IU Indy Athletics

2016-17 (Senior): Despite suffering a substantial leg injury early in the season, Kuester still managed to pull in four medals at the 2017 Summit League Championships, despite missing most of the season ... helped the men's 200 Medley Relay team to a 1:29.65 finish, picking up a silver medal ... logged an NCAA B Cut time and silver medal finish with a 1:19.88 in the 200 Free Relay ... led off the 400 Medley Relay team as the Jags finished in 3:18.62, picking up a silver ... closed the Summit League Championships with a 2:58.82 in the 400 Free Relay, earning a silver medal ... finishes his career with five records at IUPUI ... named to the Fall Academic Advisor's List.

2015-16 (Junior): Established multiple program records during electric junior season ... established a new program-record with a 20.27 mark in the 50 Freestyle at the Summit League Championships ... also set the program record with a 44.53 time in the 100 Freestyle ... set a program record with a 1:38.18 finish in the 200 Freestyle at the House of Champions (Nov. 21) ... competed as part of the record-setting 200 and 400 Freestyle Relay teams, establishing new program-records of 1:20.85 and 2:58.55, respectively ... named to the All-League Team ... also named to the Academic All-League Team ... selected as both an IUPUI Academic Honor Roll honoree and a Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence honoree.

2013-14 (RS-Freshman): An All-Summit League performer individually in the 100 freestyle and in four relays helping the Jags place in the Top 3 at The Summit League Championships in the 200 free relay, the 400 free relay, the 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay … all four relay teams set new school-record times at The Summit League Championships … an Academic All-Summit League Team selection … placed third in the 100 free at the conference championships with a school-record time of 45.34 … also earned  a pair of Top-7 finishes in the 50 free and the 200 free … clocked a time of 1:39.40 in the ‘A’ final of the 200 free to finish fourth, while tying for seventh in the 50 free … his prelims time of 20.70 in the 50 free set a new school-record in the event breaking A.J. Parks school record set in 2003 … competed for the first time as a Jaguar on Oct. 26 and tied for 2nd in the 50 free (21.92) and won the 100 free (47.22) ... named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List both semesters ... named to the Winter/Spring Summit League Academic Honor Roll and the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2012-13 (Freshman): Named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Carl Friedrich Gaus Schule in Germany.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 12, 1993 ... son of Ulrich Kuester ... majoring in management.