Phil Reynolds (2025) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Phil Reynolds

Induction:
2025
Class:
1966

PHIL REYNOLDS ’66 was the No. 1 breaststroker on Bucknell’s landmark 1964 NCAA College Division national championship team. Reynolds won individual NCAA titles in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 400 medley relay at that meet, and then in 1965 he repeated as a national champion in the 400 medley relay to help Bucknell to a third-place finish in the team standings.

A native of Rochester, N.Y., Reynolds was a College Division All-American in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in 1964 and in the 400 medley relay in both 1964 and 1965. He dominated at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, sweeping both breaststrokes in three straight years from 1964-66, and he was part of gold medal 400 medley relays as a sophomore and junior. Bucknell captured MAC team titles in 1964 and 1965 and was the runner-up in 1966. Reynolds graduated with the Bucknell and MAC records in both breaststroke events.

Reynolds co-captained the 1966 team with Jerry Thimme, and he joins former teammates Thimme and Jim Smigie in the Hall of Fame.