2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Hunter, Esme
Back/Fly/Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly/Back
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/IM/Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Distance Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Back/Breast/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Fly/Sprint Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Breast/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Esme Hunter
- Position:
- Free/Back/Breast/IM
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Staples
- Hometown:
- Westport, Conn.
Bio
Career: Three-time All-Patriot League Second Team (2024, 2023 & 2022) ... scored 128.5 points at Patriot League Championship meets ... graduated with program's sixth-fastest 100 backstroke (55.14), sixth-fastest 200 backstroke (1:59.84) and 10th-fastest 200 IM (2:03.34) times ... graduated as member of 13 relay teams with program top-10 times, including the school record holding 200 medley (1:41.88), 200 freestyle (1:32.93) and 400 freestyle (3:22.02) relay teams ... 16 wins in individual events … 2024 Academic All-District Team member.
2023-24 (Senior): Second Team All-Patriot league selection … Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree … scored a team-high 63 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing fourth in the 100 backstroke (55.18), eighth in the 200 backstroke (2:02.51) and 12th in the 200 IM (2:03.69) … also swam the first leg of the seventh-place 200 medley relay, the fourth leg of the sixth-place 200 freestyle relay, which set the school record, and the fourth leg of the 400 freestyle relay teams at the PL Championships … finished runner-up in the 100 backstroke, ninth in the 100 freestyle and 10th in the 50 freestyle at the ECAC Championships … logged four first-place finishes during the season … went second seven times … won both the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke in Bucknell’s dual win over La Salle … registered the school’s 10th-fastest 200 IM (2:03.34) at the Navy Invitational … named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Junior): Made the All-Patriot League Second Team … tied for third in the 100 backstroke, placed sixth in the 200 backstroke and 16th in the 200 IM at the Patriot League Championships … scored 29.5 points, which ranked fourth among Bison … also swam on the third-place 400 freestyle, third-place 200 medley, fourth-place 200 freestyle and fifth-place 400 medley relay teams at the league championships … swam the first leg of the 200 medley relay team that set the school record (1:41.88) at the Patriot League Championships … posted wins in the 100 backstroke at Binghamton and vs. Lehigh … part of 200 medley relay team that captured wins at Binghamton, in the quad meet with Navy, American and Lafayette, and vs. Lehigh … went second four times and third five times in individual events … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Made the All-Patriot League Second Team ... placed fifth in the 200 backstroke and eighth in the 100 backstroke and the 200 IM at the Patriot League Championships ... scored 36 points, good for fifth among Bison and tied for 21st among all swimmers ... anchored the second-place 400 freestyle and fourth-place 200 freestyle relay teams ... led off the fourth-place 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... the 200 medley (1:41.95) and 400 freestyle (3:22.02) relay teams set new school records ... competed in five different events, with majority of action coming in the backstroke races ... won the 200 backstroke five times, the 100 backstroke four times and the 200 IM once ... swept the backstroke races at three-straight dual meets at Loyola (Md.), against Army West Point and at Lehigh ... went second in the 100 backstroke against Binghamton and third in the 100 backstroke at Johns Hopkins ... competed in four of five relays throughout the season ... was a fixture as the lead-off leg on the top 200 and 400 medley relay teams ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (First Year): Competed in the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke over the course of the season ... went second in the 50 freestyle at Colgate and in the 100 backstroke against Loyola ... at Bucknell's Patriot League Challenge Meet with American and Loyola, placed third in the 200 backstroke (2:05.49), fifth in the 100 backstroke (58.50) and 11th in the 50 freestyle (24.68) ... also led off the runner-up 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... competed in four of five relays.
Before Bucknell: Swam for Staples High School … 2020 CIAC Class LL state champion in the 100 backstroke … 2017 CIAC Class LL state champion in the 100 freestyle … four-time all-state selection … two-time All-America candidate … helped the Wreckers twice take third at the CIAC Class LL State Championships, twice place third at the LL Conference Championships and twice finish third at the FCIAC Championships … won three FCIAC titles in the 100 backstroke and one FCIAC crown in the 100 freestyle … twice won LL Conference titles in the 100 backstroke … graduated with individual school records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke … swam on school record setting 200 freestyle and 200 medley relay teams … served as team captain as a senior … also swam for Westport Weston Water Rats, setting program records in the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM.
Personal: Esme Claire Hunter … born May 10, 2002 in Stamford, Connecticut … daughter of Sydney Hunter … has two older siblings: Ethan and Dash … Ethan swam for Trinity College … Dash is a member of the Connecticut College swimming & diving team's class of 2022 … major is early childhood education.
2023-24 (Senior): Second Team All-Patriot league selection … Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree … scored a team-high 63 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing fourth in the 100 backstroke (55.18), eighth in the 200 backstroke (2:02.51) and 12th in the 200 IM (2:03.69) … also swam the first leg of the seventh-place 200 medley relay, the fourth leg of the sixth-place 200 freestyle relay, which set the school record, and the fourth leg of the 400 freestyle relay teams at the PL Championships … finished runner-up in the 100 backstroke, ninth in the 100 freestyle and 10th in the 50 freestyle at the ECAC Championships … logged four first-place finishes during the season … went second seven times … won both the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke in Bucknell’s dual win over La Salle … registered the school’s 10th-fastest 200 IM (2:03.34) at the Navy Invitational … named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Junior): Made the All-Patriot League Second Team … tied for third in the 100 backstroke, placed sixth in the 200 backstroke and 16th in the 200 IM at the Patriot League Championships … scored 29.5 points, which ranked fourth among Bison … also swam on the third-place 400 freestyle, third-place 200 medley, fourth-place 200 freestyle and fifth-place 400 medley relay teams at the league championships … swam the first leg of the 200 medley relay team that set the school record (1:41.88) at the Patriot League Championships … posted wins in the 100 backstroke at Binghamton and vs. Lehigh … part of 200 medley relay team that captured wins at Binghamton, in the quad meet with Navy, American and Lafayette, and vs. Lehigh … went second four times and third five times in individual events … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Made the All-Patriot League Second Team ... placed fifth in the 200 backstroke and eighth in the 100 backstroke and the 200 IM at the Patriot League Championships ... scored 36 points, good for fifth among Bison and tied for 21st among all swimmers ... anchored the second-place 400 freestyle and fourth-place 200 freestyle relay teams ... led off the fourth-place 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... the 200 medley (1:41.95) and 400 freestyle (3:22.02) relay teams set new school records ... competed in five different events, with majority of action coming in the backstroke races ... won the 200 backstroke five times, the 100 backstroke four times and the 200 IM once ... swept the backstroke races at three-straight dual meets at Loyola (Md.), against Army West Point and at Lehigh ... went second in the 100 backstroke against Binghamton and third in the 100 backstroke at Johns Hopkins ... competed in four of five relays throughout the season ... was a fixture as the lead-off leg on the top 200 and 400 medley relay teams ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (First Year): Competed in the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke over the course of the season ... went second in the 50 freestyle at Colgate and in the 100 backstroke against Loyola ... at Bucknell's Patriot League Challenge Meet with American and Loyola, placed third in the 200 backstroke (2:05.49), fifth in the 100 backstroke (58.50) and 11th in the 50 freestyle (24.68) ... also led off the runner-up 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... competed in four of five relays.
Before Bucknell: Swam for Staples High School … 2020 CIAC Class LL state champion in the 100 backstroke … 2017 CIAC Class LL state champion in the 100 freestyle … four-time all-state selection … two-time All-America candidate … helped the Wreckers twice take third at the CIAC Class LL State Championships, twice place third at the LL Conference Championships and twice finish third at the FCIAC Championships … won three FCIAC titles in the 100 backstroke and one FCIAC crown in the 100 freestyle … twice won LL Conference titles in the 100 backstroke … graduated with individual school records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke … swam on school record setting 200 freestyle and 200 medley relay teams … served as team captain as a senior … also swam for Westport Weston Water Rats, setting program records in the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM.
Personal: Esme Claire Hunter … born May 10, 2002 in Stamford, Connecticut … daughter of Sydney Hunter … has two older siblings: Ethan and Dash … Ethan swam for Trinity College … Dash is a member of the Connecticut College swimming & diving team's class of 2022 … major is early childhood education.
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