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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2021-22 Men's Swimming and Diving

Marco Conati

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Plymouth, MN
  • High School Minnetonka
  • Events Fly, Free

Biography



At CMS
Completed his senior season as a member of the CMS Swimming and Diving team, where he competed primarily in the butterfly and freestyle ... Ranks second in CMS history in the 100 fly (47.56), second in CMS history in the 100 free (44.21) and fourth in the 50 free (20.36) ... Part of four school-record relays when he graduated as well, the 200 and 400 free relays, and the 200 and 400 medley relays. 

2021-22 (Senior)
First-Team All-American (100 fly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay) ... Honorable Mention All-American (100 free, 200 free relay) ... SCIAC Champion (100 fly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay) ... All-SCIAC (100 free, 50 free, 400 free relay) ... SCIAC Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 8, Nov. 15) ... CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned his way into the championship final of the 100 fly for the second time in his career, finishing seventh in 47.46 to earn first-team All-America honors and rank No. 2 in CMS history ... Part of three relays that earned first-team All-America honors as well, including runner-up finishes in both the 200 medley and the 400 medley relay events ... Swam the second fastest 50-yard butterfly split in NCAA Division III history (20.60) to help the 200 medley relay team finish second ... Also anchored the 400 medley relay team in the freestyle ... Earned honorable mention honors in the 100 free with a 14th place finish after a 44.21 moved him into second in CMS history ... Won the SCIAC Championship in the 100 fly with a 48.04 to break his own meet record, edging out teammate Frank Applebaum ... Came in second in the 50 free and the 100 free (to teammate Nick Tekieli, as the Stags went 1-2 in all three of his events on the way to the league title) ... Won SCIAC Swimmer of the Week honors back to back weeks after his performances in a home win over Occidental and a road tri-meet at Chapman. 

2019-20 (Junior)
All-American (100 fly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay) ... SCIAC Champion (100 fly, 200 medley relay) ... All-SCIAC (100 free, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay) ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... SCIAC Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 9) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Repeated as SCIAC Champion in the 100 fly with a 48.30, setting a new meet record ... Helped the CMS 200 medley relay team to a SCIAC title in a league record time of 1:28.91 ... Earned All-SCIAC honors in the 100 free with a third-place finish in 45.77 ... Swam the fastest 50 free of the SCIAC Championships with a 20.59 to win the consolation heat ... Earned SCIAC Swimmer of the Week honors on Dec. 9 after competing in six events in a dual with Pomona-Pitzer, three individual and three relay, and winning all six, all of which resulted in new Haldeman Pool records. Individually, he won the 50 free, the 100 free and the 100 fly, while he swam the butterfly leg of both medley relays and the first leg of the 400 free relay, which capped off the two-day meet. 

2018-19 (Sophomore)
All-American (fourth place) in the 100 fly ... SCIAC Champion in 100 fly and 50 free ... All-SCIAC (200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay) ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team … 
Swam a 48.10 in the 100 fly at the NCAA Championships, second all-time at CMS, after swimming a 48.18 in the prelims to qualify for finals ... Also swam the 100 free at the NCAA Championships, finishing 22nd with a 45.25, setting a personal best ... Earned the SCIAC title in the 50 free with a 20.69 in the finals to win by eight-hundredths of a second ... Swam a personal-best 20.53 in prelims ... Won the 100 fly in SCIACs with a 48.39, winning by a healthy margin of over a half-second ... Part of three relay teams that finished second in SCIACs, the 200 medley relay with (1:31.85), the 200 freestyle relay (1:22.75), and the 400 medley relay (3:20.78), earning All-SCIAC honors in all three ... Finished fifth at SCIACs in the 100 free with a 45.61.

2017-18 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team
... Finished in fourth place at the 2018 SCIAC Championships in the 100 fly with a time of 49.48 ... Also qualified for the finals and came in seventh place in the 100 back (51.20) ... Swam the butterfly leg of the 400 medley relay team which came in second with a 3:22.38, and the first leg of the 400 free relay which also came in second with a 3:03.45 ... Was 13th in the 100 free with a 46.68.

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd, where is majoring in engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Back, Fly
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Fly, Free
  • 2019-20Junior

    Fly, Free
  • 2020-21Senior

    Fly, Free
  • 2021-22Senior

    Fly, Free