2022-23 Men's Swimming Roster
Biography
PSAC Individual Competition:
12-Time PSAC Place-Winner
6-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
2021 – 100 Breast (3rd), 200 Breast (3rd), 200 IM (3rd), 400 IM (2nd)
2020 – 200 Free (9th), 100 Breast (7th), 200 Breast (3rd), 200 IM (8th)
2019 – 200 Free (10th), 100 Breast (6th), 200 Breast (3rd), 200 IM (7th)
PSAC Relay Competition:
6-Time PSAC Place-Winner
2-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
2021 – 400 Free (3rd), 800 Free (5th), 400 Medley (3rd)
2020 – 200 Free (6th), 400 Free (6th), 800 Free (5th)
2019 – 200 Free (6th), 400 Free (5th), 800 Free (4th)
School Rankings:
SU record-holder in 200 IM (1:52.30)
2nd in SU history in 200 breaststroke (2:04.72)
3rd in SU history in 100 backstroke (51.58)
3rd in SU history in 100 breaststroke (56.90)
6th in SU history in 100 freestyle (46.53)
6th in SU history in 400 IM (4:06.64)
2020-21 (Junior): Set a school record and recorded six All-PSAC classifications to highlight a sensational third season as a Raider…placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (IM) with a school-record time of 1:52.30 at the PSAC Championships…achieved All-PSAC finishes in all four of his individual swims at the PSAC Championships, placing third in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke and second in the 400-yard IM…moved into second place on the career leaderboard in the 200-yard breaststroke, third place in the 100-yard backstroke (for his starting-block split on the medley relay), third place in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth place in the 400-yard IM…contributed to All-PSAC third-place finishes in the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard medley relay at the conference championships…swam on the fifth-place 800-yard freestyle relay at the conference championships…posted the team’s fastest times of the season in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM…ranked second among Raiders in the 200-yard breaststroke, 100-yard butterfly and 400-yard IM…finished the season positioned among the team’s Top 5 swimmers in nine events.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Contributed four individual scoring performances and three relay scoring performances at the PSAC Championships, including his second consecutive All-PSAC finish in the 200-yard breaststroke…scored in the ‘A’ finals of the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard IM in addition to winning the ‘B’ final of the 200-yard freestyle at the PSAC Championships…had a hand in all three freestyle relays at the PSAC Championships…improved to second in school history in the 200-yard IM with a PR achieved at the Patriot Invitational…recorded a new PR in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Patriot Invitational that ranks fifth in school history…notched a new PR in the 200-yard freestyle at the PSAC Championships that ranks sixth in school history…posted the team’s fastest times in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard IM while ranking second on the squad in the 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke.
2018-19 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact in his debut season by contributing four individual scoring performances and with three relay scoring performances at the PSAC Championships…reached three ‘A’ finals, achieving an All-PSAC finish in the 200 breaststroke with a third-place swim…finished sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke and seventh in the 200-yard IM…placed 10th in the 200-yard freestyle…contributed 48 points through his individual swims at the conference championships, with all four events providing new lifetime bests and three of them landing on SU's all-time Top 10 lists for the specific event…had a hand in all three of the team’s freestyle relays at the conference meet…served as the team’s season pacesetter in the 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM while ranking second in the 50 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 freestyle.
West Springfield High School: Earned four varsity letters for the Spartans under head coach Kristy Kellogg…competed at the club level with Mason Makos under coach Peter Ward…named MVP as a senior…was a two-year captain…finished second with his team’s 200-yard freestyle relay and seventh individually in the 100-yard freestyle at the Virginia State Championships as a senior…contributed to a second-place finish with his team’s 400-yard freestyle relay at the state championships as a junior, anchoring with a 45.8-second split…played a role on state qualifying teams and regional teams in his final three seasons…part of school-record squad in 400 freestyle relay…placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.52) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:09.24) and tenth in the 50-yard freestyle (21.70) at the Sport Fair Winter Classic…notched a 17th-place finish in the 100 IM (53.56) and a 29th-place finish in the 100 free (47.35) at the 2018 TYR ISCA Junior National Championship Cup…contributed to club records with Makos in 200 and 400 medley relay and as a sophomore in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke.
About Hale: Full name is Andrew Ronald Hale…is the son of Daniel and Michelle Hale...majoring in history and seeking social studies teaching certification while seeking minors in coaching and exercise science.