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2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster

Mandy Hill
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Cassandra Ercoli

  • Position
    Breaststroke/IM
  • Height
    5-5
  • Class
    Freshman
  • Hometown
    Montreal, Quebec
  • Highschool
    John Abbott College

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 BREAST: 29.92 - at Magnus Invite (11/16/23)
100 BREAST: 1:04.80 - at MAAC Championships (2/16/24)
200 BREAST: 2:26.80 - at Magnus Invite (11/18/23)
200 IM: 2:09.64 - at MAAC Championships (2/15/24)
2023-24 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Competed in all 11 meets, including the MAAC Championships
• Finished within the top-three 19 times, highlighted by eight first-place finishes
• Three-time individual B-finalist at the MAAC championships, posting her highest finish with a nine-place result in the 100 breast (1:04.80)
• Member of both the 200 and 400 medley relays at the MAAC championships 
• with the 200 medley relay setting a team record of 1:43.98
BEFORE CANISIUS
•Swam with the Club de Natation Dollard-des-Ormeaux under Coach Jason Galet.
•Two-time Most Valuable Swimmer Award recipient (2019, 2023)
•Earned Most Dedicated Swimmer (2022)
•Awarded Regional Age-Group Sportsmanship Award (2019)
•Nationals qualifier in the 50 breaststroke (34.02, LCM)
•Multi-provincial finalist
•Three-time Eastern Canadian Championship finalist
•Three-time club record holder (50 breast SCM, LCM and 100m SCM)
•Earned Biology Award and Photojournalism Award at St. Thomas High School
•Honor Roll all four years of high school
•Two-time Dean's list honouree at John Abbott College
PERSONAL
•Daughter of Marcello Ercoli and Madelene De Pede
•Has two sisters, Maria-Anna and Sarah
•Majoring in journalism