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2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Leo Nolles

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Maldonado, Uruguay

Biography

Leo represented Uruguay at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. He swam in the 100m freestyle, completing his race with a time of 50.58 to finish in 4th place in his heat. 

2024-25 (Junior)
  • Anchored the silver medal 200 free relay team, earned individual bronze medals in the 50 and 100 free, and six All-America honors with four first team distinctions at the NCAA Championships
  • Earned gold and posted the fastest DII time in the country in the 100 free at the GLIAC Championships. In total, earned seven medals with five gold at the conference finals
  • Ended the season with his name attached to 12 records (School - 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay. Pool - 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay)
  • CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American
  • CSC Academic All-America
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • GLIAC Male Swimmer of the Year
  • GLIAC Commissioners Award recipient
  • GLIAC Academic Excellence Team member
  • Honored with Best individual record breaking performance, Brian Franks "Too Strong" Award (Male), and MVP (Male) at the department Wildcat Awards
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Awards/Honors/Records
  • Paris Olympics 2024 qualifier representing Uruguay
  • NMU Pool record - 50 yard free against UW - Green Bay
  • First-team All-American honors in the 400 free relay; Second-Team All-American honors in the 200 free relay, 800 free relay, 50 free, 100 free and the 200 medley relay
  • CSC All-District Honors recipient
  • Men’s Swim and Dive MVP of the Year recipient
  • GLIAC Swimmer of the week (Week 1)
Top Finishes 
  • NCAA Championship (3/12/24-3/16/24) - Sixth place finish in the 400 free (2:54.26), ninth place in the 200 free relay (1:19.04), 12th place in the 800 free relay (6:34.45), 50 free (19.77), and 100 free, 15th place in the 200 medley relay (1:27.64), 18th in the 400 medley relay (3.13.78)
  • GLIAC Championship (2/9/24-2/12/24) - First place finish in the 50 free, second in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay, third in the 400 medley relay, seventh in the 100 fly
  • Michigan Tech Club (1/27/24) - First place finish in the 200 medley relay, 100 free, 200 free relay, 50 fly time trial and 50 free time trial, second in the 50 breast time trial, and 50 back time trial, and third in the 100 IM
  • UW – Green Bay  (1/20/24) - First place finishes in the 400 medley relay, 50 free, 50 fly and 200 free relay
  • Calvin Invite (11/30/23-12/2/23) - First place finishes in the 200 free relay, 50 free and 800 free relay, second in the 200 medley relay, 100 free and 400 free, and fifth in the 100 fly
  • Wayne State (11/4/23) - First place finishes in the 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 50 free
  • Grand Valley (10/28/23) - First place finish in the 50 free and third in the 100 free
  • Saginaw Valley/Findlay (10/27/23) - First place finishes in the 50 free, 100 free and 400 free relay
  • St. Cloud/Davenport (10/6/23-10/7/23) - First place finishes in the 50 free, 100 free and 400 free relay, and second in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay
2022-23 (Freshman)
GLIAC Championships - Holland, Mich. - Feb. 15-18, 2023
  • Placed second in the 100-yard Freestyle
Michigan Tech - Marquette, Mich. - Feb. 4, 2023
  • Placed first in the 50-yard Freestyle twice, 50-yard Backstroke, and 50-yard Butterfly, and second in the 50-yard Breaststroke and 100-yard IM
UW-Stevens Point - Marquette, Mich. - Jan. 14, 2023
  • Placed first in the 100-yard Backstroke and 100-yard Butterfly
Wayne State/Findlay - Detroit, Mich. - Nov. 4-5, 2022
  • Placed first in the 100-yard Freestyle, and third in the 50-yard Freestyle and 100-yard Backstroke
Saginaw Valley/Grand Valley - Marquette, Mich. - Oct. 29, 2022
  • Placed first in the 50-yard Freestyle and second in the 100-yard Freestyle
St. Cloud - St. Cloud, Minn. - Oct. 7-8, 2022
  • Placed first in the 100-yard Freestyle and second in the 50-yard Freestyle and 200-yard Freestyle
Before NMU
  • Swam for Liceo Departamental Maldonado in Uruguay
  • Received the National Record in the 50-meter back
Personal 
  • Son of Ortrud Nolles and Ralf Möbius
  • From Maldonado, Uruguay

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior