2022-23 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Basista, Noah

Noah Basista
- Position:
- Breast/Fly/IM
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Boardman, Ohio
- High School:
- Boardman
Bio
Career: Scored 42 points at the Patriot League Championships ... 2023-24 team captain … graduated with Bucknell's third-fastest 100 breaststroke (54.55) and ninth-fastest 200 breaststroke (2:00.67) ... member of seven relay teams with program top-10 times, including the school’s fastest 400 medley relay (3:12.99) ... seven wins in individual events.
2023-24 (Senior): Team captain … scored 18 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing 17th in the 100 breaststroke, 19th in the 200 breaststroke and 22nd in the 200 IM … also swam the second leg of the fourth-place 400 medley relay team, which set the school record, and the second leg of the 200 medley relay team, which ranks second in school history … took seventh in the 100 breaststroke at the ECAC Championships … won the 100 breaststroke in Bucknell’s dual meet vs. Lehigh with a 57.49 … finished runner-up in the 200 IM in a dual meet at Holy Cross with a 2:00.39 … swam the second leg of the seventh-fastest 200 medley relay team in program history during a fifth-place finish at the Bucknell Invite.
2022-23 (Junior): Scored 14 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing 10th in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke … 200 breaststroke time of 2:00.67 at the PL Championships ranks seventh in school history … took third in the 100 breaststroke at the ECAC Championships with the second-fastest time in program history (54.55) … also took 14th in the 200 IM and was a member of the third-place 200 medley relay team at ECACs … placed second three times and third three times in individual events … finished second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 100 butterfly at Binghamton … took second in the 100 breaststroke against Army … member of the second-place 400 medley relay team at the fall Bucknell Invitational … earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Swam six different events, with most action coming in the 100 and 200 breaststroke races ... at the Patriot League Championships, placed 12th in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events ... was also a member of the fourth-place 400 medley relay team that clocked a then school-record time of 3:14.19 ... at the ECAC Championships, took fifth in the 100 breaststroke, seventh in the 200 IM and 12th in the 200 breaststroke ... logged eight top-three finishes, including three runner-up showings in the 100 breaststroke ... competed in four of five relays over the course of the season.
2020-21 (Freshman): Won the 100 breaststroke three times, the 200 breaststroke twice and the 100 butterfly once over the course of the season ... at Bucknell's Patriot League Challenge Meet with American and Loyola, placed second in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 breaststroke and finished fourth in the 100 butterfly ... logged Bucknell's then third-fastest 100 breaststroke (55.05), fourth-fastest 200 breaststroke (2:00.77) and fifth-fastest 100 butterfly (49.31) times during that event ... also was on the runner-up 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... swam on 200 medley, 400 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams throughout campaign ... member of three first-place relay teams during dual meet competition.
Before Bucknell: Swam for Boardman High School, helping team win four-straight NEAC and AAC conference titles … three-time NISCA All-American … 2020 NISCA Academic All-American … four-time All-Ohio Division I Team … 2019 AAC Swimmer of the Year … 2020 and 2019 NEAC Swimmer of the Year … 2019 Youngstown Vindicator Swimmer of the Year … four-time All-AAC First Team … four-time All-NEAC First Team … helped the Spartans compile a 47-4 record over course of career, including a perfect 25-0 mark over junior and senior seasons … graduated with individual school records in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM … swam on school record setting 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 200 medley relay teams … served as team captain as a senior … also swam for the Youngstown YMCA Neptune Swim Team, setting multiple team records and qualifying for the YMCA National Championship.
Personal: Noah Thomas Basista … born April 17, 2001 in Youngstown, Ohio … son of Thomas and Jenefer Basista … has a younger sister: Julia … father played football at Allegheny College … served as senior class president and graduated first in the class of 2020 at Boardman High School … volunteers as a coach for local swim club … major is civil engineering.
2023-24 (Senior): Team captain … scored 18 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing 17th in the 100 breaststroke, 19th in the 200 breaststroke and 22nd in the 200 IM … also swam the second leg of the fourth-place 400 medley relay team, which set the school record, and the second leg of the 200 medley relay team, which ranks second in school history … took seventh in the 100 breaststroke at the ECAC Championships … won the 100 breaststroke in Bucknell’s dual meet vs. Lehigh with a 57.49 … finished runner-up in the 200 IM in a dual meet at Holy Cross with a 2:00.39 … swam the second leg of the seventh-fastest 200 medley relay team in program history during a fifth-place finish at the Bucknell Invite.
2022-23 (Junior): Scored 14 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing 10th in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke … 200 breaststroke time of 2:00.67 at the PL Championships ranks seventh in school history … took third in the 100 breaststroke at the ECAC Championships with the second-fastest time in program history (54.55) … also took 14th in the 200 IM and was a member of the third-place 200 medley relay team at ECACs … placed second three times and third three times in individual events … finished second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 100 butterfly at Binghamton … took second in the 100 breaststroke against Army … member of the second-place 400 medley relay team at the fall Bucknell Invitational … earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Swam six different events, with most action coming in the 100 and 200 breaststroke races ... at the Patriot League Championships, placed 12th in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events ... was also a member of the fourth-place 400 medley relay team that clocked a then school-record time of 3:14.19 ... at the ECAC Championships, took fifth in the 100 breaststroke, seventh in the 200 IM and 12th in the 200 breaststroke ... logged eight top-three finishes, including three runner-up showings in the 100 breaststroke ... competed in four of five relays over the course of the season.
2020-21 (Freshman): Won the 100 breaststroke three times, the 200 breaststroke twice and the 100 butterfly once over the course of the season ... at Bucknell's Patriot League Challenge Meet with American and Loyola, placed second in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 breaststroke and finished fourth in the 100 butterfly ... logged Bucknell's then third-fastest 100 breaststroke (55.05), fourth-fastest 200 breaststroke (2:00.77) and fifth-fastest 100 butterfly (49.31) times during that event ... also was on the runner-up 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... swam on 200 medley, 400 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams throughout campaign ... member of three first-place relay teams during dual meet competition.
Before Bucknell: Swam for Boardman High School, helping team win four-straight NEAC and AAC conference titles … three-time NISCA All-American … 2020 NISCA Academic All-American … four-time All-Ohio Division I Team … 2019 AAC Swimmer of the Year … 2020 and 2019 NEAC Swimmer of the Year … 2019 Youngstown Vindicator Swimmer of the Year … four-time All-AAC First Team … four-time All-NEAC First Team … helped the Spartans compile a 47-4 record over course of career, including a perfect 25-0 mark over junior and senior seasons … graduated with individual school records in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM … swam on school record setting 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 200 medley relay teams … served as team captain as a senior … also swam for the Youngstown YMCA Neptune Swim Team, setting multiple team records and qualifying for the YMCA National Championship.
Personal: Noah Thomas Basista … born April 17, 2001 in Youngstown, Ohio … son of Thomas and Jenefer Basista … has a younger sister: Julia … father played football at Allegheny College … served as senior class president and graduated first in the class of 2020 at Boardman High School … volunteers as a coach for local swim club … major is civil engineering.
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