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2013-14 Men's Swimming and Diving

Thor Petersen

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Germantown, Md.
  • Highschool Northwest

Biography

School Records:
400 individual medley ... 4:12.50 (2011)
400 free relay ... 3:10.73 (2011)
800 free relay ... 7:02.16 (2011)

2013-14: Capital One Academic All-District II Men's At-Large First Team ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Team MVP ... Team captain ... CAC Championships: 2nd in 100 breast (All-CAC, 59.95), 800 free relay (All-CAC), and 200 breast (All-CAC, 2:11.27); 3rd in 400 medley relay, 400 IM (4:15.60), and 400 free relay; and 4th in 200 free relay ... Yellow Jacket Invitational: 3rd in 200 breast (2:14.90); 5th in 800 free relay; 6th in 400 medley relay, 400 IM (4:22.73), and 400 free relay; and 9th in 200 free relay and 200 fly (2:03.52) ... YCP Quad Meet: 3rd in 200 free (1:50.27) and 400 free relay and 6th in 200 fly (2:06.78).

2012-13: Capital One Academic All-District II Men's At-Large First Team ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Team MVP ... Dave Hayes Memorial Award ... Team captain ... CAC Championships: 1st in 400 IM (All-CAC, 4:14.55); 2nd in 800 free relay (All-CAC); and 4th in 200 free relay, 200 IM (1:59.17), 200 fly (1:58.60), and 400 free relay ... F&M Invitational: 2nd in 200 breast (2:14.02); 3rd in 800 free relay and 400 free relay; 4th in 400 IM and 200 fly; and 8th in 200 free relay.

2011-12: CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Championships: 2nd in 200 fly (1:58.49), 400 free relay, 400 IM (4:15.81) and 800 free relay; 3rd in 200 IM (1:58.42); and 4th in 200 free relay ... F&M Invitational: 2nd in 200 breast (2:15.01); 3rd in 800 free relay; 4th in 400 free relay; 7th in 400 IM; 8th in 200 free relay; 10th in 200 IM and 400 medley relay.

2010-11: CAC All-Academic Team ... Dave Hayes '98 Award ... CAC Swimmer of the Week (11/2) ... CAC Championships: 2nd in 400 free relay, 400 IM (4:12.50) and 800 free relay; 3rd in 200 breast (2:10.86), 200 medley relay and 200 IM (1:59.10); 4th in 200 free relay ... F&M Invitational: 2nd in 800 free relay; 3rd in 400 medley relay; 4th in 200 free relay; 7th in 500 free (4:58.79), 400 IM and 200 breast.

Personal: Thorvald Johann Petersen ... Dean's List every semester ... Economics Faculty Award (2014) - Established in 1983 to recognize academic excellence and contributions to the department ... Vice president, Model UN (2011) ... Student program assistant, Nitze Scholars Program ... Editor, Nitze Newsletter (2012-13) ... President, Omicron Delta Kappa (2012-13), leadership honor society ... Chi Alpha Sigma (inducted 2013), student-athlete honor society ... Pi Alpha Sigma, political honor society ... Sigma Tau Delta, English honor society ... John R. Petruccelli Memorial Award (2013) - Established in 1981 in memory of John Rocco Petrucelli '81 to recognize juniors who demonstrate devotion to the College, the cause of education, and responsibility to society ... Born October 8, 1991 ... Son of Ron and Julie Petersen.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    IM/Breast
    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    IM/Breast
    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2012-13Junior

    IM/Breast
    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2013-14Senior

    IM/Breast
    5'10" 155 lbs