stags Swim and Dive Qualifies Six Individuals, Five Relays for Nationals
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

Anderson Breazeale, Frank Applebaum Set SCIAC Records on Day Two of League Championships
LOS ANEGELES, Calif. - Anderson Breazeale broke the SCIAC record in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:24.75, and Frank Applebaum broke a 26-year old...
February 24, 2024

CMS Men's Swimming and Diving Takes Lead After First Day of SCIACs
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s swimming and diving team’s 200-yard medley relay (Anderson Breazeale,...
February 23, 2024

Gaylord, Uyeno Sweep SCIAC Diver of the Week Honors for CMS
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cyrus Gaylord (Stags) and Meilan Uyeno (Athenas) were named the SCIAC Divers of the Week for events through Sunday, Jan. 28,...
January 29, 2024

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

Sattley, Uyeno Sweep SCIAC Diver of the Week Awards
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Ethan Sattley of the Stags and Meilan Uyeno of the Athenas swept the SCIAC Diver of the Week Awards for events through Sunday,...
January 16, 2024

Stags Swim and Dive Sweeps Cal Lutheran, La Verne in SCIAC Tri-Meet
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Tyler Headley swept the butterfly events, Evan Deedy swept the breaststroke, Ethan Sattley earned two diving wins, and...
January 13, 2024

Cyrus Gaylord Earns SCIAC Diver of the Week Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cyrus Gaylord of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team earned the SCIAC Diver of the Week honor for events...
January 8, 2024

CMS Men's Swim and Dive Opens SCIAC with Sweep of Chapman and Whittier
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team began defense of its SCIAC title by taking two wins in a tri-meet,...
November 4, 2023

CMS Men's Swimming and Diving Picked to Repeat as SCIAC Champions
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team, which has won the last three SCIAC Championships, was picked to...
October 10, 2023