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2024-25
Competed in nine meets this season… Finish first place 14 times throughout the season, including six times in the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard individual medley, 50-yard freestyle… Grabbed the Big 12 title in the 200-yard backstroke at the 2025 Big 12 Conference Championships… Recorded second place in the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley... Earned Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week three times… Holds program records in the 50-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley… Ranks second in program history in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle… Earned NCAA B-Cut times in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley… Grabbed All-Big 12 First and Second Team honors.
2023-24
Participated in the 2024 US Olympic Trials where he secured a spot in the 200-meter backstroke semi-finals after recording a school record time of 1:59.34 ... Rounded out his second day of Olympic Trials with the 200-meter individual medley where he finished 56th, notching a time of 2:03.25 Finished 15th overall with a time of 2:00.92 ... Competed at the 2024 NCAA Men's Championships in three events. ... Named Male Performance of the Year within the program for the 200-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championships where he broke former Bearcat and current assistant coach Blake Hanna's previous program record ... Also named Most Valuable Male Athlete within the program ... The Howell, Mich. Native earned Big 12 Men's Swimmer of the Week ... Member of two school record-holding relays (200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay) ... Registered nine individual event wins ... Holds three school records (200-yard backstroke, 100-yard individual medley, 200-yard individual medley) ... Recorded the second-fastest time in program history in the 50-yard backstroke (21.66), 100-yard backstroke (46.86) and 200-yard freestyle (1:35.67) ... Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team.
2022-23
Swam at 11 different meets … Was named the 2023 AAC Men’s Most Outstanding Swimmer and claimed two AAC titles in the 100-yard (47.64) and 200-yard backstroke (1:41.80) … Broke four program records throughout the season: 200-yard free relay (1:19.02), 400-yard free relay (2:54.66), 100-yard individual medley (49.28), and the 200-yard individual medley (1:45.16) … Won the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 27.62 at the CSCAA National Championships ... Led the men’s team with 11 individual event wins throughout the season … Earned AAC Swimmer of the Week on three different occasions.
2021-22
Competed in 10 meets during the season … At the CSCAA National Invitational Championships, he placed second overall in the 200-yard individual medley, but in the prelims, he set a personal best with a time of 1:46.74, the fourth fastest time in program history … Placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:44.09 … Finished second overall in the 200-yard backstroke at the American Athletic Conference Championships, but in the prelims, he recorded the second fastest time in program history (1:42.42) … Earned a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke and, in the prelims, recorded the third fastest time in program history (47.68).
2020-21
Participated in four events at the AAC championships … Won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:25.54 … Placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:19.98) and in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:27.60) ... Recorded a new personal best in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.66) while placing second ... Notched another personal best in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.82) against Xavier ... Placed third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:29.33) ... Set personal bests in the 500-yard freestyle (4:27.11) and the 100-yard backstroke (48.26) against Louisville.
HIGH SCHOOL / PREP
Earned county Swimmer of the Year as a junior and senior ... Was two-time state champion and six-time all-state ... Ranked first at the state meet before it was canceled due to Coronavirus pandemic ... Won the team MVP and the Zack Cain award, given for leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship and passion for the sport ... As a junior, earned the state champion in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle with four school records ... Broke the school records in 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke as a sophomore and placed fifth at state meet in the 500-yard freestyle ... Apart of the all-state 200-yard freestyle relay team ... Named the most-improved on the team ... Earned Rookie of the Year as a freshman while placing eighth at the conference meet in the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude ... Swam for South Lyon Aquatics and was top 24 in the 200-yard backstroke at winter junior nationals.
PERSONAL
Born May 31, 2000 in Lansing, Mich ... Parents are Jason Gubeno and Lynn Petersmarck ... Has one sister, Caroline ... Father was a track and field athlete at Eastern Michigan, competing in discus.
2024-25
Competed in nine meets this season… Finish first place 14 times throughout the season, including six times in the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard individual medley, 50-yard freestyle… Grabbed the Big 12 title in the 200-yard backstroke at the 2025 Big 12 Conference Championships… Recorded second place in the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley... Earned Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week three times… Holds program records in the 50-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley… Ranks second in program history in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle… Earned NCAA B-Cut times in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley… Grabbed All-Big 12 First and Second Team honors.
2023-24
Participated in the 2024 US Olympic Trials where he secured a spot in the 200-meter backstroke semi-finals after recording a school record time of 1:59.34 ... Rounded out his second day of Olympic Trials with the 200-meter individual medley where he finished 56th, notching a time of 2:03.25 Finished 15th overall with a time of 2:00.92 ... Competed at the 2024 NCAA Men's Championships in three events. ... Named Male Performance of the Year within the program for the 200-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championships where he broke former Bearcat and current assistant coach Blake Hanna's previous program record ... Also named Most Valuable Male Athlete within the program ... The Howell, Mich. Native earned Big 12 Men's Swimmer of the Week ... Member of two school record-holding relays (200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay) ... Registered nine individual event wins ... Holds three school records (200-yard backstroke, 100-yard individual medley, 200-yard individual medley) ... Recorded the second-fastest time in program history in the 50-yard backstroke (21.66), 100-yard backstroke (46.86) and 200-yard freestyle (1:35.67) ... Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team.
2022-23
Swam at 11 different meets … Was named the 2023 AAC Men’s Most Outstanding Swimmer and claimed two AAC titles in the 100-yard (47.64) and 200-yard backstroke (1:41.80) … Broke four program records throughout the season: 200-yard free relay (1:19.02), 400-yard free relay (2:54.66), 100-yard individual medley (49.28), and the 200-yard individual medley (1:45.16) … Won the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 27.62 at the CSCAA National Championships ... Led the men’s team with 11 individual event wins throughout the season … Earned AAC Swimmer of the Week on three different occasions.
2021-22
Competed in 10 meets during the season … At the CSCAA National Invitational Championships, he placed second overall in the 200-yard individual medley, but in the prelims, he set a personal best with a time of 1:46.74, the fourth fastest time in program history … Placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:44.09 … Finished second overall in the 200-yard backstroke at the American Athletic Conference Championships, but in the prelims, he recorded the second fastest time in program history (1:42.42) … Earned a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke and, in the prelims, recorded the third fastest time in program history (47.68).
2020-21
Participated in four events at the AAC championships … Won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:25.54 … Placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:19.98) and in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:27.60) ... Recorded a new personal best in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.66) while placing second ... Notched another personal best in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.82) against Xavier ... Placed third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:29.33) ... Set personal bests in the 500-yard freestyle (4:27.11) and the 100-yard backstroke (48.26) against Louisville.
HIGH SCHOOL / PREP
Earned county Swimmer of the Year as a junior and senior ... Was two-time state champion and six-time all-state ... Ranked first at the state meet before it was canceled due to Coronavirus pandemic ... Won the team MVP and the Zack Cain award, given for leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship and passion for the sport ... As a junior, earned the state champion in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle with four school records ... Broke the school records in 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke as a sophomore and placed fifth at state meet in the 500-yard freestyle ... Apart of the all-state 200-yard freestyle relay team ... Named the most-improved on the team ... Earned Rookie of the Year as a freshman while placing eighth at the conference meet in the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude ... Swam for South Lyon Aquatics and was top 24 in the 200-yard backstroke at winter junior nationals.
PERSONAL
Born May 31, 2000 in Lansing, Mich ... Parents are Jason Gubeno and Lynn Petersmarck ... Has one sister, Caroline ... Father was a track and field athlete at Eastern Michigan, competing in discus.