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2022-23 MIT Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Trent Piercy

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • High School Regents School of Austin
  • Event Free
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best Times
50-Free 20.94
100-Free 45.49
200-Free 1:40.00
500-Free 4:43.05
100-Fly 51.63

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2020-21, 2022-23)
- CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American (2022-23)


All-American:
- 2022-23: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay


In the Record Books:
- 200 Free Relay: 4th (1:20.10)
- 400 Free Relay: 2nd (2:57.32)


NEWMAC Champion:
- 2022-23: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay


NEWMAC All-Conference:
- 2022-23:
200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (1st); 100 Free (2nd)


2022-23:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Set two new PRs
- Finished second in the 100 Free and third in the 50 Free at the NEWMAC Championships
- Member of 200 Free Relay team that finished fifth at NCAAs


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- NEWMAC: 200 Free (5th), 400 Free Relay (8th), 800 Free Relay (8th), 100 Free (10th), 500 Free (15th)
- Invite: 200 Free (3rd), 400 Free Relay (3rd), 800 Free Relay (4th), 200 Free Relay (5th), 100 Free (7th), 100 Fly (10th), 200 Medley Relay (10th), 50 Free (17th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-5 Placements: 4


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- 800-free relay at NEWMAC's


On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and engineering
- Interned at Blizzard 
- UROP with MIT Human Systems Lab
- UROP with MIT.nano Immersion Lab
- Concentration in electrical engineering and computer science
- SoC Architecture Performance Engineering Intern at AMD
- Completed research in the MIT Human Systems Lab - NASA Resource Project
- VR/AR@MIT
- Phi Beta Epsilon


High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Regents School of Austin
- Captain of the Swim Team
- Two-time TAPPS Academic All-State
- Nominated for TAPPS Athlete of the Year
- 2018 TAPPS Bruce Rollins Distinguished Swimmer Award
- 2018 TAPPS Regional Swimmer of the Meet
- 2017 Regents Knight Award
- 2016 Regents Humility Award
- Seven-time TAPPS DII Champion
- State Record Holder in the 100 and 200 Yard Freestyles
- Also swam for the Austin Swim Club
- Eagle Scout
- Boy Scouts
- Mobile Loaves and Fishes Volunteer
- Regents Concert and Jazz Band
- Regents Programming Team
- Regents Chess Club
- National Merit Semi-finalist
- 2019 Regents Carl Friedrich Gauss Math Award
- 2019 Regents Simon Peter Physics II Award
- 2018 University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation and Technology
- AMC 10 Exam Superior Rating
- 2018 Regents Computer Programming Apostle Paul Award
- 2017 Regents Latin Simon Peter Award
- Regents Scholar Award
- Get Ready! Summer Internship with City of Austin Communications and Technology Management Department
- IT Consultant at Sigma Information Group
- IT Consultant at ITFreedom
- Internship with Sigma Information Group

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Free
    6'2"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free
    6'2"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Free
    6'2"