2021-22: Competed in the 100-, 200-, 400-, 500- and 800-yard freestyle, 200- and 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard backstroke, 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard medley relay … MAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week (10/18) after winning two individual races and a relay against Albright … MAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week (11/15) after posting a personal-best time in the 100-yard freestyle (50.06) against Messiah ... set school record in the 500-yard freestyle at the MAC Championships in 4:50.37 … led the 200-yard medley relay team to a ninth-place finish in 1:40.11 … set a school record in the 200-yard freestyle preliminaries with a time of 1:46.22 … took seventh in the 200-yard freestyle with a time 1:46.81 … anchored the 800-yard freestyle relay team to a seventh-place finish in 7:19.51 … took eighth in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:00.65 … anchored the 400-yard freestyle relay team, which took 10th with a time of 3:20.75 … named to MAC Sportsmanship Team … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21: Academic All-MAC … Competed in the 50-yard breaststroke, 50-yard butterfly, 50-, 200-, 400-, 500-, and 800-yard freestyle, 50-, 100- 150-, 200-yard backstroke and the 100-, 200- and 400-yard individual medley throughout the season … swam a time of 23.30 in the 200-yard freestyle relay to help his team finish in 1:31.45 and take sixth at the Virtual MAC Championships … finished with a time of 2:03.00 to take ninth in the 200-yard individual medley … part of 400-yard relay team, which took 10th place, swimming a time of 3:47.18 … posted a time of 55.12 in the 100-yard backstroke … took 10th place in the 800-yard freestyle relay, with the team posting a 7:50.28 … tied for third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:57.67 … anchored the 400-yard freestyle relay team, finishing with a time of 3:22.88 … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20: Competed in 50-, 100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyle, 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstroke and 200- and 400-yard individual medley throughout the season … swam a career-best time in the 200-yard individual medley at the MAC Championships to take 12th in 2:02.43 … took 10th?in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 2:03.66 … helped 200-yard medley relay team take 10th in 1:44.73, serving as the team’s anchor … led off the 400-yard medley relay, which took 11th in 3:47.73, with a backstroke split of 55.02 … also swam a career-best 4:34.76 in the 400-yard individual medley at the Diamond City Invitational to take third … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19: Academic All-MAC ... competed in 50-, 100-, 200-, 500-, 1000- and 1650-yard freestyle, 50-, 100-, 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard individual medley throughout the season … competed in three individual and four relay events at the MAC Championships … broke his own record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:51.53 to place 11th, placed fifth in the 200-yard back (1:57.99) and ninth in the 100-yard back (54.51) …broke a 10-year old program record in the 200-yard freestyle by swimming a 1:47.30 split in the opening leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay to help the team place ninth with a time of 7:31.77 … helped the 200-yard medley relay team place eighth (1:40.25), the 400-yard medley relay team place eighth (3:44.31) and the 400-yard freestyle relay place eighth (3:24.20) … broke a 24-year old school record in the 500-yard freestyle at the Diamond City Invitational with a time of 4:55.57 ... a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Lettered in swimming for four years at Strath Haven … took second at league championships in 100-yard backstroke (55.45) and 13th in 200-yard individual medley (2:05.12) as a senior … took 24th at districts in 100-yard backstroke with a school-record 55.45 … also set school-record in 200-yard individual medley (2:04.34), finishing 32nd as a junior … an honorable mention all-county pick as a junior and senior … swam for the club team RAYS … served as an assistant coach with Wallingford Swim & Racquet Club.
Personal: Son of James and Cheryl Booth … has a brother, Colin, and two sisters, Kiera and Kaila … major is astrophysics … favorite book is “The Martian” … favorite movie is “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” … dream job is to be an astronaut … his hobbies include playing musical instruments and video games … works as a swim coach in the summer.
