Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his junior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Men’s Swimming and Diving team, where he competes in the distance freestyle events…Ranks eighth in school history in the 1650 (16:38.94)...2014-15: SCIAC All-Academic team...Finished sixth at the SCIAC Championships in the 1650, with a 16:46.75...2013-14: SCIAC All-Academic team...Earned a seventh place finish at the SCIAC Championships in the 1650 with a 16:43.34...Finished 14th in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:50.31...2012-13: Swam the distance events at the SCIAC Championships...Earned a seventh-place finish in the 1650 with a 16:38.94, which is seventh in Sagehen history...Also came in 15th place in the 500 with a 4:48.76...High School: Attended Oregon Episcopal School, but swam for Lincoln High School…Also ran cross country for Oregon Episcopal…Won the 500 yard freestyle in the Portland Interscholastic League in the 2009-10 season…Qualified for the state championships three times…Also swam for the Multnomah Athletic Club, earning a state championship in 2009 in the 1650 freestyle…Personal: Attends Pitzer College, where he majors in English and media studies…Serves as web editor of the Claremont Port Side...Has one brother and one sister…Older brother, Chris, swam for Pomona-Pitzer before graduating in 2012…Traveled to Germany in the summer (2014) for the European Writing Centers Association conference...Hobbies include reading and watching movies…Favorite books include The Great Gatsby, Catch-22, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972…Favorite movies are Jaws, Full Metal Jacket, Good Will Hunting and Children of Men…Lists Ryan Cochrane as his favorite athlete, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Kittinger and Hunter S. Thompson as the public figures he most admires…Serves as Web Editor of the Claremont Port Side...Chose Pitzer “for the great variety of classes and the incredible students.”