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2017-18 Swimming & Diving Roster

Tara Maniace

  • Position Breast/IM
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Neptune
  • Hometown Neptune, NJ

Biography

2017-18
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Finished fourth in the 200 back with a time of 2:24.24 at the MAAC Championships.
- Came fourth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.78 at the MAAC Championships.
- Finished 12th in the 100 fly at the MAAC Championships.
- Part of the 400 medley relay that came in fifth at the MAAC Championships.
- Part of the 200 medley relay that landed in second-place at the MAAC Championships. 

2016-17
- Recorded a pair of top-five finishes at the MAAC Championships as Rider finished second overall.
- Finished third in the 200 breast and fifth in the 100 breast at the MAAC Championships.
- Also added a 12th-place finish in the 100 fly at the MAAC Championships.
- Was part of the 200 medley relay that came in eighth and the 800 free relay that finished in ninth at the ECAC Championships. 
- Swam her fastest time of the year in the 100 fly at the MAAC Championships.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2015-16
- Swam the fastest 400 IM time of her career (4:46.58) at the MAAC Championships.
- Finished seventh in the 200 breast and eighth in the 100 breast at the MAAC Championships as Rider finished second.

2014-15
- As a freshman swam all her best times at the 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships, 100 Breast (1:06.24), 200 Breast (2:26.92) and 200 IM (2:11.24) as Rider placed third.

BEFORE RIDER
Attended Neptune High School…Four-year letter winner, swimming the 100 breast and the 200 IM…First Team All-Monmouth County as a senior in the 100 breast…Second Team All-Shore Conference as a junior and senior in the 100 breast…high school team MVP as a junior and senior…Shore Conference Sportsmanship award as a senior and was a Keith Alston Outstanding Scholar Athlete award winner…Student Council Vice President…Student Council treasurer…National Honor Society treasurer and was a member of the French National Honor Society…six years on club team NJRC…top performances in the 100 breast (1:06), 200 breast (2:24), 200 IM (2:14) and 400 IM (4:41).

PERSONAL
Majoring in marketing…daughter of Louis and Brigid Maniace…younger siblings Kathleen, Gracee and John.

College Swimming Bio -> https://www.collegeswimming.com/swimmer/269240/

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breast/IM
    5'5"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breast/IM
    5'5"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Breast/IM
    5'5"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Breast/IM
    5'5"