University of California, Santa Barbara

2024-25: Trailblazer Invite (Nov. 22): Swam in the second position for the winning 800 Yard Freestyle Relay team (6:31.07) … Took fifth in the 200 Yard Butterfly (1:49.92) … Cal State Bakersfield (Dec. 18): Earned bronze in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:43.13) … Hawai’i (Dec. 20): Placed third in the 200 Yard Butterfly (1:49.19) … Big West Championships (Feb. 12): Won the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (6:21.86)

2023-24: MPSF Second Team in 200 Freestyle (sixth place) … Second team in 200 Butterfly (fifth place) … Second Team in 800 Freestyle Relay (second place) … 2024 MPSF All Academic Team 

2022-23: MPSF 2nd Team- 1650 Free .... 4th place 1650 Free at MPSF Championships .... MPSF All-Academic Team

2021-22: MPSF 2nd Team- 1650 Free .... 5th place 1650 Free at MPSF Championships

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Loyola high school, swimming four years for the Cubs under coaches Kevin Mann and Chris Gibson…Won CIF SS Division I Championship.

PERSONAL: Son of parents Gretchen German and James DiStefano…Most memorable sports moment was winning the 500 Freestyle at the Justin Carr swim meet…Roots for the Philadelphia Eagles and favorite athletes are Michael Phelps, Caeleb Dressel, and Laszlo Cseh…Favorite movies are Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, and Taxi Driver and favorite TV shows are Attack on Titan, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Regular Show…Favorite novels are Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain…Listens to Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Yes, and Kanye West…Also recruited by Columbia and UPenn.