Haley Zelen - CSB Athlete of the Week - The House/St. Cloud Orthopedics

Swimming's Haley Zelen earns The House/St. Cloud Orthopedics CSB Athlete of the Week

01/26/2026

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. -- Junior Haley Zelen (Shakopee, Minn.), who was part of three pool records in a dual against Carleton (Jan. 24), has been named The House / St. Cloud Orthopedics CSB Athlete of the Week.

Haley Zelen

Zelen delivered a standout performance to lead the CSB swimming and diving team in its dual with Carleton, a 154–146 loss. She won two individual events in pool-record fashion and swam on two winning relays, including another pool-record performance.

She set the tone early by breaking the pool record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.82. Zelen followed with another pool mark in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:05.16 — a personal best that ranks second all-time at CSB, just shy of Katie Kuhlman's school record of 1:04.58 set in 2000.

Zelen was also part of the pool record-setting 200 medley relay that captured first place in 1:48.35, a time that ranks fifth all-time in CSB history. She teamed up with junior Mary Morris (St. Cloud, Minn.), Bartels, and first-year Anna Schottler (Chanhassen, Minn.) for the winning swim.

CSB added another relay victory in the 200 freestyle relay, as Zelen, Morris, first-year Lydia Jostock (Delano, Minn.), and Schottler combined for a winning time of 1:39.71.

Already this year, the junior standout has three NCAA DIII B cuts, set records in the 50-free of 23.07, 100 butterfly at 54.72 and 100 freestyle of 50.79 and ranks second in the 100 breaststroke at CSB. Additionally she has been part of two relays - 400 medley relay 3:57.80 and 400 freestyle relay of 3:34.00 - recording times that sit second all-time at CSB

Zelen and Saint Benedict will have one final tune-up before postseason competition when it travels to Minneapolis, Minn., for the Minnesota First Chance Meet on Feb. 6–7, ahead of the MIAC Championships scheduled for Feb. 11–14.

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