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David Mutter, who recently graduated from Mount Pleasant Area Jr/Sr High School in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, has announced his commitment to continue his swimming career at St. Bonaventure University in the fall of 2025.
Mutter announced the commitment in an email to SwimSwam, writing:
Thank you to all of my family and friends for helping me get through this process, and making this [dream] come true!
The future Bonnie was a 4.0 student throughout his high school career and was named a James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award winner by the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL).
He was originally committed to the University of Alabama and signed with the Crimson Tide in November. However, the House v. NCAA case changed his plans and he lost his opportunity to swim for Alabama.
Mutter only represented his high school this past short course season and opted out of competing at any meets with his club team. His two major meets were the WPIAL Conference Championships and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) 2A State Championships.
At the WPIAL competition, Mutter walked away with three gold medals as he swept the 100 fly (48.01) and 500 free (4:34.54), with the former representing a season best and the latter a new lifetime best. He split 21.73 en route to helping his squad to 200 medley relay gold, and later notched 45.75 to help his team touch 5th in the 400 free relay.
At the State Championships, Mutter once again struck gold, logging 48.08 to take out the 100 fly and 4:31.56 for another lifetime best in the distance free event. The 200 medley relay also won gold again and he matched his split to the hundredth with 21.73. His win in the 100 fly was particularly dominant as he won by 1.44 seconds, while the margin in the 500 was just under three seconds. He produced a time of 45.02 anchoring to help his team finish 3rd in the 400 free relay to cap off the competition.
Top SCY Times:
- 100 Butterfly: 47.52
- 200 Butterfly: 1:47.66
- 50 Freestyle: 21.01
- 100 Freestyle: 46.59
- 200 Freestyle: 1:40.88
- 500 Freestyle: 4:31.56
The St. Bonaventure Bonnies placed 2nd out of eight teams at the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championships. The Bonnies are led by Mike Smiechowski, who was named head coach for men’s and women’s swimming and diving in July 2022. He announced the addition of Matthew Lowe as associate head coach in June 2023.
Mutter’s personal bests in the 500 free, 100 fly, and 200 fly make him an immediate ‘A’ final threat for the Bonnies. Assuming he swims one event per day at the conference meet, that particular schedule appears most likely given the conference meet event lineup and his abilities.
It took times of 47.84 and 1:47.48 to make the championship heat last year. His 100 fly PB is already under that threshold, while his 200 fly time would have been just 0.18 seconds off. His 100 fly best would have put him 7th after prelims, while his 200 PB would have placed him 9th.
His 500 free best would also put him into the ‘B’ final, sitting 9th out of prelims. It took 4:31.398 to make the ‘A’ final grade, leaving him 17 hundredths shy of an ‘A’ final berth.
On the team itself, he would have ranked 2nd behind sophomore Johnny Edwards‘ 4:26.65 in the 500 free. In the fly events, he would rank 3rd in both the 100 fly and 200 fly behind graduating senior Alex Behr, who was the runner-up in the 200 fly (46.94/1:43.80) and freshman Mark Mizsei (47.40/1:46.35).
Mutter is part of a large signing class for the St. Bonaventure men’s team. He joins Alex Aleinikovas, Gordan Cindric, Corey Su, Max Tucker, Marcos Bravo, Matheus Rinaldi, Willyan Matana, Blaise Sadowski, Emanuele Zingaro, and Cole Tangeman in committing to the university’s class of 2029.
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