2014-15 Swimming and Diving
Roster
Garrett Clarke
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Liverpool, NY
- High School:
- Liverpool
Junior (2016-17): First against Cornell in 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:30.72... First in 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:31.04 at Pittsburgh... First against Niagara in 200 Medley Relay (1:33.06) and 150 Breast (1:28.72)... First place against Eastern Michigan in 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:31.10... Third at MAC Championships in 100 Breast with a time of 54.23... All-MAC Second Team... Academic All-MAC
Sophomore (2015-16): Placed 2nd in 200 Breast at Western New York Invitational, clocking in at 2:04.89… 3rd place in 200 Breast (2:00.68) At Bucknell Invite… Placed 7th in 100 Breast at Bucknell… 1st in 200 Breast with a time of 2:03.64 against Miami… Placed 2nd against Miami in two different events – 100 Breast and 200 IM… Clocked in at 2:01.23 in 200 Breast, placing 5th, against Ohio… Made NCAA “B” Cut in 100 Breast (54.45, 1st place at MAC Championships) and 200 Breast (1:57.85, 4th place at MAC Championships)… Academic All-MAC… Qualified for US Olympic Time Trials for 200 Breast (2:17.85)… Distinguished Scholar Athlete... Most Improved Player 2015-2016.
Freshman (2014-15): Participated in the breaststroke and individual medley events... In the 200 IM he posted a time of 1:51.37, which was third on the team... Clarke also swam a season-best time of 55:37 and 1:59.32 in the 100 Breaststroke and 200 Breaststroke, respectively... In both events at MAC championships, Clarke hit NCAA “B” cut marks.
High School: Four-year member and one year team capatain for head coach Michael Ferrell at Liverpool High School... State champion in the 200 free relay... Finished third in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 200 IM... Holds the school record in the 100 breaststroke, 200 IM, 200 medley rela and 200 free relay... Set the Section III record in the 100 breaststroke... A three-time All-American and first-team All-CNY selection.
Personal: Son of Robert and Jackie... Has one sister, Avery... Career goal is to become a mathematics professor at a prestigious university... Favorite thing about UB is the community... Dream as a college athlete is to break the school records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and make the NCAA National Championships.
