Aiden Gerst Season 2025-26

Pos.BACK / IM
YearFreshman
HometownDubai, United Arab Emirates

Swim Cloud

HIGH SCHOOL / PREP

Swam for the American School of Dubai… Set six school records in his freshman year… Claimed UAE records in 100 backstroke SCM, 200 backstroke LCM/SCM, 200 IM SCM, 400 IM and 200 freestyle… Named top 10 junior in the world for 2024… Earned the 2024 Hamiltonian, which is based on athletes' values and ability to help the team culture… Received 2025 Performance of the Year, which is the best performance of the club of 1000+ swimmers based on FINA points… Earned the Ambassador's Award for Academic Excellence (Award presented by the US ambassador to the UAE to the student who best exemplifies the values of the school and the US Embassy)… Tri-M Music Honor Society Officer… National Honor Society Member… Mu Alpha Theta Member… 3× USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team… High Honor Roll with Distinction… AP® Scholar with Distinction Award… Multiple-Time Honor Choir and Honor Band Soloist (The Association for Music in International Schools)… Swam club for Hamilton Aquatics.

PERSONAL

Born in Waukon, Iowa, but moved to Dubai in 2015 and lived there for 10 years.