Lucas Lang
Lucas Lang
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Dallas, TX
  • High School:
    Lake Highlands
  • Events:
    Distance
  • Major:
    Computer Science
  • College:
    Harvey Mudd

Bio



SwimCloud Results

At CMS
Entering his junior season with the CMS swimming and diving program in 2022-23, where he competes in the distance events ... Holds CMS records in the 500 (4:25.67), 1000 (9:14.11) and 1650 (15:17.24).

2022-23 (Sophomore)
All-American (1650) ... Honorable Mention All-American (500) ... SCIAC Champion (1650) ... All-SCIAC (500 free) ... Earned All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 1650, earning a time of 15:28.47 ... Was also an honorable mention All-American in the 500 with an 11th place finish in 4:26.74 .. Won the SCIAC title in the 1650 by a margin of over 13 seconds, finishing in 15:30.01 ... Was a close second in the 500 free, finishing in 4:28.98, earning All-SCIAC honors ... Finalist in the 200 free, coming in sixth ... Won 12 races in the regular season, including a sweep of the 500 and the 1650 in a tri-meet with La Verne and Cal Lutheran, a sweep of the 500 and 1000 in duals with Redlands and Occidental and a tri-meet with Caltech and Chapman, a 1650 win against Pomona-Pitzer, 500 free wins in duals with Whittier and Cal Baptist and a 1000 win against Division I UC San Diego,   

2021-22 (First-Year)
First-Team All-American (1650) ... Honorable mention All-American (500 free, 800 free relay) ... SCIAC Champion (500, 1650) ... 
Finished second in the NCAA Division III Championships with a 15:17.24, breaking his own school and SCIAC record ... Also set school and league records in the 500 with a 4:25.67 to come in first place in the consolation finals, earning ninth place ... Part of an 800-yard freestyle relay team that earned honorable mention All-America honors with a 14th place finish ... Dominated the 1650 at the SCIAC Championships with a then-school record time of 15:22.76, winning the race by over 15 seconds ... Won a closer battle in the 500, edging out Larry Yu of Pomona-Pitzer 4:26.68 to 4:26.97 in the final reach to the wall, setting a new CMS record at the time. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, where he was a member of the swimming and diving team ... Also competed for the Dallas Mustangs ... Broke a 31-year high school record in the 500 free ... Named first-team All-City, All-District, and All-Region, and second-team All-State Elite Team ... An Academic All-State selection ... AP Scholar with Distinction, Honors Graduate, and National Honors Society member.

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd, where he majors in computer science ... Mother, Laurie G. Lang, was a diver at Southern Methodist University ... Chose the Stags because "I was impressed by the Harvey Mudd academics and was excited to join the CMS Swim Team. Even though I couldn’t visit, the camaraderie within the team and within the student body was evident online. I look forward to joining such a select group of people."

News Mentions

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Lucas Lang Wins National Title in 1650-Yard Freestyle for Stags Swim and Dive

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Lucas Lang earned the national championship in the 1650-yard freestyle by a margin of just seven-hundredths of a second in a...

March 23, 2024

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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...

March 22, 2024

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CMS Men's Swim and Dive in 13th Place after First Day of NCAA Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Frank Applebaum finished 10th in the 200 IM, Lucas Lang finished 11th in the 500 free, and the 200-yard medley relay team came...

March 20, 2024

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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

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Stags Win Three More Events to Maintain Lead at SCIAC Swim and Dive Championships

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Frank Applebaum (100 fly) and Evan Deedy (100 breast) won individual titles and combined with Anderson Breazeale and Dylan...

February 25, 2024

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Four-Peat! CMS Men's Swim and Dive Wins SCIAC Championship Again

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Frank Applebaum was named the Athlete of the Year after winning the 200 fly for the third year in a row, his third first-pla...

February 25, 2024

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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

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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

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CMS Men's Swim and Dive Battles Division I Competition at UCSB Invitational

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team had several of its swimmers travel to the UC Santa Barbara...

February 3, 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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Stags Swim and Dive Falls to Division I CBU in Annual Distance Meet

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Anderson Breazeale won the 200-yard freestyle and the 300-yard backstroke for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and...

January 13, 2024

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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

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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

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Frank Applebaum Breaks Own NCAA Record in Dual Meet with Pomona-Pitzer

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Frank Applebaum swam a 1:43.87 in the 200-yard butterfly to break his own NCAA Division III record in the annual Sixth Street...

December 3, 2023

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Stags Swim and Dive Cruises to 214-84 Win over Caltech

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team moved to 3-0 in the SCIAC with a 214-84 win over Caltech on Saturday...

November 11, 2023

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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

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CMS Men's Swim and Dive Battles DI Competition Close on Opening Day

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team opened its 2023-24 season in a tri-meet against UC San Diego and CSU...

October 22, 2023

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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