2020-21 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Knight, Derek
Free/Back/Fly/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Back/Fly
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Back
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Dist Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Back/Fly
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Back
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Sprint Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Sprint Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Back/Fly
/ Men's Swimming and DivingFly
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Back
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Sprint Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Sprint Free/Fly
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Distance Free/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Back
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Breast/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Sprint Free
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Free/Back
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Dist Free/IM
/ Men's Swimming and Diving
Derek Knight
- Position:
- Sprint Free
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Port Washington, N.Y.
- High School:
- Paul D. Schreiber
Bio
Career: 2021 Academic All-Patriot League.
2021-22 (Senior): Competed in the sprint freestyle races ... placed eighth in the 50 freestyle three times ... swam that event at the ECAC Championships ... competed in four of five relays over the course of the season ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Junior): Voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... swam the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle at all five of Bucknell's meets ... finished second in the 50 freestyle at Colgate with a time of 22.91 ... competed in four of five relays ... was a member of the runner-up 200 freestyle relay team at Colgate ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Competed in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events over the course of the season ... swam all three at the ECAC Championships ... was a member of the fourth-place 200 freestyle relay team that clocked Bucknell's 10th-fastest time (1:22.51) at the time ... placed sixth in the 500 freestyle four times and in the 200 freestyle once ... competed in all five relays ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 (Freshman): Swam in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle races over the course of the season ... at the ECAC Championships, competed in all three events ... was a member of the third-place 800 freestyle relay team and seventh-place 200 freestyle relay team ... went sixth in the 50 freestyle and seventh in the 200 freestyle against Johns Hopkins ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner at Paul D. Schreiber High School ... served as team captain as a junior and senior ... three-time all-county selection ... three-time state championship qualifier ... four-time team MVP ... helped team win a conference championship and post an undefeated 10-0 record as a sophomore ... during senior year, helped team win a divisional title and finish 9-1 ... graduated with school records in the 50 freestyle (21.82), 100 freestyle (48.19), 200 freestyle (1:45.77) and 500 freestyle (4:49.92) ... honored as the 2018 New York State Swimmer/Diver Scholar-Athlete, an award given to only one swimmer, at the New York State Championships for athletic and academic achievements ... also swam for the Long Island Express.
Personal: Derek Knight ... born Sept. 13, 2000 in Manhasset, N.Y. ... son of William and Emia Knight ... has one younger sister: Caitlin ... earned perfect scores on the ACT exam and two SAT subject tests ... National AP Scholar with 5s on 10 AP exams ... had a 5.2 weighted GPA ... spent over 500 hours researching at the DeMatteis Center for Cardiac Research ... had an abstract published at CMR 2018, an international level research conference ... completed the final level (Level VI) of the New York State School Music Association Spring Evaluation Festival with an A+ rating in piano and cello ... twice played piano at Carnegie Hall ... major was cell biology & biochemistry.
2021-22 (Senior): Competed in the sprint freestyle races ... placed eighth in the 50 freestyle three times ... swam that event at the ECAC Championships ... competed in four of five relays over the course of the season ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Junior): Voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... swam the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle at all five of Bucknell's meets ... finished second in the 50 freestyle at Colgate with a time of 22.91 ... competed in four of five relays ... was a member of the runner-up 200 freestyle relay team at Colgate ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Competed in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events over the course of the season ... swam all three at the ECAC Championships ... was a member of the fourth-place 200 freestyle relay team that clocked Bucknell's 10th-fastest time (1:22.51) at the time ... placed sixth in the 500 freestyle four times and in the 200 freestyle once ... competed in all five relays ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 (Freshman): Swam in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle races over the course of the season ... at the ECAC Championships, competed in all three events ... was a member of the third-place 800 freestyle relay team and seventh-place 200 freestyle relay team ... went sixth in the 50 freestyle and seventh in the 200 freestyle against Johns Hopkins ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner at Paul D. Schreiber High School ... served as team captain as a junior and senior ... three-time all-county selection ... three-time state championship qualifier ... four-time team MVP ... helped team win a conference championship and post an undefeated 10-0 record as a sophomore ... during senior year, helped team win a divisional title and finish 9-1 ... graduated with school records in the 50 freestyle (21.82), 100 freestyle (48.19), 200 freestyle (1:45.77) and 500 freestyle (4:49.92) ... honored as the 2018 New York State Swimmer/Diver Scholar-Athlete, an award given to only one swimmer, at the New York State Championships for athletic and academic achievements ... also swam for the Long Island Express.
Personal: Derek Knight ... born Sept. 13, 2000 in Manhasset, N.Y. ... son of William and Emia Knight ... has one younger sister: Caitlin ... earned perfect scores on the ACT exam and two SAT subject tests ... National AP Scholar with 5s on 10 AP exams ... had a 5.2 weighted GPA ... spent over 500 hours researching at the DeMatteis Center for Cardiac Research ... had an abstract published at CMR 2018, an international level research conference ... completed the final level (Level VI) of the New York State School Music Association Spring Evaluation Festival with an A+ rating in piano and cello ... twice played piano at Carnegie Hall ... major was cell biology & biochemistry.
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