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Saint Michael's College Purple Knights

Upcoming Events and Recent Results

2024-25 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jim Laskarzewski '86

Brendan Hopping

  • Year Senior
  • Events Back, Distance Free
  • Hometown Ipswich, Mass.
  • High School Ipswich

Biography

Academic Honors

  • Spring 2024 NE10 Academic Honor Roll
  • Fall 2023 NE10 Academic Honor Roll
  • Spring 2023 NE10 Academic Honor Roll
  • Fall 2022 NE10 Academic Honor Roll
  • Fall 2021 NE10 Academic Honor Roll

As a Senior (2023-24)

  • Fastest 200 backstroke: 2:09.19 at NE10 Championship, 2/18/24
  • Fastest 100 breaststroke: 1:02.50 at NE10 Championship, 2/17/24
  • Fastest 200 breaststroke: 2:19.44 at NE10 Championship, 2/18/24
  • Fastest 200 IM: 2:16.04 at NE10 Championship, 2/16/24

As a Junior (2022-23)

  • Fastest 100 backstroke: 1:01.90 at NE10 Championship, 2/11/23
  • Fastest 200 backstroke: 2:10.38 at NE10 Championship, 2/12/23
  • Fastest 1,000 freestyle: 11:10.49 at NE10 Championship, 2/9/23
  • Earned team's Most Improved Award

As a Sophomore (2021-22)

  • Fastest 100 backstroke: 1:02.66 at NE10 Championship, 2/19/22
  • Fastest 200 backstroke: 2:13.36 at NE10 Championship, 2/20/22
  • Fastest 1,000 freestyle: 11:22.23 at NE10 Championship, 2/17/22

As a Freshman (2020-21)

  • 2020-21 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

High School: Competed in four years of varsity swimming & diving at Ipswich High School ... Salem News All-Star as sophomore, junior and senior ... Cape Ann League All-Star as sophomore and senior ... podiumed at Cape Ann League Championship four times, including winning 100-yard backstroke title as sophomore ... senior captain ... member of National Honor Society, Jazz Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Ipswich High Symphony Orchestra and Ipswich High Robotics Team 5459.

Personal: Brendan Theodore Hopping ... son of Barry and Kathy Hopping ... information systems major, business administration and art & design double minor ... Dean's List student ... member of concert band, jazz band, Gaming Club, and Go Baby Go.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    Free
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance Free, Back
  • 2024-25Senior

    Back, Distance Free