2020-21 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Liam Pitt
- Position:
- Sprint Free/Fly
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Pa.
- High School:
- B. Reed Henderson
Career: One-time All-Patriot League Second Team (2022) ... one-time Academic All-Patriot League Team (2022) ... scored 40 points at the Patriot League Championships ... graduated with program's third-fastest 100 butterfly (48.59), fourth-fastest 50 freestyle (20.26) and ninth-fastest 200 butterfly (1:50.99) times ... member of 10 relay teams with program top-10 times, including the school record holding 200 medley (1:27.82), 400 medley (3:14.19) and 200 freestyle (1:19.94) relay teams ... 20 wins in individual events.
2021-22 (Senior): Made the All-Patriot League Second Team ... voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team ... placed sixth in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly and 13th in the 100 freestyle at the Patriot League Championships ... also was a member of the third-place 200 medley (1:27.82) and fourth-place 400 medley (3:14.19) and 200 freestyle (1:19.94) relay teams, all of which clocked school record times ... at the ECAC Championships, went fifth in the 100 butterfly and eighth in the 200 butterfly ... swam the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly over the course of the season ... won the 100 butterfly six times and the 200 butterfly once ... went second three times, including in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly at Johns Hopkins ... placed third four times, with three coming in the 50 freestyle ... competed in four of five relays ... was a fixture on the top 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams ... earned Bucknell's Ronald J. "Pete" Pedrick Award for demonstrated improvement and special contributions to Bucknell athletics over a four-year period ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Junior): Did not compete ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Was expected to be a key contributor but missed majority of the season due to injury ... was off to a hot start when suffered injury, winning seven of nine races swam during Bucknell's first four dual meets ... took first in the 50 freestyle three times and in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly twice each ... won all three events at Boston University ... returned in time for the ECAC Championships, where finished sixth in the 100 butterfly, seventh in the 50 freestyle and 10th in the 100 freestyle ... matched Bucknell's second-fastest time in the 100 butterfly (49.13), which set at last year's Patriot League Championships, during the preliminaries ... member of the fourth-place 200 freestyle and fifth-place 200 medley relay teams ... swam on four first-place relay teams before suffering season-shortening injury ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 (Freshman): Excelled as a freshman, clocking school top-10 times in the 100 butterfly (2nd, 49.13), 100 freestyle (6th, 45.34) and 50 freestyle (8th, 20.60) ... was also a member of five relay teams that posted program top-10 times, including the record setting 200 medley (1:29.19) and 200 freestyle (1:20.82) relay teams ... scored 10 points at the Patriot League Championships by placing 12th in the 100 butterfly, 14th in the 100 freestyle and 15th in the 50 freestyle ... member of all three of Bucknell's third-place relay teams: the 200 medley, 400 medley and 400 freestyle ... the 200 medley relay team broke the school standard ... also helped the 200 freestyle relay team take fourth behind its school-record time ... took 10th in the 200 butterfly and also competed in the 200 freestyle at the ECAC Championships ... at that event, anchored the fourth-place 200 medley relay team and swam the second leg for the third-place 800 freestyle relay team and fourth-place 400 freestyle relay team ... at the Bucknell Invitational, placed fifth in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly ... won six individual events over the course of the season, including two against Boston University and two during the Bison Invite ... overall, finished in the top three 20 times in individual events ... was also pivotal to Bucknell's relay success, helping relay teams earn three victories and 10 top-three finishes ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner in swimming and three-year letterwinner in golf at B. Reed Henderson High School … in swimming, was a two-time state medalist and all-state selection … also captured all-area honors … helped team win three Chesmont League championships … B. Reed Henderson went undefeated in 2018 and 2017 … served as team captain … holds personal-best times of 20.83 in the 50 freestyle, 45.81 in the 100 freestyle, 1:42.61 in the 200 freestyle and 50.76 in the 100 butterfly entering collegiate career … also swam for Golden Ram Aquatics … in golf, once scored a hole in one.
Personal: Liam Andrew Pitt … born October 18, 1999 in West Chester, Pa. … son of Michael and Nancy Pitt … has two siblings: Evan and Susannah ... major was accounting & financial management.
