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2021-22 St. Bonaventure Men's Swimming and Diving

George Kalletta

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Manorville, N.Y.
  • High School Eastport South Manor
  • Position Free/Fly/IM
  • Major Criminology

Biography

As A Senior (2021-22) | Personal Bests

  • Captured a silver medal in the 200-IM with a time of 1:46.91 at Atlantic 10 Championships (2/18)
  • Swam a time of 3:51.83 to place fourth in the 400-IM at A-10 Championships (2/18)
  • Finished fifth in the 200-butterfly at A-10 Championships with a time of 1:48.74 (2/19)
  • Placed third in the 400-IM with a time of 4:22.64 at the Colgate Invitational (10/9)
  • Victorious in the 200-IM at Canisius with a time of 2:00.37 (1/15)
  • Picked up two third-place finishes in the 200-backstroke and 200-IM vs. Binghamton (1/22)
  • Won the 200-IM at Niagara, touching the wall in a time of 1:57.25 (1/29)

As A Junior (2020-21)

  • Finished fourth in the 400-IM (3:55.10), seventh in the 200-IM (1:48.54) and 10th in the 200-butterfly (1:49.14) at Atlantic 10 Championships (4/17)

As A Sophomore (2019-20)

  • Won three medals and broke two existing program records at the 2020 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships (2/22)
  • Swam a program record 1:47.31 in the 200-butterfly, finishing third to earn a bronze medal at the A-10 Championships
  • Earned a gold medal in the 400-IM (3:49.04), handily shattering the program record of 3:53.54 at the A-10 Championships
  • Broke the old program record in the 200-IM, finishing second to teammate Tjaard Krusch with a time of 1:46.74 to earn a silver medal at the A-10 Championships
  • Picked up the win in the 500-freestyle (4:52.85), second in the 200-IM (1:57.63) and led the fourth-place 200-medley relay team (1:43.43) in a victory at Niagara (1/31)
  • A member of the winning 200-medley relay (1:34.84), took second in the 200-butterfly (1:55.54), third in the 400-IM (4:15.77), and fifth in the 200-backstroke (2:01.85) in a win over Binghamton (1/20)

As A Freshman (2018-19)

  • Placed 10th in the 400-IM (3:56.42) at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships (2/23)
  • Won the 1000-freestyle (9:59.77) and finished in second in the 500-freestyle (4:55.47) vs. Niagara (2/2)
  • Took second-place in the 1000-freestyle (9:58.92) at Binghamton (1/26).
  • Placed fourth in the 400-IM (4:18.44) and the 500-freestyle (4:54.84) against Cornell (1/21).
  • Placed fourth in the 400-IM (4:06.63), fifth in the 200-backstroke (1:53.14) and was a member of the fifth-place 800-freestyle relay (7:02.40) at the Zippy Invite (12/1).
  • Earned second-place in the 200-IM (1:57.06) and was a member of the second-place 200-medley relay team (1:57.93) against Canisius (11/10).
  • Finished fourth in 500-freestyle (4:53.29) at Justin Jennings Memorial Invite (10/5).

High School/Club
Had two top-12 finishes at the New York State Meet.

Personal
Son of Rita and William Kalletta ... Criminology major ... has two siblings, Claire and Sean.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Free/Fly/IM
    5'10"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Free/Fly/IM
    5'10"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Free/Fly/IM
    5'10"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Free/Fly/IM
    5'10"