Matthew DiNunzio Season 2016-17

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date	Competition
50 free	20.06	2/28/19	Big Ten Championships
100 free	44.42	2/29/20	Big Ten Championships
200 free	1:39.23	2/28/20	Big Ten Championships
500 free	4:31.36	2/22/18	Big Ten Championships
1000 free	9:36.10	10/6/16	Towson
1650 free	15:48.10	2/25/17	Big Ten Championships
100 fly	48.44	3/1/19	Big Ten Championships
200 fly	1:46.12	3/2/19	Big Ten Championships

 
Career Accolades

• Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 18, 19, 20).
• Ranks as the fourth-fastest performer at Penn State all-time in the 200 fly (1:46.12).
• Member of Penn State’s fifth-fastest all-time 200 free relay team (1:18.26).

2019-20 (Senior Year)

• Awards: Academic All-Big Ten.
• Big Ten Championships (2/26-2/29): Swam personal-bests in both the 100 free (44.19) and 200 free (1:39.23) and a season best in the 50 free (20.51).
• St. Bonaventure (10/4): Won the 100 free (45.77).
• West Virginia (10/11): Placed fourth in the 100 free (46.42)
• Villanova (1/31): Placed second in the 200 fly (1:53.44) and finished third in the 100 free (46.89).
   

2018-19 (Junior Year)

• Big Ten Championships (2/27-3/2): Placed 19^th in the 200 fly (1:46.74) after swimming a personal-best 1:46.12 in prelims…Earned personal-best times of 20.06 in the 50 free and 48.44 in the 100 fly.
• Virginia (10/6): Placed second in the 100 fly (50.24) against Virginia.
• George Washington (10/12): Placed third in the 200 free (1:42.21) and 50 free (20.99).
• at Virginia Tech/Ohio State (10/26-27): Had a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly (1:51.27).
• Big Al Open (11/9-10): Placed fifth in the 200 fly (1:50.03).
• Tennessee Invitational (11/29-12/1): Placed third in the 200 fly (1:47.05).
• at Navy/vs. North Carolina (1/12): Placed fifth in the 200 fly (1:51.68).
• West Virginia (1/18): Placed third in the 100 free (45.65) and second in the 100 fly (50.20).
• Bloomsburg (1/19): Placed third in the 200 free (1:43.13) and a second in the 50 free (21.13).
• Villanova (2/1): Placed first in the 200 fly (1:50.18) and fourth in the 100 free (48.95).

 
2017-18 (Sophomore Year)

• Awards: Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Championships (2/21-24): Scored (1:46.27), achieving a personal best and “B” cut time while ranking as the third fastest performer in the event in school history…Also swam personal bests in the 500 free (4:31.26) and 100 fly (48.86).
• vs. Virginia (10/14): Placed second in the 200 fly (1:50.09).
• at North Carolina/vs. Navy (1/13): Placed third in the 200 fly (1:51.61).
• vs. Villanova (2/2): Won the 200 free (1:40.42) and 100 free (46.28).

 
2016-17 (Freshman Year)

• Big Ten Championships (2/22-2/25): Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 200 fly (1:46.79, 12^th) and achieved a “B” cut and the team’s fastest time of the year in the preliminaries (1:46.60)…Also earned career bests at the Big Ten Championships in the 1650 free (15:48.10) and 500 free (4:32.06).
• Towson (10/6): Placed second in the 1000 free (9:36.10).

 
High School

• Four-year letterwinner at Pittsburgh Central Catholic under Coach Merci McCarthy.
• Team captain as a senior.
• Helped lead team to section championships 2015-2016.
• All-American in the 500 free.
• Two-time all-state pick in the 500 freestyle and 2016 all-state honoree in the 100 butterfly.
• 2015 and 2016 WPIAL AAA 500 freestyle champion.
• Two-time PIAA AAA top-eight finisher in the 500 free, and also placed eighth in 100 butterfly.
• Also swam for JCC Sailfish.
• USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
• National Honor Society member.
• 2016 Esmark All-American.

Personal

• Full name is Matthew Robert DiNunzio.
• Son Bob and Cindy Dinunzio…Mother, Cindy, swam at Pitt.
• Has a younger sister, Laura.
• Uncle, Allan Rose Jr., attended Penn State.
• Majors in agribusiness management.
• Born November 13, 1997 in Buffalo, New York