Danny Detjen

Events:
Free/Fly
Height:
6-4
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Draper, UT
High School:
Brighton
Squadron:
21 / Blackjacks

Top Times:
50 Free: 23.06 (Intermountain Shootout, Sept. 30, 2022)
100 Free: 45.62 (Denver First Chance, Feb. 08, 2025)
200 Free: 1:38.98 (Denver First Chance, Feb. 07, 2025)
500 Free: 4:38.57 (Art Adamson Invite, Nov. 15, 2023)
50 Fly: 22.55 (Air Force Sprint Eliminator, Feb. 01, 2025)
100 Fly: 48.43 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 28, 2025)
200 Fly: 1:46.75 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Mar. 01, 2025)

Senior | 2025-26: Will serve as team captain.

Junior | 2024-25: Competed in 12 meets for the Falcons…Posted 20 top five finishes, with 14 on the podium…Won the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly twice…Placed fifth in the 200 fly at the WAC Championships for a new personal best (1:46.75)…Took 13^th in the 200 fly at the Art Adamson Invitational…Had the second-fastest 200 fly time for Air Force…Second Team All-WAC…Named to the Athletic Director’s, Commandant’s, Dean’s, and Superintendent’s Lists…Over the 2025 summer, he helped with Air Force Sports Camps and served as CS-21’s Basic Cadet Training flight commander…Will serve as the Group 3 Chief of Staff during his senior year…

Sophomore | 2023-24: Competed in 11 meets on the season…Ninth ranked swimmer on the team (653.90)…Won first place in the 200 fly against Grand Canyon…Six finishes in the top three…Improved on two career-best times.

Freshman | 2022-23: Made collegiate debut on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at Intermountain Shootout…Established new personal best in the 50 Fly (23.95) at Colorado Sprint Championships on January 28…Also reset career mark in the 200 Fly (1:50.31) on February 10.

High School/Club: Competed for Todd Etherington at Brighton HS…Team State Championship…Four-time individual high school state champion…Undefeated in individual events his junior year…Lettered all four years…Highest point scorer on team all four years…USA Swimming All-American… National Hispanic Merit Scholar…USA Swimming Scholastic All-American…National AP Scholar…National AP Scholar with Honor…Honor Society member…Model United Nations Distinguished Delegate Award recipient…Swam club for Cottonwood Heights Aquatics Team… Nine-time Utah State champion…USA Swimming Scholastic All-American…Team captain…Four-time Club MVP…2022 Athlete Ambassador Award for Utah Swimming.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 21…Son of James and Reina…Has one brother and one sister…Major is computer science…Minoring in philosophy…Hopes to attend graduate school and become a Cyber Warfare Officer…Father James served in the Army…Both grandfather and maternal step-grandfather also served in the Army…Chose the Academy “To spend the most formative years of my life in service to others and pushing my limits to become the best version of myself.”