A 22-year-old former college swimmer drowned during lifeguard tryouts near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Saturday night, according to authorities. 
 
 A graduate of the State University of New York-Cortland, Jack Jakubek was participating in a fitness test for lifeguards at Pilgrim Lake in Orleans, Massachusetts, when he went missing just before 9 a.m., according to the Orleans Fire-Rescue Department. He went under water while trying to swim to a buoy, ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB-TV reported. 
 
 Several rescue teams responded to the scene, including a dive team, Massachusetts State Police and the United States Coast Guard. Jakubet was found off shore by divers at 9:23 a.m., and efforts to resuscitate him failed as he was brought back to shore by boat, the fire department said. 
 
 Jakubek was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. The Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office is investigating his death, according to the fire department. He had just graduated from SUNY Cortland two weeks before his death, WCVB reported. 
 
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 Jakubek was formally the captain of the swim team at SUNY Cortland, WCVB reported. Jakubek's swim team coach at SUNY Cortland, Brian Tobin, praised his swimming skills and called him a "great teammate" who "everyone could rely on." 
 
 "He was a very good high school swimmer, and over the course of his four years here at Cortland, he continued to improve, progress. He had a tremendous work ethic," Tobin told WCVB. 
 
 After graduation, Jakubek had hoped to return to Cape Cod to work as a lifeguard, as he did last summer, WCVB reported. 

 A record-setting college swimmer and recent graduate died Saturday during lifeguard tryouts off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 
 
 State University of New York-Cortland 2016 graduate Jack Jakubek was participating in a fitness test for potential lifeguards at Pilgrim Lake in Orleans, Massachusetts, according to statements from the Orleans Fire Department and the University. 
 
 “At approximately 8:49 a.m. a swimmer went missing,” the fire department said. 
 
 A multiagency search and rescue operation was immediately launched, including emergency teams from Orleans, Barnstable County, State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard. 
 
 “A male victim in his 20s was located by divers at 9:23 a.m. off-shore. He was transported by fire to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, where he was pronounced dead,” the fire department said. 
 
 Jakubek graduated in May with an outdoor recreation degree, according to SUNY. He was a school record-holder in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke. 
 
 “Jack was an outstanding athlete, but he was even more remarkable as a person,” said head coach Brian Tobin in a statement. “His loss is devastating to the Red Dragon swimming and diving family, the SUNY Cortland community and beyond.” 
 
 Tobin said Jakubek planned to return to Cortland in the fall to pursue a master’s degree and work as a graduate assistant coach. 
 
 “I knew I could depend on him for anything at any time. Jack visited with me the day after graduation, and we talked about his plans for the summer, the next year and life in general. As he walked to the car, I remember being impressed by how he had everything planned out and put together for himself. It makes an unfathomable event like this even harder to comprehend,” said Tobin. 
 
 Jakubek graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High School in Monroe, New York, in 2012. 
 
 “Jack is perhaps best remembered for being a star member of the high school swim team,” said Superintendent Elsie Rodriguez in a statement. “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to Jack’s family and friends at this difficult time.” 
 
 Jakubek’s death is being investigated by the Cape and Islands District Attorney. 
 
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 Jack Jakubek was a star swimmer, a passionate young man who knew exactly what he wanted out of life. But his dreams of sharing his love of the outdoors with children were cut tragically short Saturday when he drowned at Pilgrim Lake in Orleans while trying out for a lifeguard position. 
 
 Jakubek, 22, of Newburgh, New York, slipped beneath the lake's surface during the trials and was later found by an Orleans Fire Department diver in 10 to 15 feet of water, officials said. Jakubek had been a lifeguard in Orleans for at least one other year before this summer, according to town records. 
 
 Jakubek graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland two weeks ago and was planning to return to the school in the Finger Lakes region of New York this fall for graduate school, said Brian Tobin, the school's head swimming and diving coach. Jakubek was planning to serve as Tobin's graduate assistant and help him coach the swim team in the upcoming year. 
 
 "He was the kind of person who figured out what he wanted out of life and went to get it," Tobin said. "You don't see a lot of guys in their early 20s who just know what they want so clearly." 
 
 Jakubek was a strong competitive swimmer dating back to his high school years in Monroe, New York, according to a profile of him in the SUNY-Cortland swimming and diving team guide. He was a two-time team captain both in high school and in college, where he held several records. 
 
 "He was the teammate everyone wanted to have as a teammate," Tobin said. "He made others better, not just his teammates but the coaching staff and pretty much everyone around him. He was an exceptional individual and, in a lot of respects, was very humble about his successes as a swimmer and who he was." 
 
 Since news of the tragedy reached Tobin, he said he's been on the phone talking with current and former members of the swim team. The overwhelming reaction has been shock, he said, and disbelief that something like this could happen. 
 
 "He is the best guy I know," said Luke Strothenke, a former teammate at SUNY-Cortland. "It's a true tragedy." 
 
 The incident is under investigation by the Orleans police and Massachusetts State Police. Tara Miltimore, spokeswoman for Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe, said Sunday via email there was no new information to release. 
 
 Jakubek is survived by his parents, Jill Legg and Mark Jakubek, and siblings, Kramer and Anna, according to the school. 
 
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– Jack Jakubek was one of the last people anybody would ever expect to drown: The 22-year-old had been captain of the swim team in high school and at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he set records in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, KTLA reports. But during lifeguard tryouts at Pilgrim Lake in Orleans, Mass., Saturday morning, Jakubek went missing while trying to swim to a buoy, ABC News reports. Divers found him around 30 minutes later and he was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital. Jakubek, who graduated from SUNY Cortland two weeks ago, worked as an Orleans lifeguard last year. Brian Tobin, SUNY Cortland's head swimming and diving coach, tells the Cape Cod Times that the reaction from teammates has been shock and disbelief. Jakubek had planned to return to the university this fall to pursue a master's degree and work as an assistant swim team coach. "Jack visited with me the day after graduation, and we talked about his plans for the summer, the next year, and life in general," says Tobin, per KTLA. "I remember being impressed by how he had everything planned out and put together for himself. It makes an unfathomable event like this even harder to comprehend." The death is being investigated by state and local police. (In California, a teen drowned while volunteering at a beach cleanup.)