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2012-13 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Kenny Kleso

Kenny Kleso

  • Position:
    Free / Breast / Fly
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Milford, PA
  • Highschool:
    Delaware Valley

Summary

Biography

2012-13: Second on the team in wins with 15 … also second in points with 645.5 ... added 14 second-place and one third-place finish … was a part of 14 winning relay teams, one second place and one third-place … set Moyer Pool records in  500 free and 100 breast … earned Empire 8 First Team honors in the 500 free and second team honors in the 100 breast … also earned First Team honors with the 800 free relay team … at the Empire 8/UNYSCSA Championships, won state and Empire 8 titles in the 500 free … had the second-fastest time in program history in the 100 breast (57 seconds) …1650 time of 16:00.05 ranks third …was a part of the 200 medley relay team that came in fourth in 1:33.42 to set a new school record … 400 medley relay team placed third with a school-record time of 3:25.01 … 400 free relay team was second in an association and Hartwick record time of 3:02.82 …earned honorable mention All-American honors at the NCAA Championships in the 500 free with a ninth place finish in the preliminaries (4:29.57) ... set new school record in the event … set new Hartwick record in the prelims of the 200 free (1:40.04) … as a member of the 800 free relay team, set new school record (6:45.14) and achieved honorable mention All-American status.

2011-12: Second on the team in individual victories with 28 … second on the team with 690.25 points ... added five second-place and four third-place finishes … was a part of 13 relay victories and six second-place finishes … holds school record in 500, 1000, and 1650 free … set Moyer Pool record in 500 free (4:46.49) this year … at the Empire 8/UNYSCSA Championships, won the 500 free in championship record time of 4:31.41 … was a member of the 800 free relay team that won state and Empire 8 titles with an association and school record time of 6:46.45 … at the NCAA Championships, was fourteenth in 500 free achieving honorable mention All-America honors … member of the 800 free relay team that earned honorable mention All-America status with a fifteenth place finish (6:48.69) … member of 400 medley relay team that placed twenty-fourth in prelims (3:32.59) ... winner of the Hartwick M. Beale Banks award.

2010-11: Swam to 17 first-place finishes which was second on the team ... had 14 second-place finishes and four three-place finishes.... first two wins of the season came against Utica (1000 free-10:37.97 and 500 free-5:03.10) ... at the Empire 8/UNYSCSA Championships, set a new school record in the 500 free preliminaries with a time of 4:39.24 and had a time of 4:37.58 in the finals ... in the 1650 free, came in second in the finals to earn second-team All-Empire 8 honors with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 16:10.89 ... was a part of the 200 free relay team that finished with a time of 1:24.80.

2009-10: Registered 16 first-place finishes, seven second-place finishes and one third-place finish ... Picked up two wins against Cazenovia and SUNY Cobleskill in the 1000 free (10:28.72) and 100 breast (1:01.39) ... six first-place relay finishes and four second-place finishes ... part of winning 200 relay against Cobleskill and Cazenovia. 

Personal: Born November 4, 1990 ... son of Donna and Ken Kleso ... biology major.

Prior to Hartwick: Attended Delaware Valley High School... lettered in swimming all four years ... competed in state meet three times ... team won conference title four times while competing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Breast/Free/Fly
    5'9"
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Breast/Free/Fly
    5'9"
  • 2011-12Junior

    Breast/Free/Fly
    5'9"
  • 2012-13Senior

    Free / Breast / Fly
    5'9"