Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus North Carolina on October 17, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs North Carolina
2020-21 Swimming & Diving Roster
Adam Zimmer
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Big Sky
- Hometown:
- Missoula, Mont.
Honors:
- CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2018, 2019)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
Career: Four-time finalist at the ACC Championship ... Graduates with two times ranking on the top 10 charts in program history ... Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention honoree (2018, 2019) ... Four-time ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
2020-21:
Concluded his career at the 2021 ACC Championship, competing in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley … Reached the bonus final of the 100 breaststroke, placing 24th overall in the event … Recorded a third place finish in the 100 breaststroke against NC State (1/16) … Reached two finals at the 2020 Janice Hape Dowd Invitational, placing 11th in the 100 breaststroke and 12th in the 200 breaststroke.
2019-20: Placed 20th in the 100 breaststroke finals at the ACC Championships, making the finals for the second consecutive year ... Reached the finals in three events at the NC State GAC Invitational in November - the 200 breast (14th), 100 breast (18th) and 200 IM (22nd) ... Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 100 breast at Florida State.
2018-19: Took second in the 100 breaststroke bonus final at the ACC Championships with a mark that ranked among the top 10 in program history (54.13) .... Also scored for Duke with a 22nd-place showing in the 200 breaststroke, dipping under the two-minute mark in finals ... Led a one-two-three finish by the Blue Devils in the 200 breaststroke at the Big Al Invitational … Also finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the meet at Princeton.
2017-18: At the ACC Championships, notched season-best times in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 individual medley ... Mark of 54.79 in the 100 breaststroke was good for an NCAA provisional time standard.
Prior to Duke: World Championship trials qualifier … Summer and Winter Junior Nationals finalist … Three-time All-American in the 100 breaststroke … Four-time state champion in that event, setting a state record on each occasion … Also a three-time state champion in the 200 individual medley with state records in those swims … Tabbed Big Sky MVP three times … Named Montana Swimmer of the Year as a freshman … Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … Member of the Missoula Aquatic Club program … Four-time academic all-state selection … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Roy and Denise Zimmer … Has two sisters (Natalie and Kate) … Sister, Kate, is a backstroke, freestyle and butterfly specialist at LSU.
Zimmer Career Bests:
100 Free: 48.56 ... at North Carolina (2/2/19)
100 Back: 52.26 ... 2019 Nike Invitational
100 Breast: 54.13 ... 2019 ACC Championships
200 Breast: 1:59.06 ... 8th all-time at Duke ... 2019 ACC Championships
100 IM: 53.50 ... 8th all-time at Duke ... at Virginia (11/3/17)
200 IM: 1:48.24 ... 2019 ACC Championships
At the ACC Championships:
2019: 18th, 100 Breast ... 54.13
22nd, 200 Breast ... 1:59.06
2020: 20th, 100 Breast ... 54.63
2021: 24th, 100 Breast ... 54.39
Last updated on 9/17/2021
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