| PERSONAL BESTS |
| 50 Free |
21.34 |
BIG EAST Championships (4.8.2021) |
| 100 Free |
45.94 |
WVU Invitational (11.19.2022) |
| 200 Free |
1:41.98 |
WVU Invitational (11.18.2022) |
| 500 Free |
4:50.20 |
High School |
| 100 Back |
56.55 |
at Pittsburgh (1.20.2022) |
| 100 Breast |
1:08.68 |
High School |
| 100 Fly |
49.63 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.24.2023) |
| 200 Fly |
1:50.63 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2023) |
| 200 IM |
1:59.76 |
High School |
| 400 IM |
4:23.06 |
High School |
| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2020-21 (Sophomore) |
| All-BIG EAST |
200 Yard Freestyle Relay (Anchor) |
| All-BIG EAST |
400 Yard Freestyle Relay (2nd Leg) |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023) |
Villanova Career: Two-time All-BIG EAST performer in the relays and was a five-time individual conference scorer in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly and 200 Fly … Versatile member of the team who competes in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events … Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and eight-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2022-23: Logged personal bests at the BIG EAST Championships in the 100 Fly (49.63) and 200 Fly (1:50.63) and at the WVU Invitational in the 100 Free (45.94) and 200 Free (1:41.98) … Became the eighth-fastest performer in program history with that 100 Free time and moved into 10
th on the all-time performer’s list for the 200 Fly;
BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Earned both of his personal-best swims in Consolation Final performances, finishing 11
th in both the 100 and 200 Fly;
West Virginia (1/28): Finished third in the 100 Fly (52.43) … Swam opening leg (21.97) for the B team’s third-place finish in the 200 Free Relay (1:27.56);
Penn State (1/27): Part of two winning relays … Swam the butterfly leg (23.04) for the A team in the 200 Medley Relay (1:35.71) … Was second leg (21.56) for the A team in the 200 Free Relay (1:25.91);
Providence (1/14): Wrapped up Villanova’s 1-2-3 finish in the 200 Fly with a third-place finish (1:58.41) … Swam the butterfly leg (23.51) for the A team’s 200 Medley Relay win (1:34.99);
La Salle (11/22): Logged a pair of second-place finishes in the 100 Fly (50.51) and 200 Fly (1:52.90) … Helped the A team to a second-place 200 Medley Relay (1:34.08);
Penn (11/9): Won the 100 Fly in 52.19 … Swam lead-off (48.38) for the B team in a second-place 400 Free Relay (3:09.63) showing;
NJIT (11/5): Finished second in both the 100 Fly (52.07) and 200 Fly (1:56.26) … Swam butterfly (22.68) for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay showing (1:35.13) and was the third leg (21.06) for the B team’s third-place 200 Free Relay (1:26.54);
Georgetown (10/29): Third in the 200 Fly (1:56.65) … Part of two third-place relays … Swam butterfly (23.24) for the A team in the 200 Medley Relay (1:35.07) and third leg (47.97) in the 400 Free Relay (3:11.35).
2021-22: BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Swam in the consolation final for both the 100 Fly and 200 Fly, touching in 12
th (50.14) and 10
th (1:51.34), respectively … His 200 Fly marked a new personal best;
Penn State (1/28): Swam opening leg of the winning 400 Free Relay, posting a 47.96 split;
West Virginia (1/22): Finished as high as fifth with a 53.74 time in the 100 Fly … Posted a sixth and seventh-place finish in the 200 Fly (1:59.07) and 100 Free (48.54), respectively;
Pittsburgh (1/20): Recorded a PR in the 100 Back in the meet, touching in 56.55;
Providence (1/15): Second leg of the 400 Free Relay squad that won with a 24.43 split … Also tallied third and fifth-place finishes in the 200 Fly (2:11.54) and 50 Free (24.86) against the Friars;
La Salle (11/23): Finished second in the 50 Free, touching in 22.29;
WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Swam in five events … Had a personal-best time of 1:42.68 in the 200 Free, good enough for 12
th in the prelims to land a spot in the B-Final where he finished 14
th (1:43.72);
Penn (11/10): Swam on the winning 400 Free Relay team with a third-leg split of 47.66 and was fourth in the 200 Fly (1:56.78);
NJIT (11/5): Finished as high as fourth in individual races, including the 50 Free (22.07) and 100 Free (48.07), while also swimming the first leg of the 200 Free Relay team with a 22.10 split;
Georgetown (10/30): Opened the season with a fifth-place showing in the 50 Free (22.33) and a third-place showing in the 100 Fly (52.95).
2020-21: Earned All-BIG EAST honors on the Villanova teams in the 200 yard freestyle relay and the 400 yard freestyle relay … Scored individually in the consolation final at the BIG EAST Championships in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle in addition to the 100 yard butterfly … Posted personal best times in the preliminary heats of each of those events … Anchored the 200 free relay with a split of 20.88 and Villanova came in third in the race in 1:22.73 … Swam the second leg of the 400 free relay in the final event of the conference championships and had a split of 45.98 for a team which finished third in 3:04.65 … His top individual finish was 10
th in the 100 fly with a time of 50.28 after he ranked ninth overall in the preliminary heats with a PR of 50.05 … Came in 13
th in the consolation final of the 100 free in 46.56 after a nearly identical PR of 46.55 in the prelims … Posted a PR of 21.34 in the prelims of the 50 free and came in 15
th in the final in 21.45 … Tallied a fifth place finish with a time of 48.79 in the 100 free against Drexel in his first individual race of the season … In the Drexel meet anchored the 200 yard medley relay to a third place finish in 1:35.87 and led off the 200 free relay which came in second with a time of 1:28.25 … Came in third in the 50 free (22.20) and fifth in the 100 free (48.84) against Seton Hall in addition to anchoring the “B” lineup in the 200 medley relay and the “A” lineup in the 400 free relay … Villanova came in second in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:14.90 … In the final meet of the regular season against Loyola (Md.) came in fourth in third in the 200 free (1:47.06), fourth in the 50 free (22.46) and fifth in the 100 fly (52.94) … Also swam the second leg of the 400 free relay which finished second in 3:13.97.
2019-20: Swam four races at the BIG EAST Championships, posting a season-best time of 51.25 in the preliminary heats of the 100 yard butterfly among his other marks … Touched the wall in 47.91 in the preliminaries of the 100 yard freestyle and posted a time of 1:45.48 in the preliminary round of the 200 yard freestyle … Posted a time of 22.09 in a time trial for the 50 yard freestyle … His top times as a freshman were 22.06 in the 50 free, 47.44 in the 100 free, 1:44.79 in the 200 free and 1:55.67 in the 200 yard butterfly … Those marks all came during the WVU Invitational in November … Swam legs of the 200 yard medley relay seven times, as well as a leg of the 200 yard freestyle relay on six occasions and legs of the 400 yard freestyle relay three times … Anchored the first place 200 free relay against Penn in addition to coming in fifth in the 100 free and sixth in the 200 yard medley relay … Part of first place finishes in both the 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay versus Providence, including swimming the freestyle anchor leg of the medley relay.
Club Swimming: Competed for the PAY swim team and was a team record holder … Also swam for the YMCA National Team.
Malvern Prep: Earned four varsity letters in swimming and was a team captain … Also played baseball and water polo for one year each … His team was the National Catholic champion in consecutive years … Graduated as a relay school record holder … Earned All-America honors in both swimming and academically … Inducted to the National Honor Society … Achieved Distinguished Honors status for his academic success.
Personal: Born 9/4/00 in Phoenixville, Pa. … One of three children of Sean and Jill Maher … Has two siblings, Zach and Kylie … Father was a college swimmer at Cornell … Hobbies include basketball and spending time with friends … Chose to attend Villanova for the university’s culture and prestige as well as its proximity to home … Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business and has yet to declare a major.
