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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving

Sam Willett

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Longmont, CO
  • High School Silver Creek
  • Events Back, IM

Biography

At CMS
Completed his senior season as a member of the CMS swimming and diving team, where he swam multiple events, including the breaststroke, the backstroke and the IM ... Graduated ranked in the top 10 in CMS history in five different events ... Ranks third in CMS history in the 200 IM (1:50.51) ... Places fourth in both backstroke events, including the 100 back (50.51) and the 200 back (1:49.01) ... Is fifth in the 100 breast (56.36) and sixth in the 200 breast (2:04.16)

2019-20 (Senior)
All-American (200 medley relay) ... SCIAC Champion (200 medley relay) ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Helped the 200 medley relay team to a SCIAC title in a league-record time of 1:28.91, earning an NCAA bid and All-America distinction ... Placed fourth at SCIACs in the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.51, moving him into third place in CMS history ... Also was fourth in the 100 breast in 56.36 to move into fifth in school history ... Came in fifth in the 200 breast in 2:04.16, placing sixth in school annals ... Provided CMS 50 points in his three individual events in a meet that the Stags only won by 14 ... Won the 200 IM in a dual with Caltech ... Came in first place in the 100 free and the 100 back in a dual with La Verne ... Won the 200 back at the CMS Invitational.  

2018-19 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team … 
Made the finals of the 100 back at SCIAC Championships, finishing seventh with a 51.85, as well as the 200 back, finishing eighth with a 1:53.67 ... Also qualified for the finals at SCIACs in the 200 IM with a 1:54.28, earning a ninth-place finish.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
All-SCIAC (200 back) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team
... Competed in the NCAA Championships in three events as a sophomore, finishing in 26th place (1:50.99) in the 200 back, in 27th (1:52.49) in the 200 IM, and in 30th in the 100 breast (57.58) ... Came in second in the SCIAC Championships in the 200 back (1:50.94), as well as fourth in the 200 IM and sixth in the 100 back.

2016-17 (First-Year)
All-SCIAC (200 back, 200 IM) ... Earned a spot on the podium at the 2017 SCIAC Championships in the 200 back and 200 IM as well, coming in third in both with a 1:51.25 and a 1:51.59, respectively.

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in EEP with a minor in finance ... Spent the summer (2018) studying in New Zealand ... Involved in Younglife and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee on campus ... Lists "Environmental Law and Policy" as the most interesting course he has taken in college so far. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'2"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Back, IM
    6'2"