William and Mary has added seven men and seven women to their Class of 2021. The defending CAA champions will look to continue their success with the addition of these athletes. Read more from William and Mary:
Women
The William & Mary women’s swimming team will add seven freshmen to its roster this fall, head coach Matt Crispino ’02 announced today. The two-time CAA Champion Tribe took a big step towards another title defense with the recruitment of this class, which comes into college with times that would have won two events at the 2017 CAA Championships, as well as place in eight more “A” finals and 14 “B” finals.
“This group of seven women is as talented a group as we’ve ever recruited,” Crispino stated. “We are elated that they have chosen to join the Tribe. In addition to being fast swimmers, we believe they embody the values and character traits that are at the core of our program. They will strengthen our team immediately, help us increase our standing at the national level, and will most importantly form a rock-solid foundation for our future.”
Megan Bull – 5-6.5, Free/Breast/IM
Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough
High School Bests
500 free – 4:49.01
400 IM – 4:19.27
100 free – 51.13
200 free – 1:48.19
200 breast – 2:14.12
200 IM – 2:02.85
100 breast – 1:04.49
Prep: Seven-time finalist at the YMCA Long Course Nationals … Includes a silver in the 200 IM and sixth in the 400 free in 2016 … Seven more finals appearances at the YMCA Short Course Nationals … As a senior, took third in the 200 breast, fifth in the 200 free, and eighth in the 500 free … Fifth in the 200 breast and sixth in the 400 IM as a junior … Helped lead Hillsborough to the state sectional team championship each of the last two years … Earned three automatic Prep All-American cuts and nine All-America consideration times … Won the New Jersey State Meet of Champions 200 IM as a sophomore … Runner-up in that event as a freshman and junior, before moving to the 200 free and taking second in that event as a well as a senior … Also took third in the 400 free relay each of the last two years and the 200 medley relay as a junior … Won three relays and second in three more during her first two seasons … … NISCA Scholar All-American as a senior … Member of the National Honor Society … Also a member of the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Linda and Kenneth Bull … Mother, Linda (Burke), ran track at W&M before graduating in 1987 … Father played soccer at Ursinus … Cousin, Thomas Bull, played soccer at Amherst … Cousin, Griffin Bull, played soccer at Washington College … Cousin, James Burke, played lacrosse at Boston University … Cousin, Miranda Bull, rowed at Syracuse … Enjoys biking, reading, and spending time with family and friends … Undecided as to her collegiate major.
Jasmine Harper – 5-8, Breast
Richmond, Va./Collegiate
High School Bests
100 breast – 1:04.58
200 breast – 2:20.37
100 back – 59.00
Prep: NCSA Junior National qualifier in both the 100 and 200 breast … Earned Virginia Swimming All-Star status in both the 15/16 and 17/18 age groups … State record-holder as part of the 200 medley relay … Helped Collegiate to five straight Virginia Indepedent Schools’ State Championships … Earned all-league honors every year since seventh grade … Four-time All-State honoree … Earning USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors in both 2015 and 2017 … Member of the School Orchestra from 9th-11th grade … Concert Master as a junior.
Personal: Daughter of Fongsanith and Ben Harper … Father played basketball at Christopher Newport before going on to earn his MBA from William & Mary in 1982 … Enjoys reading, playing video games, watching anime, and cosplaying … Plans to major in business.
Madeline High – 5-6, Fly
Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft
High School Bests
100 fly – 54.45
200 fly – 2:03.65
100 back – 56.96
400 IM – 4:27.50
Prep: State record-holder and three-time North Carolina State Champion in the 100 fly … Earned all-state honors each of the last five years … Led Ravenscroft to the state 3A team championship each of the last four years … NCSA Finalist in both 2015 and 2017 … Named All-Met all four years of high school … Finalist in the 100 fly at the 2015 Winter Junior Nationals … Scholastic All-American each of the last three years … Also named an NISCA All-Academic pick in the 100 fly as a senior … Member of the National Honor Society … Member of the Cum Laude Society … Member of the Science Olympiad team each of her last three years … President of the Classics Club … Spent three years on the Student Athlete Leadership Team.
Personal: Daughter of Alyse and Rhett High … Enjoys volunteering at the local animal shelter, baking, and traveling … Plans to major in biology.
Caroline Rhodes – 5-6, IM/Back
Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman
High School Bests
400 IM – 4:30.66
100 back – 58.47
200 back – 2:04.59
Prep: Finalist at the Maryland State Championships as a senior, finishing eighth in the 500 free … Also a two-event finalist as a junior, taking sixth in both the 500 free and the 200 IM … Won the 100m back at the 2016 NCSA Long Course Championships … Qualified for the NCSA SCY Junior Nationals in three events, the 500 free, 400 IM, and 200 back … AP Scholar with Honors … Media Director of Whitman’s school podcast.
Personal: Daughter of Laura and Jeff Rhodes … Mother swam at Michigan … Enjoys running, cooking, and reading … Plans to major in kinesiology.
Tess Ruona – 5-6, Free/Back
Medford, N.J./Shawnee
High School Bests
500 free – 5:00.93
100 back – 58.59
200 back – 2:04.46
Prep: Junior Nationals qualifier … Finalist at the New Jersey State Meet of Championships … Earned All-South Jersey honors each of the last three years … Member of the National Honor Society … Volunteer at the local children’s hospital.
Personal: Daughter of Mary and Eric Ruona … Mother swam at Harvard … Father ran cross country at Portland … Grandfather played basketball at St. Mary’s … Had an aunt run cross country at St. Mary’s … Enjoys cooking, reading, and art … Undecided as to her collegiate major.
Tara Tiernan – 5-8, Free/Fly
West Hartford, Conn./William Hall
High School Bests
200 free – 1:49.86
100 free – 51.98
200 back – 2:02.47
100 fly – 56.33
200 fly – 2:05.16
400 IM – 4:27.61
Prep: Earned all-state honors all four years of high school … Won the Connecticut state title in the 200 free as a sophomore … Scholastic All-American … Scholar All-State award each of the last three years … Member of the National Honor Society … Also a member of the Chinese National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Karen and John Tiernan … Mother swam at Connecticut … Enjoys all sorts of water activities (wake boarding, kayaking, stand-up paddleboard, tubing, etc.), skiing, and reading … Plans to major in biology in the pre-med track.
Diana Tramontano – 5-5, Breast/Fly
Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich Academy
High School Bests
200 breast – 2:20.81
200 fly – 2:06.10
100 breast – 1:05.31
100 fly – 57.74
Prep: Captained Greenwich to the back-to-back league championships … Earned Prep All-America honors in 2015 in the 400 medley relay … As part of Greenwich’s 200 medley relay, earned All-New England honors as a junior and won the New England Championship as a senior … High Honor Roll every semester … Three-year captain of the Swim Across America team, helping to raise more than $25,000 for cancer research … Member of the Arts Board.
Personal: Daughter of Francie and Paul Tramontano … Enjoys drawing, reading, traveling, and skiing … Undecided as to her collegiate major.
Men
The William & Mary men’s swimming team will add seven newcomers to its roster this fall, head coach Matt Crispino ’02 announced today. The class includes contribitors in every event group, and comes into college with times that would have made five “A” finals and ten “B” finals at the 2017 CAA Championships.
“I can’t imagine a group of people better suited for William & Mary and Tribe Swimming,” said Crispino about the class. “Each of these seven young men will contribute in a unique way to our program, our campus, and our community. The bar has been set high by previous graduating classes, and the expectations will be no different for this group. With their help, we intend to defend our CAA titles with a constant eye on national-level competition.”
Matthew Boyer – 6-3, Free/Breast
Atlanta, Ga./The Baylor School
High School Bests
100 free – 45.86
100 breast – 58.05
50 free – 21.42
Prep: Captained Baylor to the Tennessee State combined team state championship each of the last three years … Won the men’s-only state titles as a sophomore and again as a senior … Earned Prep All-American honors each of the last three years … Spent his freshman year at the International School of Kenya, playing basketball and rugby in addition to swimming … Selected to the International Schools of Southern & Eastern Africa All-Star team in basketball … Scholastic All-American … Won school speech awards both as a freshman and again as a senior … Dorm Prefect his junior and senior years … Member of the French and Spanish Clubs.
Personal: Son of Geoff Boyer and Ann Buff … Enjoys photography, playing the guitar and piano, and reading … Plans to major in international relations.
Brien Collier – 6-1, Free
Ambler, Pa./Germantown Academy
High School Bests
200 free – 1:39.35
500 free – 4:34.00
1000 free – 9:47.67
100 fly – 51.64
Prep: Prep All-American … Junior National qualifier … Named first-team all-league and all-district each of the last two years … Member of the National Chinese Honor Society … Earned maxima cum laude honors as a junior and summa cum laude as a senior on the National Latin Exam … Scholastic All-American.
Personal: Son of Tim and Karen Collier … Enjoys the great outdoors, playing all sports, and driving … Plans to major in economics.
Jake Kealy – 5-11, Back/IM
Wilton, Conn./Fairfield Prep
High School Bests
100 back – 48.80
200 back – 1:45.39
200 IM – 1:50.94
200 fly – 1:57.82
Prep: Won the 2016 YMCA Long Course National Championship in the 200m back at 2:04.81 … Set the Connecticut state residential record in the 200 back at 1:45.39 … Volunteered more than 50 hours at a local assisted living facility.
Personal: Son of John and Annamarie Kealy … Brother, Tommy, is a senior on the Tribe swimming team … Undecided as to his collegiate major.
Devin McNulty – 6-3, Breast
Herndon, Va./Gonzaga College HS
High School Bests
100 breast – 55.97
50 free – 21.59
Prep: Prep All-American in the 100 breast … Qualified for the NCSA Championships in that event as well … Named honorable mention All-Met by the Washington Post as a senior … Took second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast at the league meet … Also finished second in the National Catholic School’s Championship 100 breast.
Personal: Son of Jack and Terry McNulty … Father played lacrosse at iena … Sister, Elizabeth, swam for Franciscan University … Brother, John, rowed at UVA … Enjoys playing basketball and camping … Plans to major in business.
James Mostofi – 6-1, Free/IM
Darien, Conn./Darien
High School Bests
1650 free – 15:58.51
200 back – 1:53.19
400 IM – 3:59.98
1000 free – 9:21.68
500 free – 4:36.02
Prep: Two event-finalist at the 2016 YMCA Long Course Nationals … Runner-up in the 400m IM at 4:35.80 and seventh in the 800, free at 8:29.37 … Part of Darien’s state runner-up 400 medley relay at the 2017 state championships … Fourth in the 100 back as an individual … Made the consolation finals in three events at the 2017 YMCA Short Course Nationals … Won the 200m IM at the 2015 YMCA Long Course Nationals, swimming 2:15.39.
Personal: Son of Jim and Maha Mostofi … Father swam at NYU … Plans to major in business.
Christopher Pfuhl – 5-11, Free/Back
Charlotte, N.C./South Mecklenburg
High School Bests
200 free – 1:39.82
100 back – 52.92
500 free – 4:36.07
1000 free – 9:40.12
Prep: Prep All-American … Led South Mecklenburg to three North Carolina state team championships … Won the state title in the 400 free relay as a senior … Third individually in the 200 free in 2017 as well, improving from fourth as a junior in 2016 … Junior National summer qualifier … Scholastic All-American … Member of the National Honor Society … Member of the Beta Club and the Junior Marshals.
Personal: Son of Joy Pfuhl and the late Phillip Pfuhl … Uncle, Allen McCabe, wrestled at Iowa … Enjoys camping and playing Ultimate Frisbee … Plans to major in international business.
Aristides Speres – 6-4, Free
Rye, N.Y./Fordham Prep
High School Bests
100 free – 46.26
50 free – 21.22
100 fly – 51.44
Prep: Helped Fordham to three New York State Championships, including as a senior … His senior year, finished top-10 at the state championships in both the 50 and 100 free … Finished top-20 in the 100 fly as a junior … Prep All-American in the 200 medley relay as a freshman … Also earned All-American honors in the 400 free relay each of the last two years … Earned first honors all four years … Named to the Principal’s Honor Roll as a junior.
Personal: Son of Constantine and Alexandra Speres … Cousin, Emily O’Sullivan, played basketball at Haverford … Cousin, Lilly O’Sullivan, rowed at George Washington … Enjoys golfing and fishing … Plans to major in business.
William and Mary contributed these reports.
