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Emmett Dignan
  • Event
  • Class
  • Hometown
  • Sprint/Breaststroke
  • Sophomore
  • Mystic, Conn.

General: A member of the 200 medley relay team that holds the school record with a time of 1:26.34.

2011-12: Finished sixth in the 100 breaststroke, ninth in the 200 breaststroke and 14th in the 50 freestyle to add 25 points for Tech at the ACC Championships ... Also helped gather 84 points in relay events, including a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay ... Took home the 100 breaststroke title, while coming in fourth in the 200 breaststroke against Georgia Tech ... Recorded second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 200 breaststroke at William & Mary ... Posted a fourth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke, a sixth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke and a seventh-place finish in the 200 freestyle against Virginia ... Tallied 57 overall points for the H2Okies, while setting a new career-best 20.85 with a 10th-place finish in the 50 freestyle at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke and sixth in the 200 breaststroke at Ohio State ... Posted a fourth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke in the quad meet against Florida State, Duke and UNC Wilmington ... Touched the wall third in the 100 breaststroke against North Carolina ... Placed third in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:07.59 in the season opener against NC State.

2010-11: Had a breakout inaugural season for the H2Okies, winning the 200 breast in his first career meet against Charleston … Scored 10 points at ACCs with a pair of 12th-place finishes in the two breast events … Scored 18 points at the Volunteer Invitational, finishing fourth in the 200 breast and 14th in the 100 breast … Swam a “B” cut time in the 100 breast at ACCs (55.34).

High School: Swam at Robert E. Fitch High School and for the Rams Swimming Club … New England Outstanding Swimmer of the Year Finalist … ECC state champion in multiple events … Junior National Finalist … Ranked in the top five in New England in five events … High School All-American … All-ECC 2007, 2010 … Super Junior Lacrosse Team member 2009 … All-state swimming and lacrosse 2010.

Personal: Emmett Mitchell Dignan was born on Dec. 20, 1991 in Mystic, Conn. … Son of Denise Mitchell-Dignan and Michael Dignan … Has an older sister, Audrey … Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Dignan's Career Best
50 Freestyle: 20.18 100 Freestyle: 46.60*
100 Breaststroke: 54.79 200 Breaststroke: 2:00.29
200 IM: 1:57.50 200 Freestyle: 1:45.75

* Denotes leadoff split