Rider University Athletics

At Rider:
Graduated as a Biochemistry/Behavioral Neuroscience major with a minor in Ethics…three-time Metro Atlantic Conference All-Academic honoree…swam 59.38 in the finals of the 100 breast and a season-best time of 2:08.99 in the finals of the 200 breast at the 2016 MAAC Championships, helping the Broncs win their fifth team title in a row…as a junior, swam his best 200 IM time (1:57.55) at the 2015 MAAC Championships as Rider won the team title for the fourth straight season… swam his top 100 breast (1:01.33), 200 breast (2:12.06) and 400 IM (4:13.81) times at the Brown University Invitational…as a sophomore, posted a season-best time in the 200 IM (1:57.72) at the 2014 MAAC Championships as Rider won the team title…posted season-best times in the 100 breast (1:00.06) and 200 breast (2:08.75) at the 2014 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships…best 400 IM time came at Princeton’s Big Al (4:12.30)…as a Rider rookie, finished 23rd in the 200 breast and 24th in both the 200 and 400 IM at the 2013 MAAC Championships as Rider won the team title…in a dual meet against MAAC-rival Marist, finished second in the 200 breast…in a dual meet against Seton Hall, finished second in the 200 IM…in a tri meet against UMBC and James Madison, finished second in the 200 IM…currently fifth in the 1500 free, fifth in the 200 breast, sixth in the 400 free, sixth in the 400 IM, seventh in the 800 free, seventh in the 200 fly, ninth in the 200 free and ninth in the 100 breast on the Long Course Meter top 10.

At Emmaus High School:
Four-year letterwinner, swimming the IM, breaststroke and free...four-time state qualifier...district champion as a junior...USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2010 and 2011...Emmaus High School Scholar-Athlete as a senior...part of the medley relay that set a Pennsylvania record as a sophomore...National Honor Society...high school ambassador...hobbies include reading, video games and music...Personal: son of Mark and Michele Paules...father swam at Clarion University…younger brother Carter is a swimmer for Rider (Class of 2019).