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2015-16 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Daniel Pires

  • Position Diving
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chelmsford, Mass.
  • Highschool Chelmsford

Biography

Holds Fairfield’s records in the 1-Meter (336.90) and 3-Meter (327.40) Dives

2015-16: MAAC All-Academic… Three-Time MAAC Diver of the Week…MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week 2/2…Had a tremendous junior year setting and resetting personal bests and breaking the Fairfield program diving records at Iona on January 30… In the 1-meter dive he scored a 336.90 and in the 3-meter scored a 327.40… Earned a combined nine first place finishes throughout the year including sweeping the top spot in three straight meets (Fordham/Monmouth, Blue Devil Invite, and Holy Cross).

2014-15: At the MAAC Championships was the top-finisher for Fairfield with a score of 233.10 in the 1-meter dive preliminaries…Finished second against Holy Cross 1-meter dive and posted a personal best in the 3-meter, posting a 294.60…Placed seventh overall in the 1-meter dive and third in the 3-meter at the Terrier Invitational.

2013-14: Captured both the 1 and 3-meter dives against Fordham with scores of 233.03 and 221.71…Finished third in the 1-meter with a score of 245.55 and fourth in the 3-meter (252.45) against Marist…Won both events against Iona with scores of 266.00 (3-meter) and 255.45 (1-meter).

High School: Earned four varsity letters as a diver at Chelmsford High School ... MIAA State Champion as a junior and was the runner-up as a senior ... Four-time Merrimack Valley Conference Champion ... A three-time Lowell Sun All-Star ... Two-time Boston Herald All-Star ... Two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection ... Holds the school record for six-dives ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Helped the Lions to a pair of Merrimack Valley Championships ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Senior Class President.

Personal: Son of Alberto and Charlene Pires ... Has one sibling ... Major is management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Diving
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Diving
  • 2015-16Junior

    Diving