Army West Point Athletics
2011-12 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Nic Laffosse
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Burke, Va.
- High School:
- Lake Braddock
2011-12 (FRESHMAN): Focused primarily on the distance freestyle events during a steady plebe campaign ... also found success in the butterfly disciplines ... finished off his season by authoring a pair of personal-best times at the ECAC Championships (Feb. 24) ... placed eighth in the 1650 free (16:04.29) and finished 17th in the 500 free (4:42.93) ... forged a pair of career-best clockings in the dual meet versus Navy (Dec. 8), placing fifth in the 1000 free (9:37.70) and eighth in the 200 fly (1:55.61) ... took second in the 1000 free at the season-opening meet versus Boston College and Stony Brook (Oct. 7) ... was runner-up in both the 500 free and 1000 free opposite Drexel (Jan. 20) ... placed runner-up in the 1650 free and fourth in the 500 free during the tri-meet with Colgate and Lafayette (Jan. 28) ... finished third in the 1000 free four times over the course of the season, accomplishing the feat against Marist (Oct. 14), Massachusetts (Oct. 22), Connecticut (Nov. 5) and Bucknell (Jan. 14) ... also placed fifth in the 500 free versus the Bison ... posted three top-15 showings at the Zippy Invitational (Dec. 2), finishing 12th in the 200 fly, 13th in the 500 free and 15th in the 1650 free ... earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after posting a 3.685 grade point average during the spring semester.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Helped break a pair of Lake Braddock High School records at the state championships, placing third in the 400 free relay and finishing eighth in the 200 medley relay ... finished sixth in the 500 free at the Northern Virginia regionals ... placed seventh in the 200 fly at the Eastern Zone sectionals with a personal-best time of 1:53.01 ... most recently swam for the Potomac Marlins club team for head coach Bill Marlin.
PERSONAL: Nicolas Miguel Laffosse was born Jan. 21, 1993 in Burke, Va. ... parents are Mike and Robin Laffosse ... has one sister, Lauren, and two brothers, Andrew and David ... father graduated from West Point in 1975 ... sister is a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, where she is a member of the Academy's triathlon team ... hobbies include backpacking ... cheers for the Washington, D.C., professional sports teams ... major is undeclared.
