2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Danielle Whaley / Villanova Athletics
Kostas Lymperopoulos
Danielle Whaley / Villanova Athletics
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Gavin Baker / Sideline Photos

Jake McIntyre

  • Class Senior
  • Position Free/Back
  • Hometown Essex, Vt.
  • Highschool Essex

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 Free 22.05 High School
100 Free 48.52 WVU Invitational (11.20.2021)
200 Free 1:39.85 BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2022)
500 Free 4:25.58 BIG EAST Championships (2.24.2022)
1000 Free (extracted) 9:27.02 BIG EAST Championships (4.10.2021)
1000 Free 9:12.19 La Salle (11.22.2021)
1650 Free 15:09.67 BIG EAST Championships (2.26.2022)
100 Back 52.73 High School
200 Back 1:51.77 High School
100 Breast 1:07.19 High School
200 Breast 2:13.79 High School
100 Fly 52.55 High School
200 Fly 2:08.98 High School
200 IM 1:54.62 High School
400 IM 4:14.90 High School
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2022-23 (Senior)
All-BIG EAST 1650 Yard Freestyle
2021-22 (Junior)
All-BIG EAST 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 1650 Yard Freestyle
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week January 18
2020-21 (Sophomore)
All-BIG EAST 1650 Yard Freestyle
All-BIG EAST 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (Anchor)
2019-20 (Freshman)
BIG EAST Champion 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (2nd Leg) - 6:36.55 (1:39.67 split)
All-BIG EAST 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (2nd Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

Villanova Career: Program-record holder in the 1000 Free and 1650 Free with five of the program’s top-10 1000 Free times and six of the 10 best in the 1650 Free … Owns nine career top-eight individual finishes at the BIG EAST Championships … His best finish is second place in the 1650 Free as a sophomore and a junior … Has been a BIG EAST champion in the 800 yard freestyle relay and a six-time All-BIG EAST performer with all-conference honors three times in both the 800 Free Relay and 1650 Free … Key contributor to the team in the distance freestyle events … Two-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and is a four-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2022-23: BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Bronze medalist in the 1650 Free (15:18.08); West Virginia (1/28): Touched third in the 500 Free (4:44.82); Penn State (1/27): Tied for first in the 500 Free (4:29.60) and was third in the 1000 Free (9:47.90); Providence (1/14): Touched second in the 200 Free (1:45.97); La Salle (11/22): Finished second in the 1000 Free (9:46.94); WVU Invitational (11/17-19): Won the 1650 Free (15:20.52); Penn (11/9): Posted a second-place showing in the 500 Free (4:41.94): NJIT (11/5): Finished second in the 1000 Free (9:56.44) and third in the 500 Free (4:42.21); Georgetown (10/29): Runner-up in the 1000 Free (9:42.05).
 
2021-22: BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Earned All-BIG EAST status in two events for a second consecutive season with silver swims in the 1650 Free and the 800 Free Relay … Reset the program record with his performance in the 1650 Free with a time of 15:09.67 … Was the third leg of the 800 Free Relay team that recorded the fastest time in Villanova history at 6:35.22, swimming to a 1:38.21 split … Posted a fourth-place time in the 500 free at 4:25.86 after landing in the championship final with a personal-best time in the prelims at 4:25.58 … Also scored points for the Wildcats with a ninth-place showing in the 200 Free at the conference meet with a time of 1:39.98; Penn State (1/28): Finished as high as third individually in the 500 Free, touching in 4:43.27 to be the fastest Wildcat in that race; West Virginia (1/22): Turned in a third-place 4:45.32 performance in the 500 Free; Pittsburgh (1/20): Won the 1000 Free, touching in 9:40.86 and was second in the 500 Free at 4:39.84; Providence (1/15): Took first in both the 800 Free and 400 Free with times of 8:38.27 and 4:08.28, respectively … He did not finish lower than third in that meet with the Friars, touching third in the 200 Free at 1:56.80; La Salle (11/23): Posted the winning times in the 1000 Free (9:12.19, pool best) and 500 Free (4:40.44); WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Reset his personal best in the 100 Free with a 48.52 performance in the 400 Free Relay … Also won the 1650 Free in the event hosted by the Mountaineers with a time of 15:30.20 while going second in the 500 Free (4:32.77); Penn (11/10): Touched the wall with a winning time of 4:39.97 in the 500 Free; NJIT (11/5): Was the victor in both the 1000 Free (9:48.91) and 500 Free (4:40.83) and finished third in the 200 Free (1:45.21); Georgetown (10/30): Finished as high as third in the season-opener with a 9:49.70 showing in the 1000 Free.
 
2020-21: Two-time All-BIG EAST honoree at the conference championships where he came in second individually in the 1650 yard freestyle and anchored the Wildcats to a runner-up finish in the 800 yard freestyle relay … Posted a personal best time of 15:31.58 in the 1650 free on the final day of the conference meet … On the first night of the meet anchored the 800 free relay with a split of 1:41.04 and Villanova came in second in the race in 6:41.08 … Scored in both the 500 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle at the BIG EAST meet … Came in sixth in the 500 free with a time of 4:31.94 and finished seventh in the 200 free in 1:41.36 … Opened the season in a home meet against Drexel and recorded second place finishes in both the 500 yard freestyle (4:51.31) and the 1000 yard freestyle (9:49.22) … Tallied a first place finish in the 1000 free with a time of 9:53.89 against Seton Hall and also finished second in the 500 free (4:47.57) as well as fifth in the 200 free (1:50.88) at that meet … Finished second in the 500 free (4:47.34) and third in the 200 free (1:47.06) at Loyola (Md.).
 
2019-20: Swam the second leg of the Wildcats conference champion 800 yard freestyle relay at the BIG EAST Championships and also qualified for the ‘A’ final of both the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle … Posted a split of 1:39.67 for his leg of the 800 free relay and Villanova went on to post a winning time of 6:36.55 in the race … Came in seventh in the final of the 500 free, eighth in the final of the 200 free and finished 15th in the 1650 yard freestyle … His times of 4:31.20 in the preliminary heats of the 500 free and 1:40.30 in the preliminaries of the 200 free were each season bests, as was his mark of 15:41.93 in the 1650 free … His other top times during the year were 48.85 in the 100 yard freestyle and 9:34.52 in the 1000 yard freestyle at Princeton, as well as 1:55.78 in the 200 yard backstroke at the WVU Invitational … Double winner in the 200 free and the 500 free against Providence … Was the runner-up in the 200 free and finished third in the 500 free in the home opener against Georgetown … Touched the wall first in the 1000 free and was the runner-up in the 500 free at La Salle.
 
Club Swimming: Competed for Green Mountain Aquatics … Won the 200 meter freestyle and finished second in the 100 meter freestyle at the Eastern Zones in 2018 … Competed in five events at the NCSA Spring Junior Nationals that year and was a six-time New England Age Group finalist … Finished seventh in the 1000 free at the New England Seniors.
 
Personal: Born 7/3/01 in Boston, Mass. … Enjoys playing Smash Bros. Ultimate in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for the connection he felt with the swimming & diving team … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Free/Back
    6'3" 185 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free/Back
    0 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Free/Back
    0 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Free/Back
    0 lbs