Skip to main content
Partner logo
Mobile Icon Link Mobile Icon Link Mobile Icon Link Gamecocks+

Max Heinze

  • position Sprint Free/Fly
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Berlin, Germany
  • High school Ouachita Baptist
  • position Sprint Free/Fly
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Berlin, Germany
  • High school Ouachita Baptist

Max Heinze Bio

2011-12 – Swam in every meet…Scored points for the first time in his career at the SEC Championships with a 16th-place showing in the 100 backstroke (49.98)…Time was second best on the team for the season in the 100 backstroke…Recorded the team[apos]s top 100 butterfly time, a personal record and the ninth fastest time in program history, narrowly missing the consolation finals at the SEC Championships with a mark of 48.91…Won one race, claiming first in the 100 backstroke against Georgia Tech (50.75)…Part of 200 freestyle relay team that swam a NCAA B cut and the second fastest time in school history with a mark of 1:19.89 at the SEC Championships…Also swam the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 200 backstroke.

2010-11 – Won five straight times in 100 backstroke in spring semester…Had team[apos]s second-best time in 100 backstroke (49.00), just missing finals at SEC Championships in 19th place…Swam the team[apos]s fourth-best time in 100 fly (49.75), also at SECs…Part of 200 MR team with an NCAA `B[apos] cut at SECs (1:29.30)… Also earned `B[apos] cut with 200 FR team (1:20.96)…Posted top 50 free time (21.31) at Nike Cup…Part of three victorious medley relay teams (Kentucky/Charleston, East Carolina, UNC Wilmington).

2009-10 – Redshirted the 2009-10 season after transferring from Ouachita Baptist University… Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2008-09 (at OBU) – Helped 200 MR team set NCAA Division II national record with a clocking of 1:27.25 at the Division II championships…Helped OBU take a fifth-place finish at the national championships…Finished fifth at D-II championships in 100 fly (48.39)…Was 15th in the nation in 100 free (44.88)…Won New Intercollegiate Swim Conference title in the 100 backstroke (50.87)…Second in NISC in 50 free (21.06).

PERSONAL – Full name is Maximilian Heinze… Born October 11, 1987… Parents are Frank and Ilka Heinze… Major is retail.

Heinze[apos]s Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 free 21.02 11/17/11 Nike Cup Chapel Hill, N.C.
100 free 46.45 11/19/11 Nike Cup Chapel Hill, N.C.
100 back 49.00 2/18/11 SEC Championships Gainesville, Fla.
100 fly 48.91 2/17/12 SEC Championships Knoxville, Tenn.