Swimming

In the fall of 2017, Jesuit became the first Hillsborough County school to capture a swimming State Championship in 71 years – and launched a dynasty. In 2018, the Tigers did it again, repeating as State Champions, a feat achieved only one other time by a Tampa Bay area school, by St. Petersburg High a century ago. In 2020, Jesuit did it a 3rd time - State Champions. The Tigers followed up the three State crowns with State runner-up results in both 2021 and 2022. 

With three State titles and 10 straight years with Top-4 finishes at State entering the fall 2024 season, the Tigers stand alone as the best boys swimming program in Tampa Bay area history. Under the direction of head coach Bill Shaffer since 1996 (Shaffer also coaches the Academy of the Holy Names girls swimming team), the Tigers have been one of Florida's elite programs for decades, producing numerous All-County, State Champion, and collegiate swimmers while accumulating an incredible dual meet record of 209-7-1. The Tigers were State runners-up in 2014 and '15 before winning the 2017, '18, and '20 State crowns. Entering 2024, Jesuit has claimed a remarkable 27 straight District titles, 15 consecutive Region crowns, and numerous City Relays titles, including once again in 2023.

The success has been spurred by a series of outstanding swimmers and great performances. In 2023 at State, Jesuit placed 3rd, 4th, and 5th in the relays, while Aidan Clements '24 (Auburn signee) swam a school -record 200 freestyle in an All-American time two years after he had won the State title in the 100 backstroke. The top returnees in 2024 include Bruno Borowiec '26 and Henry Neely '26. 

The 2020 season, Jesuit's 3rd State title, was arguably the school's best ever. The Tigers were unblemished, sweeping all of their dual meets plus the Tampa Bay Classic and District-Region-State. At State, two relays won gold: the 200 medley (Nick Shaffer '21, Liam Schindler '23, Erick Magalhaes '23, and Sam Prabhakaran '21) in school-record time, and the 200 freestyle (Prabhakaran, Geoff Trieloff '21, Schindler, and Shaffer). Shaffer (who signed with Florida Atlantic) also claimed individual gold in the 200 IM in school-record time and placed third in the 100 backstroke.

When the Tigers began their run of State titles in 2017, they were propelled to the 2A crown with silver medal results in three relays and Brendan Driscoll '19 claiming an individual State title in the 500 freestyle. Driscoll also earned the prestigious Hicks Award as the county's Outstanding Swimmer. In 2018 the Tigers repeated as State Champions, earning 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the pivotal relays, while Driscoll repeated as State Champion in the 500 free and Jesuit won the State title again. 

Several Tigers have continued their swimming careers in college, including Schindler (Loyola Maryland), Nick Shaffer (Florida Atlantic), Driscoll (Duke University), Tommy Shaffer '16 (Army West Point), Byrne Litschgi '16 (University of Chicago, where he set numerous school records and won the NCAA DIII National Championship in the 200 backstroke), Austin Sellers '15 (University of North Carolina), and Chris Swanson '12 (University of Pennsylvania), who became the first-ever collegiate National Champion at Penn, winning the 1,650 freestyle NCAA DI crown.
 

COACH BILL SHAFFER AT JESUIT

Year-by-Year

Season	Dual Meet	District	Region	State
(Year)	W-L
1996	8-1-1	2nd	n/a	-
1997	7-1	1st	n/a	9th
1998	8-0	1st	n/a	9th
1999	8-0	1st	n/a	-
2000	8-0	1st	n/a	5th
2001	8-0	1st	n/a	17th
2002	8-0	1st	n/a	26th
2003	8-0	1st	n/a	6th
2004	8-0	1st	1st	4th
2005	8-0	1st	1st	3rd
2006	8-0	1st	1st	3rd
2007	8-0	1st	1st	5th
2008	8-0	1st	2nd	10th
2009	8-0	1st	1st	8th
2010	8-0	1st	1st	4th
2011	7-1	1st	1st	7th
2012	7-0	1st	1st	12th
2013	6-2	1st	1st	5th
2014	7-1	1st	1st	2nd
2015	6-1	1st	1st	2nd
2016	8-0	1st	1st	3rd
2017	7-0	1st	1st	1st
2018	7-0	1st	1st	1st
2019	7-0	1st	1st	3rd
2020	6-0	1st	1st	1st
2021	7-0	1st	1st	2nd
2022	7-0	1st	1st	2nd
2023	8-0	1st	1st	4th
TOTALS	209-7-1	27/28	19/20	3/28

INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS

JESUIT SWIMMING & DIVING

• Peter Montero ’69
o 1969 – Class A - Diving (396.00)

• Kris Wiebeck ’01
o 1999 – Class 2A - 100 back (51.32)

• Tommy Wyher ’07
o 2003 – Class 1A - 100 back (52.51)
o 2004 – Class 1A - 100 back (50.83)
o 2004 – Class 1A - 100 fly (50.63)
o 2005 – Class 1A - 100 back (49.65)
o 2005 – Class 1A - 100 fly (48.35)
o 2006 – Class 1A - 100 back (49.93)
o 2006 – Class 1A - 100 fly (48.13)

• Austin Sellers ’15
o 2014 – Class 2A - 100 breast (55.59)

• Tommy Shaffer ’16
o 2015 – Class 2A - 100 free (46.42)

• Byrne Litschgi ’16, Will Sands ’17, Sam Sands ’18, Tommy Shaffer ’16
o 2015 – Class 2A - 200 Free Relay (1:26.37)

• Byrne Litschgi ’16, Chris Jennings ’18, Matthew Dieffenthaller, Tommy Shaffer ’16
o 2015 – Class 2A - 200 Medley Relay (1:36.01)

• Chris Jennings ’18, Stephen Dawes ’17, Will Sands ’17, Sam Sands ’18
o 2016 – Class 2A - 200 Free Relay (1:26.61)

• Brendan Driscoll ’19
o 2017 – Class 2A - 500 free (4:29.50)
o 2018 – Class 2A - 500 free (4:32.29)

• Nick Shaffer ’21, Anthony Kirchner ’20, Robbie Shaffer ’19, Alex Caceres ’19
o 2018 – Class 2A - 200 Medley Relay (1:36.91)

• Nick Shaffer ’21
o 2020 – Class 2A - 200 IM (1:50.83)

• Nick Shaffer ’21, Liam Schindler ’23, Erick Magalhaes ’23, Sam Prabhakaran ’21
o 2020 – Class 2A - 200 Medley Relay (1:35.82)

• Sam Prabhakaran ’21, Geoffery Trieloff ’21, Liam Schindler ’23, Nick Shaffer ’21
o 2020 – Class 2A - 400 Free Relay (3:10.22)

• Aidan Clements '24 
o 2021 – Class 2A - 100 Backstroke 

• Aidan Clements '24, Liam Schindler '23,  Erick Magalhaes '23, Sasha Fiola '23
o 2021 – Class 2A - 200 Medley Relay

• Aidan Clements '24, Jordan Jansen '23,  Brayden Hohman '23, Liam Schindler '23 
o 2021 – Class 2A - 400 Freestyle Relay

• Liam Schindler '23, Erick Magalhaes '23, Sasha Fiola '23, Jordan Jansen '23
o 2022 – Class 2A - 200 Freestyle Relay