2012-13 Men's Swimming and Diving

West Cuthbert

  • Weight 0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Petersburg, Va.
  • Highschool Collegiate

Biography

2011-2012(Sophomore): 1000-yard freestyle: Finished18th at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championshipswith a time of 9:27.98… Best finish in the event was againstCornell, second with a time of 9:46.48… 200-yardfreestyle: Finished 23rd at the Ivy LeagueSwimming and Diving Championships with a time of 1:41.24…Fastest time was 1:41.01 in the prelims at Ivy’s… Bestfinish in the event was against UMass, third with a time of1:44.18… 500-yard freestyle: Finished31st at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championshipswith a time of 4:36.01… Finished second against UMass with atime of 4:42.96… Finished second against Brown with a timeof 4:49.60… 1650-yard freestyle: Finishedseventh at Boston University’s Terrier Invitational with atime of 16:26.84.

2010-2011(Freshman): 1650-yard freestyle: 13th atIvy League Championships (15:51.17)... 8th at HYP (15:47.69)... 8that Terrier Invitational (16:21.35)... 1000-yardfreestyle: 24th at Ivy League Championships (9:39.55)...6th vs. Penn/Dartmouth (9:44.05)... 3rd vs. UMass (9:44.15)... 4thvs. Columbia (9:44.72)... 500-yard freestyle: 22ndat Ivy League Championships... 3rd vs. Brown (4:38.77)...7th at HYP(4:34.13)... 6th vs. Penn/Dartmouth (4:43.99)... 4th vs. Cornell(4:44.62)… 4th vs. UMass (4:49.35)... 6th at TerrierInvitational (4:42.18)... 5th vs. Columbia (4:43.77)...200-yard freestyle: 5th at Terrier Invitational(1:44.05)... 3rd vs. Cornell (1:44.50)... 7th vs. Penn/Dartmouth(1:45.57)...4th at HYP (1:40.33)... 4th vs. UConn (1:42.06)... 3rdvs. Brown (1:41.11). 

Before Yale:Five time letterman at Collegiate… Captain senioryear… Helped team to three State Championships... RichmondAll-Metro Team in the 500, 1000 and 1650… Nine-time PrepLeague Champion… Seven time All State… Three time AllAmerican… Member of Nova of Virginia Aquatics’ twotime NCSA Junior National Championship winning team… JuniorNationals and Nationals qualifier… USA Swimming ScholasticAll-American…National AP Scholar… National MeritCommended… Cum Laude Society… Perrow Senior HistoryAward Recipient.

Personal:Member of Silliman College… Plans to pursue a double majorin economics and political science… Coaches summer leagueswimming at Avalon Recreation Association… Interests includehistory, reading and skiing… Father, Nat, is a physician andattended Yale… Mother, Bridget, is a registerednurse… Has three younger siblings: Maggie, Andy, andSam.

Why Yale:“Yale was everything I was looking for both academicallyand athletically.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11First Year

    Freestyle/Butterfly
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    Freestyle/Butterfly
  • 2012-13Junior

    Freestyle/Butterfly