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2009-10 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Eric Prendergast

  • Position Sprint Free/IM
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lansdale, Penn.
  • Highschool LaSalle College HS

Biography

2008-09: Recorded the second best 200 IM (1:54.56) at Fordham, as well as the third best 200 butterfly (2:05.45) and 100 IM (57.57)... Second-Team All Atlantic 10 Performer with the 200 and 400 freestyle relays... Also helped break school records at the Atlantic 10 Championships in the 200 (1.22.21) and 400 freestyle relays (3:01.54)... Scored points at the A-10 Championships in the seventh-place finishing 800 freestyle relay (6:54.69), while individually scoring by finishing ninth in the 400 IM (4:07.55), tenth in the 100 freestyle (46.50) and 11th in the 200 IM (1:54.56)... Finished second in the 100 freestyle (49.65) versus St. Francis... Member of the first-place 400 freestyle relay (3:08.49) in the tri-meet against Boston College and Williams... Swam a leg in the 400 freestyle relay (3:16.42) that finished first against Duquesne... Helped the 200 freestyle (1:26.15) and 400 medley relays (3:39.49) to third-place finishes at the 2008 Super Splash Invitational... Member of the second-place 400 freestyle relay (3:17.82) at Stony Brook... Swam a leg in the first-place 200 freestyle relay (1:30.36) at St. Peter's... Finished second in the 200 IM (2:00.45) against Marist, while helping the 400 freestyle relay (3:16.19) to a second-place finish... Competed in the 200 freestyle (1:27.56), 400 freestyle (3:16.91) and 200 medley relays (1:38.21) that each took first place at the Sony Werblin Invitational.

2007-08: Turned in the fastest 200 (1:56.29) and 400 IM (4:11.04) times at Fordham as well as the second best 100 free time (47.22)...Excelled at the Atlantic 10 Championships, scoring in the 200 IM (11th - 1:56.29), the 400 IM (14th - 4:14.46) and 100 free (16th - 47.31)... A member of the school record-setting 800 free relay which took sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championships (6:52.42)... Also a part of the sixth-place 400 yard free relay (3:06.83) and eighth-place 200 free relay (1:26.38) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Won the 50 (22.26) and 200 free (1:47.94) at the St. Francis dual meet... Won the 200 IM and took third in the 50 free (22.21) vs. UMass (2:02.04)... Took first as a member of the 400 free relay (3:14.69) and placed third in both the 100 free (49.23) and 200 IM (2:02.07) vs. La Salle.

2006-07: Registered the teams fastest 400 IM (4:14.47) and third best 200 IM (2:01.31) time...Finished 15th in the 400 IM at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Championships...Won the 500 free and placed third in the 1000 free in the Saint Peter's dual meet...Took second in the 200 IM in the St. Francis dual meet.

Before Fordham: Member of both the swimming and water polo teams at LaSalle College High School...Served as team captain for both sports...PCL finalist and an Easterns consolation finalist...Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: An International Political Economy major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Freshman

    Sprint Free/IM
    6'3"
  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Sprint Free/IM
  • 2008-09Junior

    Sprint Free/IM
  • 2009-10Senior

    Sprint Free/IM