LSU Gold
Position
Backstroke/Sprint Freestyle
Height
5'11
Class
Junior
Hometown
Braintree, Mass.
High School
Cardinal Spellman HS
Experience
2L

2022-23 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

Toepfer’s Top Times
200 Back: 1:48.19 2022 SEC Championships
100 Back: 48.45 2022 SEC Championships
100 Free: 45.33 2021 Art Adamson Invitational
50 Free: 20.51 2022 SEC Championships

JUNIOR SEASON (2023-24)
Opened the season in Utah by taking second place in the 100-back with a time of 50.29, eighth in the 50-free with a time of 21.95, and sixth in the 200-back with a time of 1:55.51… In a tri-team meet with FSU and Alabama, placed ninth in the 100-back with a time of 50.61 and 11th in the 50-free with a time of 21.50

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022-23)
In a dual meet against South Carolina, claimed sixth place in the 100-back with a time of 50.25 and seventh place in the 200-back with a time of 1:52.09… During a tri-team meet in Denver, touched the wall third in the 100-back with a time of 51.13 and fifth in the 100-free with a time of 46.59… Against Auburn, placed sixth in the 100-back with a time of 50.04 and seventh in the 200-back with a time of 1:52.04… In an SEC dual meet with Alabama, claimed sixth place in the 200-back with a time of 1:52.68 and seventh place in the 100-back with a time of 50.07… At the Art Adamson Invitational, claimed 36th place in the 50-free (20.57) and 22nd place in the 100-free (44.85 – Prelims: 44.82)… Against FSU, placed sixth in the 100-back (50.26), eighth in the 50-free (21.18) and fourth in the 200-back (1:49.30)… In the regular season finale vs. Texas A&M, touched the wall seventh in the 100-back (49.95), sixth in the 50-free (21.10) and seventh in the 200-back (1:53.17)… At the 2023 SEC Championships, claimed 52nd place in the 50-free (20.37), 34th in the 100-back (48.44) and 40th in the 200-back (1:47.75)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2021-22)
At the Rocky Mountain Invitational, he placed fourth in the 200-yard back with a time of 1:54.82… At Alabama, finished seventh in the 200-yard back with a time of 1:55.69 and eighth in the 100-yard back with a time of 50.71… At the Art Adamson Invitational, finished in 18th place for the 100-back with a time of 49.22 and 19th place in the 200-back with a time of 1:49.38; also placed 24th in the 100-free with a time of 45.33 and 29th in the 50-free with a time of 20.70… Against Texas A&M, placed fifth in the 100-back with a time of 50.34 and seventh in the 200-back with a time of 1:52.59… At the SEC Championships, finished in 52nd in the 50-free with a time of 20.51, 23rd in the 100-back with a time of 48.66 and 33rd in the 200-back with a time of 1:48.19

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time Scholastic All-American… Three-time Summer Junior Nationals qualifier… Four-time New England swimming champion

PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Andrew Toepfer… Born on Oct. 22, 2002… His hometown is Braintree, MA., and attended Cardinal Spellman HS… His parents’ names are Kristen and Mark, and he has one sister named Abby… He chose LSU because “LSU felt like home to me on my official visit, and I felt that LSU would be the best place for me. I knew it would allow me to succeed both in and out of the pool in a place that I could call home.”

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