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2024-2025 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Ryan Kappes

  • Position Backstroke/Freestyle
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown North Brunswick, NJ
  • High School North Brunswick
  • Custom1 Raritan Valley YMCA

Biography

2024-25 SEASON: Placed 10th in the 200 back (1:53.05), 13th in the 400 IM (4:08.38), and 15th in the 500 free (4:42.53) at the NJAC Championships… Touched the wall first in the 1000 free (10:08.05), fourth in the 200 back (2:02.15), and fifth in the 200 IM (2:05.26) against TCNJ… Won the 1000 free with a time of 10:24.87 versus the College of Staten Island… Earned a first-place finish in the 1000 free (10:25.13) at Kutztown… Collected two second-place finishes in the 1650 free (16:45.18) and 400 IM (4:17.07) to go along with a fifth-place finish in the 500 free (4:45.50) at the Gettysburg Invitational… Placed second in the 100 back (55.51) and in the 200 IM (2:08.27) and placed third in the 500 free (5:12.52) at Stevens

2023-24 SEASON: Set school-record in the 400-IM (4:09.42) at the NJAC Championships...second in the 200-back (2:03.99) and 1,000-free (10:38.47) against Stevens...second in the 200-back (2:00.73), third in 1,000-free (10:20.9), and fifth in 500-free (5:09.04) against Drew...notched wins in 500-free (4:59.35) and 1,000-free (10:27.22) against CSI...first-place times in the 200-back (2:02.92) and 1,000-free (10:28.26) against Saint Peters...won 1,650-free (17:11.62) against William Paterson...eighth in the 400-IM (4:12.09) and 15th in 200-back (1:55.99) and 500-free (4:47.14) at NJAC Championships.

2022-23 SEASON: Honorable Mention All-NJAC in 800-freestyle relay (7:10.54) and 200-medley relay (1:34.07)...finished sixth in 1,650-freestyle (16:31.76) and 11th in the 500-free (4:44.1) and 100-back (52.69) at the Metropolitan Championships...notched a win in the 200-free (1:48.16) against FDU-Florham on January 17...tallied a win in the 200-free (1:48.99) and 500-free (4:57.25) against Staten Island on Dec. 10...finished seventh in 1,650-free (16:54.53) at Franklin & Marshall Invitational...posted top-3 times in the 500-freestyle (5:01.43), 200-back (2:02.41) and first-place in the 1,000-free (10:13.36)...registered wins in the 500-free (5:05.43) and 1,000-free (10:22.95) against Ramapo on October 15.

2021-22 SEASON: Honorable Mention All-NJAC in 400-freestyle relay (3:12.01)...took second in the 1,000-freestyle (10:16.31) against Vassar...won the 200-freestyle (10:15.86) against Rowan...placed 16th in 500-freestyle (4:54.71) and sixth in 1,650-freestyle (17:08.54) at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational...notched a victory in the 1,000-freestyle (10:18.74) in victory over Staten Island...won both the 1,000 (10:18.84) and 500-free (4:58.27) in victory over Ramapo...placed fifth in the 1,650-free (16:22.11) and eighth in 500-free (4:44.5) at Metropolitan Championships.

2020-21 SEASON: NJAC Rookie of the Week...won the 200-medley relay (1:41.33) and 500-freestyle (4:58.64) against Ramapo and William Paterson...placed second in the  1,650-freestyle (17:00.1), third in 500-freestyle (4:53.01) and 200-backstroke (2:00.32) against TCNJ.

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