2011-12 (Sophomore): Finished sixth in the 400 Yard Freestlye Relay (3:24.56)and sixth in the 200 Yard Butterfly (2:05.95) against Boston University (10/15). 2010-11 (Freshman): Finished eleventh in the 1650 free (16:22.66) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/23-26) ... Took third place in 500 freestyle (4:53.81) vs. Fordham (2/5)... Placed fourth in 1000 freestyle (9:43.37) and the 400 freestyle relay (3:12.15), helped finish in thrid in 800 freestyle relay (7:01.50), took fifth place in (4:45.87)at Dartmouth's invitational (1/28)...Finished third in both the 200 freestyle (1:48.84)and 500 freestyle (5:59.98) vs BC (1/21)... Placed sixth in the 400 yard IM (4:28.63), finished eighth in 200 yard freestyle (2:05.94), and helped place eighth in the 500 yard free relay (4:29.70) at Binghamton (11/6) ... Took second in the 200 backstroke (2:02.51) and helped the 200 medley relay team to a fourth place finish (1:43.41) and the 200 free relay team to a third place finish (1:30.69) against Stony Brook (10/30) ... Finished fifth in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:15.52) and sixth in 200 freestyle relay (22.67) against Army (10/23) ... Finished fifth in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:12.53) against Boston University (10/16). Before UMass: Swam under head coach Mark Stierle at Longmeadow High School ... Was named captain during senior year ... Recieved All-Scholastic honors all four years ... Owns three high school records in the 50 free (21.95), 100 free (47.44) and 200 free relay also claims a Western Mass record in the 500 free (4:40.04). Personal: Matthew John Grippo ... Born on March 3, 1992 ... Son of John and Violetta Grippo ... Brother of James and Michael. |
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