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2017-18 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jonah Strand

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Woodstock, NY
  • Highschool Onteora Central

Biography

2017-18: Had another stellar season for the Brewers… Three time finalist at Liberty League Championships (200 Breast, 200 IM, and 100 Breast)… personal-best in 200 Free on November 17th against New Paltz (1:51.01) and in 50 Back on February 3rd at Sprint Invitational (26.47)… also bested a 23.97 in 50 Fly and 54.96 in 100 IM at the Sprint Invitational… Career-best 1:55.20 in 200 IM at Liberty League Championships was good for 4th place… Finished first in 100 Breast nine times throughout the season, adding seven victories in 200 Breast, and six in the 200 IM.

2016-17: continued his strong season streak, winning the 100 Breast (1:00.16), 200 Breast (2:13.85), and the 200 IM (2:04.05) at a dual meet against Bard...won the 100 Breast (59.49) and 200 Breast (2:12.53)...went on to place second in the 200 Breast (2:08.81) and third in the 100 Breast (58.84) at the Liberty League Championships...came in second with a personal best in the 100 Fly with a 53.75 at the Skidmore Sprint Invitational...earned four personal records at the UNYSCSA Championships in the 50 Free (22.37), 100 Free (57.63), 200 Breast (2:05.50), and the 200 IM (1:55.63)...named to the Liberty All-Academic Team.

2015-16: His success from his freshman season carried over into his sophomore season... swam a personal best in the 50 Breast Stroke (27.81) at the Vassar Sprint Invitational... Swam a personal best in the 100 Breast Stroke (58.26) at the UNYSCSA Championship... swam a personal best in the 200 Breast Stroke (2:08.45) at the UNYSCSA Championship... swam a personal best in the 200 Individual Medley (1:56.56) at the UNYSCSA Championships... swam a personal best in the 400 Individual Medley (4:31.32) against Suny- New Paltz...swam a personal best in the 100 Yard Free (51.06) at the UNYSCSA

2014-15: Had highly productive freshman season as one of the team’s best breaststroke swimmers…led the Liberty League with five selections as the conference’s Rookie of the Week…part of 400 medley relay team that broke the school record (3:30.67) at the New York State Championships…swam a season-best 54.09 in the 100 freestyle against NYU…swam a team and personal best in the 100 yard breastroke finals (1:00.33) at the New York State Championships to finish 4th in the B Final…finished 6th overall in the 200 breaststroke in a personal-best 2:10.61 in the finals of the New York State Championships. 

PERSONAL: Parents are Clark Strand and Perdita Finn…participated in math team, Science Olympiad and model congress in high school…major in undecided. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15First Year

    Breast
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breast
  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior