2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Marcus Hodgson

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Riverside, Conn.
  • Highschool Brunswick School

Biography

2022-23:
  • Won the 50 freestyle and placed second in the 100 butterfly versus Brown
  • Won the 50 freestyle and placed third in the 100 butterfly versus Columbia
  • Placed second in the 200 breaststroke and third in the 200 freestyle versus Southern Connecticut 
  • Placed third in the 50 freestyle and in the 100 butterfly versus Cornell
  • Won the 50 freestyle and placed third in the 100 butterfly in the Penn-Dartmouth meet
  • Competed in the 200 medley relay team that took first in the Penn-Dartmouth meet
  • Placed eighth in the 100 butterfly and ninth in the 50 freestyle in the HYP meet
  • Competed in the 200 freestyle relay team that placed second in the HYP meet 
  • Placed sixth in the 50 freestyle and in the 100 butterfly in the Ivy Championship 
  • Competed in the 400 freestyle relay team that took second in the Ivy Championship 
2021-22:
  • Placed third in the 50 freestyle and fourth in the 100 butterfly versus Columbia
  • Placed sixth in the 50 freestyle and seventh in the 100 freestyle versus Brown
  • Placed second in the 200 and 500 freestyle versus Southern Connecticut
  • Placed second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly in the Penn-Dartmouth meet 
  • Placed second in the 50 freestyle and fourth in the 100 butterfly versus Cornell
  • Placed third in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 50 freestyle in the HYP meet
  • Competed in the 200 medley relay team that set a new school record with a time of 1:26.73 placing fourth in the Ivy Championship 
  • Competed in the 400 freestyle relay team that placed third in the Ivy Championship 
2020-21:
  • Season canceled due to pandemic
Before Yale:
  • A 15-time All-American at the Brunswick School
  • Two-time NEPSAC champion
  • Eastern Interscholastic champion
  • National record holder as part of the 400 freestyle relay (SCM)
  • AP Scholar and National Merit Scholarship Program
  • Part of three NEPSAC Championship teams at Brunswick
  • YMCA national champion with Greenwich YMCA Marlins
  • Junior National A finalist and U.S. Open qualifier.
Personal: Traveled to different places throughout the year with the Boys and Girls Club, Audubon Nature Preserve and Horizons programs… Participated in Swim Across America fundraiser… Father rowed at Drexel University.
 
Why Yale? “Because of the strong connection I felt between the coaches and the teammates. Its community was incredibly welcoming and warmhearted during my visits to campus. Out of all the colleges that I visited, Yale felt most like home."

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    6'3"

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    6'3"

  • 2022-23Junior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    6'3"

  • 2023-24Senior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    6'3"