2025-26 Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Dive
/ Swimming and DivingFly/Back
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingDive
/ Swimming and DivingFree/Fly
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingBack/Fly
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and DivingIM/Fly
/ Swimming and DivingFree/Back
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree/IM
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingBack/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/Free
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFly/Free
/ Swimming and DivingBack/Fly/Free
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBreast
/ Swimming and DivingFly/Free
/ Swimming and DivingFly/Back/IM
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/Free
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree/Back
/ Swimming and DivingFly/Free
/ Swimming and DivingBreast
/ Swimming and DivingFree/IM
/ Swimming and DivingFree/IM
/ Swimming and DivingFree/IM
/ Swimming and DivingDive
/ Swimming and DivingDive
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBack/Fly/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBack/IM
/ Swimming and DivingDive
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingFree
/ Swimming and DivingDive
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and DivingBreast/IM
/ Swimming and Diving
Zach Mendez
- Position:
- Freestyle/IM
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Kan.
Season and Career Bests
Top Achievements
Appeared in all eight swim meets…Placed first in the 500-yard freestyle and set a MVC record (4:19.72), second in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:26.26) and 1650-yard freestyle (15:04.78), and third in the 200-yard freestyle whilst he set a school record (1:34.99) at the MVC Championships…Placed first in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:29.83) and 800-yard freestyle relay (6:34.37) and second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.44) and 500-yard freestyle (4:22.74) at the House of Champions Invitational… Recorded 20 individual top five finishes…Named MVC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 25, 2025 and Feb. 4, 2026…Named to All-MVC First Team…Named All-MVC Honorable Mention.
Background
Mendez made his splash in the ranks of the high school swimming circuit in Kansas where he was the No. 2 ranked recruit in the state, according to Swimcloud…He helped lead the Lansing Lions to United Kansas Conference championships in each of his first three years…As a freshman, Mendez won the conference title in the 500 freestyle and finished second in the 200 freestyle…He won both events at the conference level his sophomore year, setting the school record in each event…He went on to win the 500 freestyle and finished fifth in the 200 freestyle in the state meet…He led Lansing to a fifth-place team finish at the 2024 Kansas 5-1A State Championships…He improved his school records while also setting new ones in the 100 freestyle and 200 IM…He won both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle state championships, the latter of which was a state record…He was also a Junior National qualifier representing the Northland United swim team…At 2025 Kansas High School State Meet he won and set a state, and school, records in the 200 & 500 freestyle…He also set a new state, and school, record in the 100 freestyle as the lead-off swimmer on the 400 freestyle relay…Competed at US National championships in June 2025 and US JR Nationals in August 2025
Personal
Zach Mendez was born on 05/31/2007 in Hersey, Pennsylvania…Son of Anthony and Jennifer Mendez…Has three brothers, AJ, James and Antonio…Brother James played baseball for one year at Ottawa University…Brother Antonio plays baseball for Barton Community College…Majoring in Psychology.
Top Achievements
- 2025-26 MVC gold medalist in 500 freestyle
- 2025-26 MVC silver medalist in 800 freestyle relay and 1650 freestyle
- 2025-26 MVC bronze medalist in 200 freestyle
- 2025 House of Champions Invitational gold medalist in 1650 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay
- 2025 House of Champions Invitational silver medalist in 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle
- All-MVC First Team: 2026
- All-MVC Honorable Mention: 2026
- MVC Freshman of the Week: 11/25/2025, 02/04/2026
- MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2025, Spring 2026
Appeared in all eight swim meets…Placed first in the 500-yard freestyle and set a MVC record (4:19.72), second in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:26.26) and 1650-yard freestyle (15:04.78), and third in the 200-yard freestyle whilst he set a school record (1:34.99) at the MVC Championships…Placed first in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:29.83) and 800-yard freestyle relay (6:34.37) and second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.44) and 500-yard freestyle (4:22.74) at the House of Champions Invitational… Recorded 20 individual top five finishes…Named MVC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 25, 2025 and Feb. 4, 2026…Named to All-MVC First Team…Named All-MVC Honorable Mention.
Background
Mendez made his splash in the ranks of the high school swimming circuit in Kansas where he was the No. 2 ranked recruit in the state, according to Swimcloud…He helped lead the Lansing Lions to United Kansas Conference championships in each of his first three years…As a freshman, Mendez won the conference title in the 500 freestyle and finished second in the 200 freestyle…He won both events at the conference level his sophomore year, setting the school record in each event…He went on to win the 500 freestyle and finished fifth in the 200 freestyle in the state meet…He led Lansing to a fifth-place team finish at the 2024 Kansas 5-1A State Championships…He improved his school records while also setting new ones in the 100 freestyle and 200 IM…He won both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle state championships, the latter of which was a state record…He was also a Junior National qualifier representing the Northland United swim team…At 2025 Kansas High School State Meet he won and set a state, and school, records in the 200 & 500 freestyle…He also set a new state, and school, record in the 100 freestyle as the lead-off swimmer on the 400 freestyle relay…Competed at US National championships in June 2025 and US JR Nationals in August 2025
Personal
Zach Mendez was born on 05/31/2007 in Hersey, Pennsylvania…Son of Anthony and Jennifer Mendez…Has three brothers, AJ, James and Antonio…Brother James played baseball for one year at Ottawa University…Brother Antonio plays baseball for Barton Community College…Majoring in Psychology.
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