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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2016-17 Men's Swimming and Diving

John Matthews

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Yorktown, Va.
  • High School Tabb
  • Event Fly, Free
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 21.40
100-Free - 46.14
200-Free - 1:40.15
500-Free - 4:38.65
1000-Free - 9:49.97
1650-Free - 16:17.00
100-Breast - 1:12.51
200-Breast - 2:30.62
100-Fly - 49.81
200-Fly - 1:50.11

2016-17: All-American (800 Free Relay) … Honorable Mention All-American (200 fly) … NEWMAC Champion (800 Free Relay) … CSCAA Scholar All-American … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … CollegeSwimming.com NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (11/8) … broke the NEWMAC meet record in the 800 free relay with a time of 6:41.11 and then a month later broke the NEWMAC open record in the same event at the NCAA Division III Championship with a time of 6:39.24 for sixth place and All-America honors … during the regular season set a pair of pool record at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy including in the 400 free relay (3:08.77) … set five new personal best times including in the 50 free (21.40), 100 free (46.14), 200 free (1:40.15), 100 fly (49.81) and 200 fly (1:50.11) … at the NCAA Division III Championship, placed 16th in the 200 fly (1:50.90) for Honorable Mention All-America accolades and competed in the prelims of the 200 free (35th – 1:40.64) … at the NEWMAC Championship, won the league title in the 800 free relay (6:41.11) and also touched the wall third in the 200 fly (1:52.03), fifth in the 200 free (1:42.74) and eighth in the 200 free relay (1:24.02) … at the MIT Winter Invitational, finished first with the 400 free relay team (3:00.94) and the 800 free relay team (6:40.44 – a new pool record), second in the 100 fly (49.86), third in the 200 medley relay (1:31.67), fourth in the 200 fly (1:51.13) sixth in the 100 free (46.14) and tenth in the 400 medley relay (3:29.57) … came in first place ten times during the course of his junior year and posted 22 top-5 finishes during regular season dual meets … individually swam seven NCAA “B” cut times as a junior.

2015-16: Honorable Mention All-American (800 Free Relay) ... NEWMAC Champion (800 Free Relay) ... NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (200-fly) ... CSCAA Scholar All-American ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … aided the 800-free relay team to 11th place (6:43.69) for Honorable Mention All-America honors at the NCAA Division III National Championship (3/16-19) … also placed 27th in the 200-fly prelims in 1:51.94 at nationals … at the NEWMAC Championship (2/18-21), clinched the league title in the 800-free relay as the anchor leg in a time of 6:43.92 and touched the wall as the runner up in the 200-fly in 1:51.39 for Second Team All-Conference honors … also placed sixth in the 500-free (4:40.20), sixth in the 200-free (1:42.35) and eighth in the 400-free relay (3:06.19) at the conference championship … at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/4-6), took first place with the 800-free relay team in 6:45.36 and also touched the wall sixth in the 200-free (1:43.15), seventh in the 1650-free (16:32.08), seventh in the 400-medley relay (3:26.55), seventh in the 400-free relay (3:09.47) and ninth in the 500-free (4:45.08) … individually swam five NCAA “B” cut times as a junior.

2014-15: At the NEWMAC Championship (2/19-22), finished fourth in the 1650-free in 16:27.36, fifth in the 500-free in 4:39.93 and tenth in the 200-free in 1:43.35 … at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/5-7), touched the wall fourth in the 500-free in 4:39.91, fifth in the 1650-free in 16:17.00 and seventh in the 200-free in 1:43.64.

2013-14:
Won the 500 free against Springfield (11/9) with a time of 4:56.91 … improved to a 4:43.44 to take eighth at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/6-7) … came sixth in both the 200 free and the 1650 free with times of 1:44.41 and 16:39.06, and was 13th in the 200 fly in 1:57.76 … was part of the 800 free relay that was eighth in 6:53.92 at the NEWMAC Championships (2/20-23) … came eighth in the 500 free in 4:45.04 and was fourth in the 1650 free with a time of 16:32.08.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in Japanese … captain of the MIT men's swimming and diving team ... interned at Allfirst Contractors and Oliver Wyman … completed research at MIT Sloan School of Management Research on Workplace Behavior … also did research on autonomous vehicle integration into major US highways with Professor Ruben Rosales ... Intramural Water Polo champion ... Theta Tau.
 

High School: A 2013 graduate of Tabb High School … state champions …six-time varsity letterwinner … also ran outdoor track and cross country and participated in baseball … National English Honor Society … Mu Alpha Theta … National Honor Society … captain of the Scholastic Bowl … captain of the swim team … treasurer of SCA and Executive Board … salutatorian … Highest Academic Honor … Jefferson Scholarship finalist … Bolling Air Force Officer’s Spouses Club … AIAA Scholarship … Seva Booster Club.


Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14First Year

    Fly, Free
    6'1"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Fly, Free
    6'1"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Fly, Free
    6'1"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Fly, Free
    6'2"