2012-13: At MPSF Championships Feb. 20-23, took 14th in 200 yard individual medley with finals time of 1:51.98 (preliminary time 1:52.37) ... took 21st in 100 yard backstroke with finals time of 50.86 (preliminary time 51.00) ... took 21st in 200 back with finals time of 1:50.82 (preliminary time 1:50.20).
At Simon Fraser Feb. 2, placed second in 200 meter individual medley with a time of 2:12.87 ... swam 100 meter backstroke in 1:01.96.
On Jan. 18-19, Wertz swam lead leg of sixth place 400 yard medley relay in 53.54 (relay time 3:37.60) ... swam 200 yard IM in 2:03.23 ... swam 200 yard backstroke in 2:00.18 ... took fourth in 200 yard IM with a time of 1:59.98 ... took fifth in 100 yard backstroke with a time of 53.37 ... and swam 100 yard breaststroke in 1:02.09
Versus Whitworth on Jan. 12, Wertz placed second in 200 yard backstroke with time of 1:57.86 ... took third place in 100 yard backstroke with time of 54.59 ... swam second leg of third-place 400 yard medley relay in 1:00.32 (relay time 3:36.36) ... swam second leg of second-fastest 400 yard freestyle relay in 48.75 (relay time 3:13.83).
Versus Pacific Lutheran on Jan. 11, Wertz won 200 yard individual medley in 1:57.16 ... led second-place 200 yard medley relay team in 25.35 (relay time 1:40.56) ... swam 200 yard backstroke in 2:15.57.
On Nov 30 to Dec 2 in the Husky Invitational. Wertz swam the 100 yard Backstroke in 52.98, finished 30th ... finished the 100 yard Breastroke preliminaries in 59.99, taking 36th.
On 10/20 at CSU Bakersfield, Wertz finished the 100 yard Back in 53.49 and ranked at 4th.
2011-12: In home intersquad scrimmage Oct. 22, Wertz swam the 100 yard Backstroke in 52.50...took first in the 200 yard Backstroke with a time of 1:55.70...placed second in the 200 yard IM with a time of 1:58.37...competed in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay with a relay time of 3:11.89.
At Pacific Nov. 4-5, Wertz placed third in the 400 IM with a time of 4:12.49...swam the 100 Backstroke in 53.70...placed third in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 59.73...On Nov. 5, he took second in the 400 Medley Relay with a relay time of 3:27.45...swam the 100 Backstroke in 52.73...placed third in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:55.23...took fourth in the 200 IM with a time of 1:57.35.
At Denver Nov. 12, Wertz took third in 200 back with time of 1:55.50 ... eighth in 200 IM with time of 1:59.46 ... swam second leg on 400 free relay team that finished with relay time of 3:18.77.
In home intersquad scrimmage Nov. 19, Wertz won 200 back with time of 1:53.31 ... completed 400 IM in 4:13.57 ... participated in 100 breast.
At Husky Invitational (Dec. 2-4), Wertz posted fasted time in preliminaries of the 200 yard backstroke with 1:40.21 ... swam a personal-best of 51.19 in 100 back, taking 10th place ... finished 14th of 61 in 200 breast with a time of 2:09.99 ... swam 200 free in 1:43.82.
In home meet versus Simon Fraser Jan. 20, won 200 yard backstroke with time of 1:49.94 ... took second in 200 individual medley with time of 1:53.67 ... swam second leg for third-place 200 medley relay team in 26.61 (relay time 1:36.63).
In home meet versus Simon Fraser Jan. 21, swam first leg of winning 400 yard medley relay in 51.29 (relay time 3:23.97) ... took second in 400 yard IM with time of 4:09.23 ... second in 100 breast with time of 59.00.
At MPSF Championships Feb. 15-18, took fourth in 200 yard backstroke with time of 1:48.01 ... 12th in 200 individual medley with finals time of 1:51.12 (preliminary time 1:51.63) ... swam lead leg of 400 medley relay in 50.03 (relay time 3:19.69) ... swam third leg of 800 free relay in 1:39.93 (relay time 6:40.48).
2010-11: At the University of Hawaii on Oct. 15-16, Wertz swam the first leg of the 2nd place SU 400 medley relay team (3:25.15) ... Swam the 200 IM in 1:56.32 ... Placed 3rd in the 100 backstroke in 52.75 ... Placed 2nd in the 200 backstroke in 1:55.49 ... Swam the 400 IM in 4:13.73
At the Army meet on Oct. 8, Wertz placed 4th in the 100 backstroke in 53.24 ... Placed 4th in the 200 backstroke in 1:56.59 ... Placed 5th in the 200 IM in 1:59.21
At Seattle U against Simon Fraser on Nov. 13, Wertz swam on the third-place 400 medley relay team with a split of 52.63 ... Placed second in the 200 IM in 1:57.35 ... Finished second in the 100 backstroke in 53.04
On Dec. 3 at Utah, Wertz swam the lead leg of the second-lpace 400 medley relay in 26.05 ... Placed second in the 100 backstroke in 52.91 ... Placed second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:15.90 ... Finished third in the 200 backstroke in 1:57.30
At BYU on Dec. 4, he placed fourth in the 200 freestyle in 1:46.52 ... Placed third in the 200 backstroke in 1:54.36 ... Finished fourth in the 200 IM in 1:58.27
Against Whitworth on Jan. 28, Wertz placed second in the 400 IM in 4:12.18 ... Finished second in the 100 backstroke in 52.92
At the MPSF Championships, he swam on the record setting 800 freestyle relay (6:42.98) in 1:40.72 ... Placed second in the 200 backstroke with a new school record of 1:47.68 ... Finished fourth in the 200 IM in 1:50.46 ...
2009-10: On October 3, Wertz swam against the University of Puget Sound. Competed in the 300 Backstroke Relay with a time of 52.97, the 500 Freestyle Relay with a 1:47.79, the 1500 Freestyle Relay, and the 400 Medley Individual Medley relay with a 54.76.
On October 12, Wertz swam in the PCSC Relay Meet. He competed in the 300 Backstroke Relay with a final time of 2:43.04, the 400 Medley Relay with a final of 3:35.64, the 1500 Freestyle Relay with a final of 14:49.98, and the 400 Individual Medley Relay with a final of 3:43.79.
At Pacific Collegiate Swim & Dive Conference Championships, won the 400 Individual Medley with a time of 3:58.97 ... won the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:49.30 ... team won 800 Freestyle Relay with a time of 6:48.32 ... competed in 200 Individual Medley, placed third with a time of 1:51.88.
High School: Werz was a four year varsity swimmer at Hanford High School. He notched four All-American times, two in his junior year and two his senior year. He was a state finalist and named Team MVP all four years His best times in high school were 1:53 in the 200 IM and 51.8 in the 100 back . He was also chosen as the Columbia Basin Swimmer of the Year three times. He was also on the Honor Roll and senior class council.
Club Experience: Werz has swum for the Tricity Channel Cats since 1998. With the Channel Cats he qualified for both the NCSA Junior Nationals and the USA Swimming Senior Nationals.
Personal: Full name is Joseph D. Wertz. Parents are Joan and Doug Wertz, and he has two older siblings named Ben and Maggie, and a younger brother named William. Wertz is a humanities for teaching major with a minor in history, and he wants to be a high school social studies teacher after graduation.