2011-12 Men's Swimming

Brad Harder

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Redding, Conn.
  • High School:
    Joel Barlow

Summary

Biography

2011-12: Three-year letterwinner ... will serveas a team captain during senior campaign ... currently holds aW&L All-Time Top 10 performance in the 200 back (1:56.04)

2010-11: Swam at the Bluegrass MountainConference Championships, finishing 13th in the 200 back (1:57.67)and 19th in the 100 back (54.19) ... finished third with a time of2:05.73 in the 200 IM during a dual meet at Johns Hopkins (1/29)... swam to a third-place finish in the 100 breast (1:03.97) duringa dual meet with Gettysburg (1/15).

2009-10: Took fourth in the 200 back againstJohns Hopkins (1/30) ... finished second in the 100 breast atCatholic (1/23) ... helped the 200 medley relay squad to asecond-place finish while swimming to a third-place finish in the100 back against Gettysburg (1/16) ... recorded a seventh-placefinish in the 100 back at Carnegie Mellon (11/21) ... finished inthe top spot in the 100 back and second in the 200 back againstTransylvania (10/31) ... took the second spot in the 100 breastagainst Centre (10/17) ... helped the 200 medley relay to athird-place finish while also finishing sixth in the 200 freeagainst Mary Washington (10/16).

2008-09: Claimed the 100 back in a dual-meetagainst Centre and DePauw (11/1) … member of the 200 medleyrelay team that placed first in a meet against Transylvania (10/31)… won the 100 back in a meet against Mary Washington (10/18)… also a member of the 400 free relay that finished first inthe meet against Mary Washington.

High School: Was a two-year letterwinner inswimming at Joel Barlow ... helped lead the Wahoos to a pair ofconference titles ... named to the Connecticut Scholar-AthleteSwimming Team ... was the class president all four years of highschool.

Personal: Serves on the executive committee for"23" and is a member of the University Athletic Committee ...brother, Brent, played rugby at neighboring VMI ... father,Brenton, also played rugby at VMI ... recipient of the prestigiousJohnson Scholarship ... W&L Scholar-Athlete ... English andpolitics double-major with a minor in writing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2010-11Junior

    6'3"
  • 2011-12Senior

    6'3"