LSU Gold
Position
Freestyle
Height
6'4
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Hamburg, Germany
High School
Stadtteilschule Alter Teichweg
Experience
1L

1000-Yard Freestyle School Record Holder (8:56.50)
SEC Freshman of the Week vs. Texas A&M

Beth’s Top Times
1000-Free: 8:56.50 Texas A&M
1650-Free: 15:06.94 2024 SEC Championships
200-Free: 1:36.10 2024 SEC Championships
500-Free4:16.15 2024 SEC Championships

FRESHMAN SEASON (2023-24)
Joined the LSU team in the Spring 2024 semester and competed in his first meet against the Texas A&M Aggies… Recorded top-10 LSU times in the 1650-free (5th – 15:06.94) and the 200-free (10th – 1:36.10)… Clocked a school record 8:56.50 in his first competition race – the 1000-yard freestyle – which broke Craig Hamilton’s 12-year record… Also competed in the 500-yard freestyle and finished second with a time of 4:21.56, which ranks No. 6 in LSU history… Against Tennessee, he placed second in the 1000-free (8:57.49) and fifth in the 500-free (4:27.11)… At the 2024 SEC Championships, he took 16th place in the 1650-free (15:06.94), 17th in the 500-free (4:16.15) and 28th in the 200-free (1:36.10)

PERSONAL
Full name is Silas Maximilian Beth… Native of Hamburg, Germany and born on September 10, 2003… Major entering his first year at LSU in Business Administration… Attended ​​Stadtteilschule Alter Teichweg in his hometown… His parent’s names are Katharina Reese and Volker Reese; has five siblings – Phillip, Julia, Morlin, Cassandra, Lillian.

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