Thomas Staes

Jonathan Bar-Eli

Individual Medley

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Gennarino Conzemius

Breaststroke/IM

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Liam Cosgrove

Butterfly/Backstroke

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Sam Hendrix

Freestyle/Butterfly

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Tyler Kauth

Backstroke/Freestyle

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Ben LaClair

Freestyle/Backstroke

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Justin Oosterwyk

Butterfly/Freestyle/IM

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Ross Pantano

Backstroke/IM

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Walker Parra

Backstroke/IM

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Ben Puglessi

Butterfly/Backstroke

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Josh Tosoni

Breaststroke/Freestyle

/ Men's Swimming and Diving

Height:
6-3
Weight:
192
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Berlaar, Belgium
High School:
Stedelijk Lyceum Topssport

**2021 BIG EAST CHAMPION IN 200 MEDLEY RELAY**
**2021 ALL-BIG EAST TEAM**
**2020, 2021 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2020-21: Took second in the 200 Breaststroke and third as part of the 200 Medley Relay team at Villanova (3/5)... Placed first in the 200 Breaststroke, second in the 100 Breaststroke, and third in the 200 IM at Seton Hall Senior Day (3/20)... Part of the BIG EAST Champion 200 Medley Relay team at BIG EAST Championships (4/10) and earned points for the Pirates in the 200 Breaststroke with a fifth-place finish.

2019-20: Won the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:02.96 against Rider (10/5)... Took first in both the 100 IM and 100 Medley Relay in the Rutgers Quad-Meet (10/12)... Placed second as part of the 400 Medley Relay team and third in the 100 Free in the Monmouth/Montclair Tri-Meet (10/18)... Earned two first place finishes against Drexel (10/26) with wins in the 200 Breaststroke and 200 Medley Relay which resulted in being named BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week (10/29)... Swam a personal-best time of 56.15 in the 100 Breaststroke at the Patriot Invitational (11/22)... Against Fairfield (1/12), won the 200 Breast and was part of the first place 200 Medley Relay team... Picked up four first place finishes against Delaware (1/18) with wins in the 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 IM and as part of the 200 Medley Relay team... Earned a trio of second place finishes against La Salle (1/25) in the 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke and 200 Medley Relay... Placed second as part of both the 200 and 400 Medley Relay teams in the Georgetown/Providence Tri-Meet (1/31)... Swam a personal-best in the 200 IM with a time of 1:52.97 and took fifth in the 200 Breaststroke with another personal-best time of 2:01.39 at BIG EAST Championships (2/29).

2018-19: Won the 200 Breast with a time of 2:08.83 vs. Fairfield on Jan. 13... Individual winner in the 100 Breast (59.46) at Monmouth on Jan. 17.

Before SHU: Won 61 medals in total at Belgium Championships and Flemish Championships combined, 18 of which are gold medals... Recipient of Most Meritorious Student (of the graduated students at Stedelijk Lyceum Topsport Antwerp)... Son of Ann and Guy.