2017-18 Men's Swimming and Diving

Matt Coetzee

  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kloof, South Africa
  • Highschool Kloof

Biography

Best Times:  100 Breast:  58.83         200 Breast: 2:08.29

Club:  Aquazone Swim Club           Coach: Angela Marlton


2017-2018 (Senior): 100-yard breaststroke: Season best time of 58.93 at Harvard vs. Princeton… Third place vs. Southern Connecticut.

2016-2017 (Junior): 100-yard breaststroke: Season best time of 59.47 vs. Harvard and Princeton… 200-yard breaststroke: Season best time of 2:09.70 vs. Harvard and Princeton… 200-yard IM: Season best time of 2:02.41 vs. Harvard and Princeton.

2015-2016 (Sophomore):100-yard breaststroke: Personal best time of 58.83 vs. Harvard and Princeton... 200-yard breaststroke: 11th place vs. Boston University and the University of Connecticut.

2014-2015 (First Year): 100-yard breaststroke: 35th place at Bucknell Invitational... Season best time of 59.47 in fourth-place finish vs. Brown... 200-yard breaststroke:  26th place at Bucknell Invitational.

Before Yale: Member of the South African Senior National Team in 2013 and 2014... 2012 Olympic Trials Qualifier... Top ranked senior swimmer on Aquazone...Kloof High School swim team captain senior year, vice captain junior year... Swim team won Durban ''n Districts three years in a row...Also was captain of the adventure racing team (fourth place at 2011 South African National Championships) and a member of the water polo and hockey teams.

Personal: Played piano and clarinet with KZN Youth Orchestra... Volunteers at Sithembakuye orphanage and as a peer tutor.

Why I Chose Yale: "Yale''s global reputation for developing leaders as well as the significant opportunities on offer, in every sphere of life, made it my top choice."

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15First Year

    Breaststroke
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breaststroke
  • 2016-17Junior

    Breaststroke
  • 2017-18Senior

    Breaststroke