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2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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  • Free
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Miskolc, Hungary
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • Zrinyi Ilona High School
    High School
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Gracie Withers/George Mason Univ.
Attila Kiss
Attila Kiss
Free
Position
Senior
Class
Miskolc, Hungary
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Performance History

HONORS:

  • Spring 2017 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2017-2018 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2018-2019 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2018-2019 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference
  • 2019-2020 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2019-20:  Recorded 13 top-three performances, with six individual first-place finishes, five individual second-place finishes and two individual third-place finishes during the season…Second on the team with six first-place finishes, was second on the squad with five second-place finishes and ranked third on the team with 107 points…Won the bronze medal in the 500-yard freestyle (4:26.01), placed fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:42.21) and was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.28), all season-best times, at the 2020 Atlantic 10 Championships help in Geneva, Ohio Feb. 19-22…Placed second in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:36.28) and 1000-yard freestyle with a season-best time (9:37.99) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion Jan. 25…Touched the wall second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.78) and placed third in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:41.27)vs. UMBC Jan. 18…Placed third in the 400-yard IM with a season-best time (4:00.32), was fifth in both the 200-yard IM (1:52.78) and 1650-yard freestyle (15:48.68) and placed 28th in the 100-yard freestyle (46.82) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 21-23…Took the top spot on the podium in all three of his events, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.52), 500-yard freestyle (4:35.62) and 1650-yard freestyle (16:09.66) vs. La Salle at the Atlantic 10 Classic Nov. 2-3…Won both the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.69) and 1650-yard freestyle (16:24.55), placed fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.86) and was seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.06) vs. Davidson at the Richmond Duals Oct. 18-19…Began the season with first-place finishes in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.75) and 1000-yard freestyle (9:41.22) and places second in the 400-yard IM (4:16.56) at Delaware Oct. 5.

2018-19:  Recorded nine individual first place, two individual second place and five individual third place finishes during the season…Led the team with nine first-place finishes during 2018-19 season…Selected to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team…Won the bronze in the 500-yard freestyle (4:26.08), a personal-best time, was fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:42.85) and 12th in the 400-yard IM (4:01.09) at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Championships Feb. 20-23…Took third place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.23), fourth place in the 1650-yard freestyle (16:14.59) and sixth place in the 400-yard IM (4:24.51) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion on Jan. 19…Finished third in the 400-yard IM (4:03.60), eighth in the 1650-yard freestyle (16:13.75), tenth in the 200-yard IM (1:53.74) and 23rd in the 200-yard butterfly (1:56.82) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 15-17…Tallied first place finishes in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.55) and the 1650-yard freestyle (16:26.27), while placing fifth in the 400-yard IM (4:10.73) and an eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.76) at the Atlantic 10 Classic Oct. 27-28…Won three events, taking the top spot on the podium in the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.31), the 1650-yard freestyle (16:07.99) and the 400-yard IM (4:07.05) while placing second in the 200-yard IM (1:56.76) at the Richmond Duals Oct. 20-21…Won three events, placing first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:35.57), the 1000-yard freestyle (9:32.18) and the 400-yard IM (4:08.95) vs. Delaware on Oct. 13.

2017-18:  Recorded five individual first place, seven individual second place and one individual third place finish during the season…Finished fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:47.36), eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.56) and 15th in the 400-yard IM (4:01.05) Feb. 14-17 at the Atlantic 10 Championships…Placed second in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:38.93) and 1000-yard freestyle (9:48.63), was fourth in the 400-yard IM (4:11.48) and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (55.95) Jan. 26-27 at Liberty and VMI…Touched the wall second in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:39.32) and finished fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:42.95) Jan. 20 vs. Army, American and Boston University…Placed 36th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.47) Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the USA Swimming Winter National Championships in Columbus, Ohio…Won the 500-yard freestyle (4:32.44), placed third in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:51.88), fifth in the 400-yard IM (4:03.85) and 16th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.60) Nov. 16-18 at the Patriot Invitational…Swam in seven events at the Atlantic 10 Classic Oct. 28-29, claiming the top spot on the podium in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:38.22) and 1650-yard freestyle (16:16.43) and placed fourth in the 400-yard IM (4:07.99), fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.63) and eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.17)…Won the 1650-yard freestyle (16:01.01), placed second in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.44) and 400-yard IM (4:08.96), finished sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.60) Oct. 20-21 at the Richmond Duals…Began the season with a win in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:38.77), while finishing second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.96) and fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.44) Oct. 14 at Delaware.

2016-17:  Recorded six individual first place, seven individual second place and five individual third place finishes during the season…Placed fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:35.66), sixth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:28.88) and 12th in the 400-yard IM (4:00.55), all season-best times,  Feb. 15-18 at the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championships…Finished fourth in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:36.83), sixth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:45.06) and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.15) Jan. 21 vs. Army and Boston University…Took second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.04), third in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:47.75) and sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.87) Jan. 16 vs. La Salle…Registered second place finishes in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.43) and 1650-yard freestyle (16:07.69) and finished third in the 400-yard IM (4:14.62) Jan. 14 vs. George Washington…Named men's Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com on Nov. 22 for his performance in the Patriot Invitational...Won the 500-yard freestyle (4:29.70), finished second in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:47.32), placed sixth in the 400-yard IM (4:03.36) and was 15th in the 200-yard freestyle with a season-best time (1:42.85) Nov. 17-19 at the Patriot Invitational…Named Atlantic 10 men's Rookie of the Week for the third straight week Nov. 8...Made the podium with a first place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:55.18) and a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.68), while placing fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.93) Nov. 4-5 vs. Northeastern and Towson…Named Atlantic 10 men's Rookie of the Week for the second straight week Oct. 25...Finished first in the both the 1650-yard freestyle (15:57.91) and 500-yard freestyle (4:37.68) and touched the wall third in both the 400-yard IM (4:09.86) and 200-yard freestyle (1:44.69) Oct. 21-22 at the Richmond Duals…Named Atlantic 10 men's Rookie of the Week after earning the top spot on the podium in the 500-yard freestyle (4:38.05) and finishing second in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.55) and 1000-yard freestyle with a season-best time (9:33.99) Oct. 15 vs. Delaware…Was first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.71), fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.33) and 10th in the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.51) Oct. 7 vs. Navy and UMBC.

Prep:  Won World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship in 2014 as part of the 3K team race and placed seventh in the 7.5K individual race…Received Athlete of the Year award in 2015…Excellent Student and Excellent Sportsman Award in 2014…Best time of 3:58.87 in the 400 LCM freestyle, 8:18.48 in the 800 LCM freestyle and 15:39.35 in the 1500 LCM freestyle…Three top-three finishes in Hungarian Age Group Championships.

Personal:  Son of Nora and Attila Kiss…Has one sister, Lilla…Also considered East Carolina…Hobbies include water sports and video games…Economics major.

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