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  Lucien Monson

Lucien Monson

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Salt Lake City, Utah

High School:
Brighton

Height:
5-1

Event:
Distance Free

Birthdate:
09/06/1988

2007-08: Swam the second fastest 500 (4:38.53), 1000 (9:51.13) and 1650 yard free (16:05.91) times at Fordham as well as the third best 200 free (1:45.72) time... Scored in two events at the Atlantic 10 Championships, taking fifth in the 1650 free (16:05.91) and tenth in the 500 free (4:38.53)... Won the 1000 free (9:57.40) and took second in the 500 free (4:52.26) vs. LaSalle... Took second in the 200 free vs. Saint Peter's (1:50.57)... Finished second in the 1000 free (9:53.53) and fourth in the 500 free (4:48.46) in the URI/Duquesne tri-meet... Was second in the 200 free vs. St. Francis (1:50.25) and third in the 1650 free at the Sonny Werblin Invitational (16:47.76)... Placed third in both the 200 (4:54.81) and 1000 free (10:03.37) against Marist and in the 500 (4:41.11) and 1000 free (9:51.13) vs. Stony Brook... Took third in the 500 (4:51.77) and 1000 free (9:59.93) at UMass... Finished third in the 500 free (4:48.69) and fourth in the 1000 free (9:54.58) vs. Columbia... Member of the 800 free relay which placed fourth at the Nutmeg Invitational (7:33.05).

2006-07: Had the team's second best 500 (4:40.93) and 1650 (16:06.76) free times and the third best 1000 free (9:51.32) time...Placed sixth in the 1650 free and 14th in the 500 free at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Championships...Placed fifth in the 1650 free at the 2006 Sonny Werblin Invitational at Rutgers...Took third in the 200 free in the Saint Peter's dual meet...Won the 500 and 1000 free at Stony Brook dual meet...Finished third in the 500 and 1000 free races at the Columbia dual meet...Took seventh in the 1650 free at the 2006 Nutmeg Invitational at Yale...Was second in the 1650 free and third in the 500 free in the La Salle dual meet...Placed second in the 500 and 1000 free in the UMass dual meet...Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Varsity swimmer at Brighton High School... Was an All-American in the 500 freestyle...2006 5A Swimmer of the Year...Helped his team win the 2006 Utah State Championship, posting a second place finish in the 200 freestyle, while placing first in the 500 freestyle...Holds Utah state records in the 800, 1000, and 1650 freestyle...Recipient of the Heights of Success Award (2003-05)...Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: A Philosophy major.