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2010-11 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jonathan O'Connor

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Norwalk, Conn.
  • Highschool Fairfield Prep

Biography

Holds the program record in the 200-yard fly (1:58.70) and the 200-meter fly (2:17.82)

2010-11: ECAC qualifier … Team Captain … MAAC All-Academic Team … Placed 15th in the 1000 free and 19th in the 1650 free at the MAAC Championships …Runner-up in the 200 fly and 1000 free against Holy Cross … Took second in the 1500 free against Manhattan … Finished second in the 500 free and third in the 800 free at the Harold Anderson Invitational … Placed third in the 400 free against NJIT.

2009-10: ECAC qualifier … MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team …
At MAACs, finished ninth in the 400y IM, and 11th in the 1650y free and the 200y fly ... Was runner-up in the 200m fly against Holy Cross  … Finished third in the 200m fly against Marist … Was the runner up in the 800m free against Bryant.

2008-09: ECAC qualifier ... MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team ...  Finished 15th in the 400 IM at ECACs ... At MAACs, finished sixth in the 400 IM, captured the B Final of the 200 fly, and placed 13th in the 1000 free ... Set the school records in the 200 fly events ... Was a double-winner against Holy Cross, taking the 200 back and 200 fly ... Was the runner-up in the 200 back against Providence ... Runner-up in the 200 fly at Marist ... Finished second in the 200 fly and 800 free against Manhattan and Bryant ... Captured the 200 fly and the 200 back against NJIT.

2007-08: ECAC qualifier ... Finished eighth in the 200 fly with an ECAC qualifying time of 2:00.44 at MAACs ... Was also 11th in the 400 IM and had a personal best (2:03.72) in the 200 IM at MAACs ... Was a double-winner against NJIT ... Had a pair of fifth place finishes at the Harold Anderson Invitational.

High School: Swam for two seasons at Fairfield Prep ... A sectional qualifier and state champion in the 200 fly.

Personal: Son of Robert and Pilar O'Connor ... Named to the University's Dean's List and Honors Program ... Member of Sigma Tau Delta ... KAIROS honors mentor ... Assistant Chief Justice of the Peer Conduct Review Board, Chief of the Parking Appeals Board  ...  Co-founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Sound ... Former member of the Ignatian Residential College ... Member of the Student Alumni Association ... Active in community service, including raising $2,000 for Swim Across The Sound ... Major is English/philosophy with a minor in psychology.