Wheaton College (MA)

EVENT RESULTS (Top Times)

2024-25 SEASON: Scored 565.50 points to place second among first years ... Posted 10 top five finishes and three runner-up finishes on the season ... Made his collegiate debut with a career-best second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.92 against Bentley University on October 18 ... Also placed fourth in his collegiate debut in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:23.76 against Bentley University on October 18 ... Tied a career-best second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.53 against Springfield College on November 9 ... Posted a career-best runner-up finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:11.13 against Clark University on January 10 ... Recorded a personal-best time of 2:12.76 in the 200-yard breaststroke at the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Championship ... Also added a personal-best time of 2:05.14 in the 200-yard individual medley at the NEWMAC Championship ... Recorded season-best times of 27.79 in the 50-yard breaststroke and 1:00.25 in the 100-yard breaststroke at the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Championship.

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Mt. Ararat High School in 2024 ... Four-year letterwinner in swimming in addition to lettering in lacrosse for the Eagles ... Named All-State as a senior and junior for MAHS swimming ... Won the 100-yard breaststroke and the 50-yard freestyle for Mt. Ararat at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Championship as both a junior and senior ... Named to the Academic All-America team ... Member of National Honor Society and served as Vice-President of NHS as a senior at MAHS ... Award recipient of Excellence in Advanced Placement 3D as a senior, Excellence in Art as a junior, Excellence in English as both a junior and first year and Excellence in Art as a sophomore at Mt. Ararat High School ... Earned the Venture Award as a senior, the Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Study of Mathematics and Science Award as a junior and the Rensselaer Medal as a sophomore at MAHS ... Volunteered at the Bath City Food Bank in addition to teaching children to swim in underserved communities ... Swam for Long Reach Swim Club.

PERSONAL: Born September 14, 2005 ... Majoring in Computer Science at Wheaton ... Son of Michelle and James Saunders ... Has two siblings, Madigan and Riley Saunders ... His Sister, Madigan competes for the Merrimack College swimming and diving team ... Chose to compete for Wheaton swimming & diving because of the team's culture and its close-knit values and support of each other.