Colorado Freestyler Lukas Gately Verbally Commits to Denison University

Photo Courtesy: Lukas Gately

NEW COMMIT: Lukas Gately has verbally committed to long time Division III power house Denison University. Gately hails from Berthoud, Colorado where he swims for Loveland Swim Club. He is a senior at Thompson Valley High School.

A distance freestyler, Gately’s top times include:

1650 Free 16:09.50
1000 Free 9:34.92
500 Free 4:43.88
200 Free 1:48.53

He said of his decision,

“Denison offers unique and excellent opportunities both academically and in the pool. With a fantastic coaching staff and an incredibly devoted team atmosphere, I felt that the school would be a perfect fit for me. I’m greatly looking forward to supplementing my academic and athletic abilities in my next four years here. Go Big Red!”

At last spring’s Colorado 4A Boys High School state championship Gately was ninth in the 200 IM (2:02.19) and eighth in the 500 free (4:51.66). He also anchored Thompson Valley’s eighth place 200 freestyle relay and swam the second leg of the runner up 400 freestyle relay.

Denison won last year’s North Coast Athletic Conference Championships. Gately’s best 1650 freestyle time would have been good for seventh at last year’s Championships. Big Red sophomore Matthew Hedman was second (15:40.04) in the event. He’ll overlap with Gately for a year as will Jackson Berman (16:02.21), Ryan Anderson (16:19.73), and Oliver WAldram (16:27.47) who all swam exhibition. Also swimming exhibition was James Baker (15:55.58), who should be a good training partner for Gately for two years.

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