2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Sweetser, Sam

Sam Sweetser
- Position:
- Free
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- High School:
- Deep Run
Bio
2024-25 (Junior): Competed in the distance freestyle and backstroke events throughout the season ... led off Bucknell's bronze medal-winning 800 free relay at the ECAC Championships ... also swam the 200/500 free and 200 back at ECACs ... runner-up in the 500 free at the Bucknell Fall Invitational.
2023-24 (Sophomore): Placed 11th in the 200 backstroke and 18th in the 500 freestyle at the ECAC Championships … competed in eight different individual events during the season … placed among the top five three times, including a fourth-place finish in the 200 backstroke at the Navy Invitational and a fourth-place finish in the 1000 freestyle in a dual vs. Lehigh.
2022-23 (First Year): Placed eighth in the 1,650 freestyle and swam the first leg of the fourth-place 800 freestyle relay at the ECAC Championships … competed in six different freestyle events and five different relays throughout the season … finished third in the 1,000 freestyle against Lehigh … scored 11 points in the fall Bucknell Invitational with a 16th-place finish in the 1,650 freestyle … took seventh in the 1,000 freestyle in the quad meet with American, Lafayette and Navy … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Swam for Deep Run High School … graduated with school records in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays … named team's 2022 MVP … nominated for school's 2022 Athlete Scholar of the Year award … also competed for NOVA of Virginia Aquatics … NCSA qualifier … named the 2020 most improved 15-16 boy … helped team win VSI senior long-course and short-course (2019-2022) and NCSA combined team short-course (2021) titles … helped team finish as the NCSA combined team long-course runner-up (2021).
Personal: Samuel W. Sweetser … born March 4, 2004 in Loudoun County, Virginia … son of Seth and Tiffany Sweetser … has two younger siblings: Luke and Sutton … father played golf at the College of William & Mary … grandfather, Skip Sweetser, was a member of the United States Naval Academy's crew team and competed in the 1960 Olympics … uncle, Warren Sweetser, played football at the University of North Carolina … aunt, Janice Linaugh, swam at Harvard University … cousin, Ally Connors, was a member of the rowing team at Lehigh University … cousin, Claire Linaugh, is a member of the Bucknell class of 2023 ... majoring in geology.
2023-24 (Sophomore): Placed 11th in the 200 backstroke and 18th in the 500 freestyle at the ECAC Championships … competed in eight different individual events during the season … placed among the top five three times, including a fourth-place finish in the 200 backstroke at the Navy Invitational and a fourth-place finish in the 1000 freestyle in a dual vs. Lehigh.
2022-23 (First Year): Placed eighth in the 1,650 freestyle and swam the first leg of the fourth-place 800 freestyle relay at the ECAC Championships … competed in six different freestyle events and five different relays throughout the season … finished third in the 1,000 freestyle against Lehigh … scored 11 points in the fall Bucknell Invitational with a 16th-place finish in the 1,650 freestyle … took seventh in the 1,000 freestyle in the quad meet with American, Lafayette and Navy … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Swam for Deep Run High School … graduated with school records in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays … named team's 2022 MVP … nominated for school's 2022 Athlete Scholar of the Year award … also competed for NOVA of Virginia Aquatics … NCSA qualifier … named the 2020 most improved 15-16 boy … helped team win VSI senior long-course and short-course (2019-2022) and NCSA combined team short-course (2021) titles … helped team finish as the NCSA combined team long-course runner-up (2021).
Personal: Samuel W. Sweetser … born March 4, 2004 in Loudoun County, Virginia … son of Seth and Tiffany Sweetser … has two younger siblings: Luke and Sutton … father played golf at the College of William & Mary … grandfather, Skip Sweetser, was a member of the United States Naval Academy's crew team and competed in the 1960 Olympics … uncle, Warren Sweetser, played football at the University of North Carolina … aunt, Janice Linaugh, swam at Harvard University … cousin, Ally Connors, was a member of the rowing team at Lehigh University … cousin, Claire Linaugh, is a member of the Bucknell class of 2023 ... majoring in geology.
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