2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Twiss, Riley

Riley Twiss
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Westport, Conn.
- High School:
- Staples
Bio
Career Entering 2025-26: Has scored 103 points at Patriot League Championships … holds the fourth-fastest 500 freestyle (4:27.10), sixth-fastest 1650 freestyle (15:35.24), seventh-fastest 200 butterfly (1:48.77), eighth-fastest 200 freestyle (1:38.33), ninth-fastest 1000 freestyle (9:29.68) and ninth-fastest 400 IM (3:54.87) times in school history ... also part of the second-fastest 800 free relay (6:30.18) … three wins in individual events.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Scored in all three of his individual events and won a bronze medal with the 800 freestyle relay at the Patriot League Championships ... led off the relay, which finished third behind Army and Navy and missed the school record by a mere one-hundredth of a second ... earned night swims in the 200 butterfly (11th), 400 IM (11th), and 500 free (15th), totaling 44 points for the team ... earlier in the season won the 200 fly at the Bucknell Winter Invitational ... at the Bucknell Fall Invitational placed second in the 400 IM and third in the 200 fly ... also runner-up in the 500 free against La Salle and 200 fly vs. Lehigh.
2023-24 (First Year): Scored 59 points at the Patriot League Championships to lead all Bison rookies, finishing eighth in the 500 freestyle with a 4:27.10, which ranks fourth in school history, ninth in the 1650 freestyle with a 15:35.24, which ranks sixth in school history, and 10th in the 200 freestyle (1:38.33), which ranks seventh in school history … also registered the school’s ninth-fastest 1000 freestyle (9:29.68) at the Patriot League Championships … took fourth in both the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly at the ECAC Championships … 400 IM time at the ECACs (3:54.87) ranks ninth in school history … posted two individual event wins during the season, touching the fall first in the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly at the Bucknell Fall Invite … finished runner-up three times on the season, including a pair of second-place finishes at the dual meet at Holy Cross in the 1000 freestyle and the 100 butterfly.
Before Bucknell: Team captain for the Staples Wreckers … named First Team All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference honors … received All-State recognition in Connecticut … was the 2023 YMCA national runner-up in the 1000 freestyle … also competed for the Westport Water Wrats.
Personal: Riley Thomas Twiss … born Dec. 20, 2004 in Norwalk, Conn. … son of Candace and Robert … has one sibling: Austin ... majoring in comparative & digital humanities.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Scored in all three of his individual events and won a bronze medal with the 800 freestyle relay at the Patriot League Championships ... led off the relay, which finished third behind Army and Navy and missed the school record by a mere one-hundredth of a second ... earned night swims in the 200 butterfly (11th), 400 IM (11th), and 500 free (15th), totaling 44 points for the team ... earlier in the season won the 200 fly at the Bucknell Winter Invitational ... at the Bucknell Fall Invitational placed second in the 400 IM and third in the 200 fly ... also runner-up in the 500 free against La Salle and 200 fly vs. Lehigh.
2023-24 (First Year): Scored 59 points at the Patriot League Championships to lead all Bison rookies, finishing eighth in the 500 freestyle with a 4:27.10, which ranks fourth in school history, ninth in the 1650 freestyle with a 15:35.24, which ranks sixth in school history, and 10th in the 200 freestyle (1:38.33), which ranks seventh in school history … also registered the school’s ninth-fastest 1000 freestyle (9:29.68) at the Patriot League Championships … took fourth in both the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly at the ECAC Championships … 400 IM time at the ECACs (3:54.87) ranks ninth in school history … posted two individual event wins during the season, touching the fall first in the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly at the Bucknell Fall Invite … finished runner-up three times on the season, including a pair of second-place finishes at the dual meet at Holy Cross in the 1000 freestyle and the 100 butterfly.
Before Bucknell: Team captain for the Staples Wreckers … named First Team All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference honors … received All-State recognition in Connecticut … was the 2023 YMCA national runner-up in the 1000 freestyle … also competed for the Westport Water Wrats.
Personal: Riley Thomas Twiss … born Dec. 20, 2004 in Norwalk, Conn. … son of Candace and Robert … has one sibling: Austin ... majoring in comparative & digital humanities.
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