2019-20 Men's Swimming Roster
Biography
Event |
Time |
Date |
50 Free |
19.66 |
2/20/20 |
100 Free |
43.39 |
2/22/20 |
50 Fly |
21.41 |
3/1/19 |
100 Fly |
46.62 |
3/1/19 |
200 Fly |
1:46.79 |
2/23/19 |
2019-20
Won five CAA titles at the championship meet ... Individually, won his first gold in the 100 fly ... Helped break the conference records in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay, and 400 free relay ... Also swam on the 200 free relay time-trial that went 1:17.19, just 0.02 off of NCAA qualifying ... Swam on all four relays (three in the 200 free relay and one in the 200 medley relay) at the Princeton Last Chance Meet ... Back at the CAA Championships, also finished second in both the 50 free and the 100 free ... Swam lifetime-bests of 19.66 seconds and 43.39 seconds ... Named first-team all-state on both the 200 free and the 200 medley relay ... Also named second-team all-state on the 400 free relay, 400 medley relay, and in the freestyles ... At the mid-season West Virginia Invitational, finished third in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 fly ... Named the CAA Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 15 ... Broke the dual-meet record in the 100 fly five times, culminating in a 48.16 against Davidson that also broke the pool record ... Swam on six pool-record setting relays and eight dual-meet record relays ... For the season, ranked second on the team with 349 points, including 10 wins ... Graduated with 1,039.75 points, ninth-most in school history ... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll during the fall for having a GPA over 3.0 ... Named an Honorable Mention Scholar All-America by the CSCAA.
2018-19
Earned two Olympic Trials cuts over the summer ... At the Phillips 66 USA Summer Nationals, swam qualifying times in time trials of the 50m free and the 100m fly ... Also broke the school record in the 100m fly with a time of 54.15 seconds ... Won three CAA Championships at the conference meet ... Helped W&M break the conference record in all three of his relays ... Anchored the 200 free relay, and swam the fly leg on both medley relays ... Individually, finished second overall in the 100 fly and third in the 50 free ... Also finished eighth in the 200 fly ... Competed at the Florida Last Chance meet the following week, improving his own school records in the 50 fly (21.41) and the 100 fly (46.62) ... Finished the year ranked 56th in the NCAA in the 50 fly and 79th in the 100 fly ... At the end of the season, named second-team all-state in the fly events as well as three of his relays on the inaugural VaSID all-state team ... At the TYR Invitational in November, finished seventh overall in the 100 fly and 10th in the 50 free ... Ranked fourth on the team with 283.25 points on the year, including 24 podium finishes and six victories ... Won the 100 fly against UMBC, Davidson, Delaware, and UNCW ... Also won the 100 free against Delaware ... Final win came at the Florida Last Chance, where he boasted the top 100 fly time in prelims ... CAA Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0.
2017-18
Won four CAA Championships on W&M's relays ... Swam on the 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley, and 400 medley relays ... Set conference records in all but the 200 medley ... Individually, made the championship finals in all three of his events ... Finished third in the 50 free, becoming the second man in school history to break 20 seconds with his 19.98 in the prelims ... Finished second overall in the 100 fly ... Took fifth in the 100 free ... At the Big Al Invitational, finished eighth in the 50 free and 16th in the 100 free ... Won seven races during the year ... During the summer, finished third in the 100m fly at the Virginia Long Course State Championships ... Also finished eighth in the 100m free and ninth in the 50m free.
2016-17
Three-event finalist at the CAA Championships ... Silver-Medalist in the 50 free ... Also took fifth in the 100 fly and seventh in the 100 free ... Set the W&M freshman record in the prelims of the 100 fly at 48.00 seconds ... CAA Champion as part of W&M's 200 free relay ... Opened his career with a win over Georgetown and Johns Hopkins in the 100 fly ... Also won the 100 free against Davidson ... Consolation finalist in the 100 fly and the 50 free at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... During the summer, qualified for the U.S. Open in the 50m free and the 100m fly ... Set the W&M LCM record in the 100 fly at 55.10 ... Runner-up in the 100 fly at the Virginia Long Course Championships.
Prep
Prep All-American in the 100 and 200 free ... YMCA Junior National qualifier in the 100 fly and both medley relays ... Won the Connecticut all-state championship in the 100 free as a senior ... Won both the 200 and the 100 free at the Class M state championships ... Won the Class M state titles in the 50 free and 100 free as a junior, and Class L state title as a sophomore in the 100 free ... Section leader of the Middletown Concert, Jazz, and Marching Bands ... Was his class secretary ... Editor and business manager of the school newspaper.
Personal
Son of John Doherty and Marybeth Bonsignore ... Father played football at Southern Connecticut State ... Uncle, Dave Darling, played baseball at UCONN ... Cousin, Kathleen Darling, ran cross country and track at Wake Forest ... Enjoys sailing.
Historical Player Information
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2016-17Freshman
Free/Fly/Back
6'0"
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2017-18Sophomore
Free/Fly/Back
6'0"
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2018-19Junior
Free/Fly/Back
6'0"
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2019-20Senior
Free/Fly/Back
6'0"