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2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving

Bouke Edskes

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Rockville, Md.
  • High School Richard Montgomery
  • Event Fly, IM, Free
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 20.78
100-Free - 45.46
200-Free - 1:40.67
500-Free - 4:42.64
100-Back - 49.28
200-Back - 1:50.22
200-Breast - 2:12.98
100-Fly - 47.41
200-Fly - 1:45.69
100-IM - 49.18 (NCAA D3 National Record)
200-IM - 1:47.15
400-IM - 3:51:84

2019-20:
- CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- All-American (100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Fly, 200 IM, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (400 IM)
- NEWMAC Men's Swimmer of the Year
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSCAA Scholar All-America
- NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 9, Jan. 27, Feb. 3)
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Dec. 9)
- NEWMAC: 200 Fly (1st), 200 IM (1st), 800 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 400 IM (2nd), 400 Free Relay (11th)
- Invite: 100 Fly (1st), 200 Fly (1st), 200 IM (1st), 400 IM (1st), 800 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (5th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 17
- Regular Season Dual Meet Event Wins: 12

2018-19: 
- Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team
- Google Cloud Academic All-District
- All-American (200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
- Honorable Mention All-American (400 Medley Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- Broke the 100-IM NCAA Division III National Record 
- NEWMAC Champion (200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay) 
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (400 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference 
- NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 22, Jan. 28, Feb. 4)
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Nov. 15, Dec. 3, Jan. 22, Jan. 28, Feb. 4)
- Nationals: 100 Fly (2nd), 200 Fly (4th), 200 IM (5th), 200 Medley Relay (5th), 400 Free Relay (6th), 800 Free Relay (7th), 400 Medley Relay (11th)
- NEWMAC: 100 Fly (1st - Meet Record), 200 Fly (1st), 200 IM (1st - Meet Record), 800 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Free Relay (8th)
- Invite: 100 Fly (1st), 200 Fly (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st - Pool Record), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 200 IM (2nd)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 20
- Regular Season Dual Meet Event Wins: 18

2017-18:
- CoSIDA Academic All-American
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- All-American (400 IM, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay)
- Honorable Mention All-American (200 IM, 200 Fly) 
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay) 
- NEWMAC Swimmer of the Year 
- CSCAA Scholar All-American 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Men’s Relay Team of the Week (12/4, 1/22, 1/29) 
- Broke two program records and four NEWMAC records as a sophomore
- Nationals: 400 IM (3rd), 80 Free Relay (5th), 400 Medley Relay (5th), 200 Medley Relay (9th), 200 IM (10th), 200 Fly (10th)
- NEWMAC: 200 IM (1st), 200 Fly (1st), 400 IM (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st)
- Invite: 100 Fly (1st), 200 Fly (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (3rd)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 19
- Regular Season Dual Meet Victories: 11

2016-17:
- All-American (100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
- NEWMAC Swimmer of the Year 
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week (12/5, 1/9, 1/17)
- NEWMAC Men’s Relay Team of the Week (11/21, 12/5, 1/30)
- CollegeSwimming.com NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (12/6, 1/24, 1/31) 
- CollegeSwimming.com Division III Preseason All-American
- Broke five NEWMAC records and four MIT records as a first-year
- Nationals: 100 Fly (2nd), 200 Fly (2nd), 400 Free Relay (3rd), 200 IM (5th), 400 Medley Relay (8th)
- NEWMAC: 200 Fly (1st), 200 IM (1st), 400 IM (1st), 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st)
- Invite: 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 200 Fly (1st), 200 IM (2nd), 100 Back (3rd), 200 Back (5th), 50 Free (8th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 27
- Regular Season Dual Meet Victories: 38

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning the 400 freestyle relay swim off at the 2017 National Championship

Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- Minoring in physics
- Autonomous Technology Intern at Daimler Trucks North America in 2019
- Researched autonomous driving at Delft University of Technology in 2018
- Researched autonomous rovers in the MIT Aerospace Controls Lab in 2017
- Member of the MIT Formula Student Driverless Team
- Member of SaveTFP
- 2017 Varsity Club Award Winner
- 2017 Male Freshman Excellence Award Winner
- 2017 Varsity Swimming MVP

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Richard Montgomery High School 
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in swimming 
- Captain 
- Four-time PVS Scholar-Athlete
- Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American 
- Three-time MVP of the Richard Montgomery High swim team 
- 200 Medley Relay All-American 
- School record holder in the 200-IM, 100-fly, 100-free, 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay
- State record holder in the 200-IM, 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay
- 2016 State Champion in the 200-IM and 100-fly 
- Also competed for the Nation’s Capital Swim Club where he earned the 2010 Tom Dolan Award 
- Honor Roll 
- AP Scholar

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Fly, IM
    6'1"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Fly, IM
    6'1"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Fly, IM
    6'2"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Fly, IM, Free
    6'2"