2011-12: 1st in 400 medley relay with Billy DeBoissiere, Ben Immink, Jackson Holden; 1st in 500 free in 5:16.92; 1st in 400 free relay with Cameron Hedquist, Jackson Holden, Jimmy Forest at Marymount with Hood ... 1st in 200 free relay with Cameron Hedquist, Jackson Holden, Jimmy Forest; 2nd in 1000 free in 10:54.86; 2nd in 100 back in 57.68 at Catholic.

Chaparral HS: 2010 graduate ... swam for Laura Winslow ... four-year varsity swimmer ... recipient, Swimmer of the Year and Coaches Awards in 2010 ... 1st in the state of Arizona in 200 and 400 freestyle relays ... 1st in Arizona in 100 backstroke ... 2nd in Arizona in 200 freestyle ... 1st in 100 backstroke for All-City honors ... National Junior Honor Society ... member, Animals People Earth.

Personal: Dylan O'Meara Cope ... born June 19, 1992 in Seattle, Wash. ... son of Tom and Lu Cope.

Why St. Mary's?: "The academics, the location, the swim team."