Sprinter Dylan Delaney has transferred from the University of South Carolina to the University of Wisconsin after two seasons with the Gamecocks. Delaney tells SwimSwam he is redshirting the 2020-21 season, while he plans on heading to Madison in January with two seasons of eligibility left.
Delaney is from California, where he trained with Rancho San Dieguito before college. His father, Murphy Reinschreiber, swam at Wisconsin, while his mother, Shannon Delaney, swam at UCSD.
Excited to announce that I’ll be transferring to University of Wisconsin in January. I’m stoked to be following my Dad’s footsteps to Madison as a 2nd generation swimmer. Thankful for the friends and memories from my time as a South Carolina Gamecock. I’m looking forward to being a part of the amazing program at UW and the opportunity to continue to compete at the highest level.
TOP TIMES (bests before college)
- 50 free – 19.75 (20.19)
- 100 free – 44.54 (44.56)
- 200 free – 1:39.55 (1:39.55)
- 100 fly – 48.44 (51.98)
At South Carolina, Delaney made small improvements in the 50 free and 100 free, while he dropped major time in the 100 fly.
Sprint free was one of South Carolina’s strengths last year, where they put together a fourth-place effort in 200 free relay at the 2020 SEC Championships. Delaney was that school record-breaking relay’s anchor, splitting a 19.26 and beating out Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana State, who the Gamecocks had narrowly trained going into the final leg.
Delaney just missed scoring at the 2020 SEC Champs individually, placing 28th overall in the 50 free (19.91). The Gamecocks will feel his loss, though they still return top sprinter Lewis Burras (19.1/42.2 last season) and the bulk of their sprint group.
Wisconsin finished fourth at the 2020 Big Ten Championships, though sprint free was a weakness; the Badgers only had one swimmer under 20 seconds in the now-graduated Griffin Back (19.98). Back also led the 100 free last season (43.65), while Kevin Braun (20.00/44.04 last season) and Niko Stines (20.60/43.96 last season) were also seniors last year.
Delaney will then have an immediate impact, as his 50 free is over two-tenths ahead of Back’s roster-leading best last year. He would’ve made the 50 free B-final at the 2020 Big Ten Championships, and he’ll likely slot in right away as a key relay leg.
This is the third transfer out of South Carolina this off-season, following Kate Luft (UCLA) and Hallie Kinsey (USC).
This is actually one of five transfers out of South Carolina since the end of last season… nearly half of the Delaney’s class has also either quit or transferred from SC, and if you include Kinsey, Delaney, and Jenkins, that is three of the teams top consistent point scorers… begging the question what is the Gamecock swim and dive coaching staff doing, or more so, not doing…
Dylan is the most humble athlete. Not only can he swim well but his skills on a 9’6″ Christenson long board are off the charts. Wod crew for life
3rd transfer from SC this year… is this normal?
Not sure if it’s normal, but SC has a very high Covid rate and the Governor is doing nothing to slow the spread. Although the pool at SC is adequate, Columbia is a concrete jungle that floods every time there’s more than an inch of rain.
The NCAA published some large-scale data on this in 2017.
https://staging.swimswam.com/ncaa-swimming-transfers-significantly-last-decade/
So, average is about 4-and-a-half percent. So on a roster of 30, that’s about 1.5 swimmers/year. x2 that’s about 3 per year.
Seems within the range of normal based on that.
There are a lot of transfers every year. We report on the ones we know about, but there are many more that slip under the radar every season.
Second SEC transfer for the Badger men this year with Josh Danhausser leaving Auburn
Congrats Dylan. Great coaches, superb academics and the new pool facility looks amazing.
Ben Wiegand joins the Badgers in 2021 also. 20.1/19.1 relay split watch out for that weakness to become a strength fast.
Wiegand/Delaney/Carlson/Casey on a relay in ‘21?
I think Jacob Carlson has been almost sub-20 on a relay but has been dropping time like crazy over the last year or so – primarily a backstroker but he’s a big body. Isaac Casey is another big freshman this year who’s been 20.4. I could also possibly see Erik Gessner or Andrew Benson on that relay.
He’s a legend