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2014-15 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Matt Kendall

  • Position Breaststroke/IM
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 225
  • Class Senior
  • Major Economics (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Bridgewater, NJ
  • High School Bridgewater-Raritan

Biography

2013-14: Participated on the Violets’ record-breaking 200 medley relay (1:31.79) and set a meet record in the 100 breast (57.73) at the ECAC Championships (12/6-8)…broke NYU’s 200 breast record (2:04.00) and earned Honorable Mention All-America as a member of the Violets’ 14th-place 400 medley relay (3:22.97) at the NCAA Championships (3/19-22)…placed fifth in the 200 breast (2:06.36) and the 100 breast (career-best 57.44) at the UAA Championships (2/14-15)…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls…CSCAA Scholar All-American.
 
2012-13: Set a then-team-record and achieved a NCAA “B” cut in the 200 breast (2:05.87) at the UAA Championships (2/13-16)…also achieved a season best in the 100 breast (58.97) at that meet…began his season with second-place finishes in the 100 breast (1:04.06) and 200 breast (2:21.70), as well as a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:39.66) vs. SUNY Cortland (10/20)… recorded victories in the 100 breast (1:02.65) and 200 breast (2:16.14) vs. USMMA (1/25).
 
2011-12: Won the 100 breast (1:02.82) and 200 breast (2:17.30) vs. Vassar (1/28)…placed second in the 1,000 free (10:17.55) and 200 back (2:02.90) at the Wheaton Tri-Meet (11/12)…also produced a pair of second-place finishes vs. TCNJ (11/19) in the 100 breast (1:01.57) and the 200 breast (2:15.23)…recorded season-best times in the 200 back (2:02.93), 50 free (22.61), 200 IM (1:59.66), and 100 breast (1:01.53) at the MIT Invitational (12/2-3).
 
High School: Four-year team member…served as captain his senior year…helped lead his teams to state championships as a junior and senior…Scholastic All-American as a sophomore, junior and senior…Coach’s Award recipient as a senior…AP Scholar.
 
Personal: Enjoys reading, fishing and golfing…aspires to attend medical school.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Breast/IM
    6'4" 225 lbs
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Breast/IM
    6'4" 225 lbs
  • 2013-14Junior

    Breast/IM
    6'5" 225 lbs
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    2014-15Senior

    Breaststroke/IM
    6'5" 225 lbs
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