Hartwick College Athletics

2019-2020: Received CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention accolades ... named the Roy Chipman Memorial Award winner for male athlete of the year ... selected to Empire 8 Spring 2020 President’s List … True Blue Award winner ... earned a Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction ... third on the team with 298.5 dual-meet points and 426 total points … fourth on the team with 115 points at Allegheny Empire Championship … won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events at conference championship, including an NCAA B Cut time of 2:04.72 in the 200 breast … was third in the 200 IM … part of a Second Team All-Conference effort in the 200 medley relay … selected as Empire 8 Athlete of the Week four times (11/4, 11/18, 1/13, 2/3) … named Hartwick “Hawk of the Week” twice (11/19, 1/14) … second on team with 28 individual wins throughout the year … also had eight second-place finishes … part of three first-place, three second-place, and three third-place relay finishes this season … set Moyer Pool records in the 100 breast (57.66) and 200 breast (2:06.20) … entered the program’s all-time top ten or set new bests within the top ten in several categories: 50 breast relay split (seventh, 26.25), 100 breast flat start (third, 57.18), 200 breast (fourth, 2:04.72), 200 IM (fifth, 1:55.39).

2018-2019: Ranked third on the team in total points with 371.9 … had 217.5 dual meet points, good for fourth on the Hawks … registered 49 more points at the Empire 8 Championships … finished third in the 200 breast, fourth in the 100 breast, and sixth in the 200 IM … also combined for third in the 200 medley relay ... 17 individual wins was third on the team … also had nine more second-place finishes and was part of four relay wins … entered the program’s all-time top ten in five races: third in the 100 breast relay split (56.83), fourth in the 200 breast (2:05.55), fifth in the 100 breast flat start (58.26), sixth in the 20 breast relay split (26.30), and ninth in the 200 IM (1:56.72) … also entered the all-time top ten in two relay races: the 200 medley (1:35.29) and the 400 medley (3:30.25) … winner of Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction.

2017-2018: Ranked second on the Hawks’ team in points on the season with 433.75 … registered 272.25 points in dual meets … netted another 60.5 at the Empire 8 Conference Championships … 25 individual first-place finishes ranked second on the team … another four second-place races … was a part of eight relay wins … ranks fifth at Hartwick in 200 breaststroke (2:07.04) … tenth in 100 breaststroke (58.95) … a part of 200 medley relay team which ranks eighth at ’Wick (1:35.07) ... received Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction.

2016-2017: Selected to Empire 8 Spring 2017 President's List ... named to Empire 8 Fall 2016 President's List ... Phillip S. Wilder, Jr. Award winner for academic distinction ... garnered five first-place and 16 second-place finishes … seventh all-time in the 200 breast (2:09.70) … finished 10^th (56.97) in the 100 IM at the Sixth Annual Ithaca College Bomber Invite.

Prior to Hartwick: Attended Sidney Central School … lettered three seasons for the Warriors.
 
Personal: Son of Aleksandr and Elena Chernyak … Mathematics and Physics major at Hartwick College.