2012-2013 Men's Swimming Roster

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Ryan Hannon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Blackwood, N.J.
  • Events Back/Free/IM
  • High School Highland Regional
  • Height 5-11
  • Major Industrial Engineering

Biography

2012-13 (Senior): Three-time team captain swam to five new personal records while finishing 10th at the MAC Championships in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke...Won 75% (9-of-12) of the backstroke races he competed in during the regular season...Started the season with wins in the backstroke in six straight meets...Picked up a trio of wins in the 200-meter free, 100m back and 200m medley relay at Lebanon Valley Nov. 20...Set a new personal standard in the 200 free with a 1:57.07 at Washington (Md.) Jan. 23...Saved his best for last in his marquee events, claiming new career-fast times in the 100 back (56.69) and 200 back (2:07.02) at the MAC Championships.

2011-12 (Junior): Led Elizabethtown in the backstroke and clocked top 15 times within the MAC in the 100 and 200 back for the second straight season...Lowered times in the 100 and 200 back, swimming a season-best 56.76 in the 100 at the MAC Championships...Earned two more All-MAC Second Team honors with sixth-place finishes in the 200 and 400 medley relays at the MAC Championships...Turned in eighth-place finishes in the 100 and 200 back at the MAC Championships...His 56.76 in the 100 back ranked 12th in the conference, and his 2:07.05 in the 200 back, 15th...Ranked third on the team in the 200 free (1:59.70) and the 500 free (5:49.69)...Swam a leg on the blue and gray's top 200 and 400 medley relay teams, as well as the 800 free relay team...Six-time backstroke winner in 10 regular season meets...Won the 200 free and 100 back against Arcadia Nov. 5...Captained the team for the second year in a row.

2010-11 (Sophomore): Chosen as captain and had a breakout season...Tallied four all-conference performances, two individual finals appearances at the MAC Championships and four career-best times...All-MAC Second Team finisher with the 200- and 400-yard freestyle and medley relay teams...Only Blue Jay male swimmer to qualify for an 'A Final' at the MAC Championships, where he finished eighth in the 100 back...Made the 'B Final' in the 200 back at the MAC Championships Feb. 13, finishing 11th...Held top times in the 100 and 200 back on the team...Fastest mark of 57.72 in the 100 back ranked 13th in the conference...Season-best 2:09.54 in the 200 back was 14th quickest within the MAC...Laid down two career-best times at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational Dec. 4-5, swimming 24.74 in the 50 free and 5:37.33 in the 500 free, respectively...Earlier in the season, Hannon collected the fastest 100 free (53.42) and 1000 free (11:41.12) times of his career...Began the season with individual wins in five straight meets...Won five backstroke races between Nov. 6-23...Swept the 100 and 200 back against Lycoming Nov. 13...1000 free winner against Messiah Nov. 10...Part of multiple relay wins at Arcadia Nov. 6, and against Lycoming Nov. 13.

2009-10 (Freshman): Owned the fastest 500- and 1000-yard freestyle times on the team as a freshman...Turned in his first all-conference performance when he was named Second Team with the 400 free relay team at the MAC Championships Feb. 14...Claimed a pair of individual victories (1000 free and 200 back) in his first collegiate meet, Nov. 7, against Arcadia...Went on to sweep those same events at King's (Pa.) on Nov. 18...Swam on winning 200 medley relay teams Nov. 7 against Arcadia and Nov. 24 against Lebanon Valley...Held the team's best 500 free time (5:41.31) by nearly a minute, and the top 1000 free time (11:50.08) by almost 30 seconds.

High School: Member of the swimming and golf teams at Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, N.J...First Team All-Tri-County Conference in the 100-yard backstroke as a senior...Swam a leg on school's all-conference 200 medley relay team...Seven-time varsity letterwinner...Coached by Thomas Gratton and Chelsea Robinson...Special Olympics volunteer.

Personal: Born Sept. 9, 1991...Son of Lewis and Peggy Hannon...Has a younger sister, Kymberlee...Elizabethtown Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) member...Industrial engineering management major.


TOP TIMES

2012-13 (Senior)
50 free: 25.52 - 1/19/13 at Widener
200 free: 1:57.07 - 1/23/13 at Washington (Md.)
100 back: 56.69 - 2/8/13 at MAC Championships
200 back: 2:07.02 - 2/10/13 at MAC Championships
100 fly: 1:05.36 - 11/10/12 vs. Lycoming
200 IM: 2:14.78 - 2/8/13 at MAC Championships

2011-12 (Junior)
200 free: 1:59.70 - 11/22/11 vs. Lebanon Valley
500 free: 5:49.69 - 1/21/12 vs. Widener
100 back: 56.76 - 2/10/12 at MAC Championships
200 back: 2:07.05 - 2/10/12 at MAC Championships
200 IM: 2:21.47 - 11/19/11 vs. FDU-Florham
400 IM: 5:06.81 - 2/10/12 at MAC Championships

2010-11 (Sophomore)
50 free: 24.74 - 12/4/10 at Franklin & Marshall Invitational
100 free: 53.42 - 11/13/10 vs. Lycoming
200 free: 1:58.11 (c) - 11/23/10 at Lebanon Valley
500 free: 5:37.33 - 12/4/10 at Franklin & Marshall Invitational
1000 free: 11:41.42 - 11/10/10 vs. Messiah
100 back: 57.72 - 2/11/11 at MAC Championships
200 back: 2:09.54 - 2/11/11 at MAC Championships
200 IM: 2:23.19 - 1/22/11 at Widener

2009-10 (Freshman)
50 free: 25.55 - 11/21/09 vs. FDU-Florham
100 free: 55.41 - 1/27/10 vs. McDaniel
500 free: 5:41.31 - 11/14/09 at Lycoming
1000 free: 11:50.08 - 11/24/09 vs. Lebanon Valley
100 back: 1:00.56 - 11/21/09 vs. FDU-Florham
200 back: 2:17.10 - 11/7/09 vs. Arcadia
200 IM: 2:22.14 - 11/11/09 at Messiah

(c) - Time converted from meters-to-yards

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-2010Freshman

    Backstroke/Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'11" 185 lbs
  • C

    2010-2011Sophomore

    Backstroke/Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'11" 185 lbs
    C
  • C

    2011-2012Junior

    Backstroke/Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'11" 185 lbs
    C
  • C

    2012-2013Senior

    Backstroke/Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'11" 185 lbs
    C