2015-16 Merrimack College Women's Swimming Roster

Erin Lydon

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-2
  • Hometown Waltham, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Waltham/University of New England
  • Major Criminology

Biography

2015-16: Competed in three meets as a senior captain … Tallied three personal records at the NE-10 Championships (2/4-7), which came in the preliminaries of the 50-yard freestyle (29.36), the 200-yard freestyle (2:16.11) and the 100-yard freestyle (1:03.05) … Competed in the 200-yard freestyle (2:23.19), the 50-yard freestyle (30.80) and the 500-yard freestyle (6:31.29) against Brandeis (1/12) … Posted times of 1:04.46 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:17.19 in the 100-yard butterfly during a double-dual meet in Waltham, Massachusetts (1/9). 

2014-15: Appeared in five events during her senior season… Finished 8th in the 200 Freestyle and 7th in the 500 Freestyle in the opening meet of teh year… Placed 1st in the 50Yd Butterfly with a time of 33.69 against Saint Michael's, while also ranking 4th in the 100 Butterfly and 4th in the 200 Freestyle… In the Vermont/Central CT Tri-meet she had two top-10 finishes … Added three top-10 finishes in the SCSU/Conn. College Tri-Meet

2013-14: In her first collegiate meet of her career, recorded a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle at the Southern Connecticut State and the College of Saint Rose Tri-Meet (10/25) … In her second meet, finished 10th with a time of 2:23.62 in the 200 freestyle at Central Connecticut State and the University of Vermont Tri-Meet  (11/16) … In the same event, she posted finishes of ninth and tenth in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, respectively … During the Northeast-10 Championships (2/9), placed 32nd in the sprint race with a time of 1:03.38, a time that was four seconds better than her qualifying mark.

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner at Waltham High School ... Three times named a Dual County League All-Star ... Four-time Great Boston League All-Star ... Receipient of the leadership award as a senior ... Transferred from University of New England.

Personal: Born Oct. 12, 1992 ... Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Lydon ... Has one sibling, Thomas ... Criminology major and photography minor at Merrimack.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Mid-Distance Free/Butterly
    5'2"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Mid-Distance Free/Butterly
    5'2"
  • C

    2015-16Senior

    Mid-Distance Free/Butterfly
    5'2"
    C