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2026-27 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
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Finn Russell
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Caldwell, N.J.
- High School:
- James Caldwell
Career Entering 2026-27: Has scored 101 points at Patriot League Championships … holds the school’s third-fastest 50 freestyle (20.14) and 100 butterfly (48.26) times … member of 10 different program top-10 relay teams, including the second-fastest 200 medley relay (1:27.71) and 200 freestyle relay (1:19.76) and fourth-fastest 400 medley relay (3:14.51) units … four career wins in individual events.
2025-26 (Junior): Recorded 27 points at the 2026 Patriot League Championships, finishing 16th in the 50 free, 16th in the 100 fly and 20th in the 100 free … won the 50 free in win over Holy Cross … won the 50 free against Boston U. … had 13 top-five finishes and scored 59.5 points in dual/quad meets.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Collected 39 individual points at the Patriot League Championships, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the 100 butterfly ... hit a PR and the third-fastest time in team history (47.97) in the prelims to grab the final spot in the A Final, then moved up to seventh in the evening ... tied for eighth in the 50 freestyle prelims and was edged in a close race in a swim-off for the last A Final spot ... it was the second straight year he had a swim-off in the 50 free ... went on to place 13th in that event and also 23rd in the 100 free ... swam on four PLC relays that placed fourth: both medleys and the 200 free relay ... won the 100 fly and placed second in the 50 free in Bucknell's dual win over Lehigh ... runner-up in the 50 free against Loyola ... third in the 100 fly against eventual PL champion Army ... also third in both the 100 fly and 50 free against Boston University.
2023-24 (First Year): Scored 35 points at the Patriot League Championships, finishing seventh in the 50 freestyle (20.25), 16th in the 100 butterfly (49.11) and 24th in the 100 freestyle (45.73) … also at the PL Championships, swam the third leg of the fourth-place 200 medley relay team that ranks second in program history (1:27.71) and the second leg of the fourth-place 200 freestyle relay team that ranks second in program history (1:19.76) … registered the third-fastest 50 freestyle in program history (20.14) in a swim-off at the league championships and added the third-fastest 100 butterfly time (48.26) … posted one individual event win during the season, touching the wall first in the 50 freestyle in a dual meet at Holy Cross … went runner-up three times, including a pair of second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly in a dual meet vs. Lehigh … went second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly in a dual meet vs. La Salle.
Before Bucknell: Team captain for the Caldwell Chiefs … earned Third Team All-State honors … set school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay … 2022 first-place finisher in the 50 butterfly at the 2022 YMCA Long-Course Nationals.
Personal: Finn John Coogan Russell … born Jan. 13, 2005 in Montclair, N.J. … son of Elizabeth Coogan Russell and Brendan Russell … has one sibling: Owen … mother competed in swimming at Delaware ... majoring in economics.
2025-26 (Junior): Recorded 27 points at the 2026 Patriot League Championships, finishing 16th in the 50 free, 16th in the 100 fly and 20th in the 100 free … won the 50 free in win over Holy Cross … won the 50 free against Boston U. … had 13 top-five finishes and scored 59.5 points in dual/quad meets.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Collected 39 individual points at the Patriot League Championships, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the 100 butterfly ... hit a PR and the third-fastest time in team history (47.97) in the prelims to grab the final spot in the A Final, then moved up to seventh in the evening ... tied for eighth in the 50 freestyle prelims and was edged in a close race in a swim-off for the last A Final spot ... it was the second straight year he had a swim-off in the 50 free ... went on to place 13th in that event and also 23rd in the 100 free ... swam on four PLC relays that placed fourth: both medleys and the 200 free relay ... won the 100 fly and placed second in the 50 free in Bucknell's dual win over Lehigh ... runner-up in the 50 free against Loyola ... third in the 100 fly against eventual PL champion Army ... also third in both the 100 fly and 50 free against Boston University.
2023-24 (First Year): Scored 35 points at the Patriot League Championships, finishing seventh in the 50 freestyle (20.25), 16th in the 100 butterfly (49.11) and 24th in the 100 freestyle (45.73) … also at the PL Championships, swam the third leg of the fourth-place 200 medley relay team that ranks second in program history (1:27.71) and the second leg of the fourth-place 200 freestyle relay team that ranks second in program history (1:19.76) … registered the third-fastest 50 freestyle in program history (20.14) in a swim-off at the league championships and added the third-fastest 100 butterfly time (48.26) … posted one individual event win during the season, touching the wall first in the 50 freestyle in a dual meet at Holy Cross … went runner-up three times, including a pair of second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly in a dual meet vs. Lehigh … went second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly in a dual meet vs. La Salle.
Before Bucknell: Team captain for the Caldwell Chiefs … earned Third Team All-State honors … set school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay … 2022 first-place finisher in the 50 butterfly at the 2022 YMCA Long-Course Nationals.
Personal: Finn John Coogan Russell … born Jan. 13, 2005 in Montclair, N.J. … son of Elizabeth Coogan Russell and Brendan Russell … has one sibling: Owen … mother competed in swimming at Delaware ... majoring in economics.
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