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2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Joe Baron

  • Position Freestyle
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 176
  • Class Senior
  • Major Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
  • Hometown Colonia, NJ
  • High School St. Joseph’s

Biography

2016-17: Earned All-America honors as a member of NYU’s seventh-place 400-yard freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships (3/15-18)…Second Team All-UAA in the 200-yard medley relay…Third Team All-UAA in the 400-yard free relay
 
2015-16: Earned All-America accolades as a member of the Violets’ seventh-place 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:00.89), as well as Honorable Mention All-America for the 200-yard medley relay (1:31.07) and NYU’s record-breaking 400-yard freestyle relay (3:00.43) at the NCAA Championships (3/16-19)…finished third in the 50-yard freestyle (20.85) at the UAA Championships (2/17-20).
 
2014-15: Posted season-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (21.50) and 100-yard free (46.83) at the UAA Championships (2/11-14)…placed second in the 50-yard free and fourth in the 100-yard free while also contributing to the first-place 200-yard medley relay in his collegiate debut vs. SUNY Cortland (10/11).
 
High School: Four-year team member…served as captain his junior and senior seasons…selected All-Area and All-County by the Home News Tribune as a junior and senior…Non-Public A Second Team All-State as a senior…also a one-year track & field team member…High Honor Roll…National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Concentration in finance and economics…minoring in business of entertainment, media, and technology…enjoys hockey and fishing…YMCA volunteer swimming instructor…aspires to land a job on Wall Street.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'10" 170 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'10" 176 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    Freestyle
    5'10" 176 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    Freestyle
    5'10" 176 lbs