SUNY New Paltz Athletics

2014-15: Scored points in the 500 freestyle (4:55.31, 13th) at the SUNYAC Championships… Also placed 17th in the 200 freestyle (1:50.51) at SUNYACs… Swam a leg on the Hawks’ program-record-setting 200 freestyle relay (1:24.51) that took third at the conference meet… Achieved season-best times in the 200 freestyle (1:45.51), the 500 freestyle (4:52.48), the 100 backstroke (57.07) and the 100 butterfly (53.97) at the MIT Winter Invitational.

2013-14: Clocked season-best times in the 200 freestyle (1:48.03), the 500 freestyle (5:03.57), the 1,650 freestyle (17:16.81), the 100 backstroke (58.34) and the 200 backstroke (2:08.70) at the ECAC Winter Championships.

2012-13: Scored championship-final points in the 200 freestyle (1:43.63, fourth) at the SUNYAC Championships… Finished ninth in the 500 freestyle (4:42.98) and 12th in the 200 butterfly (2:00.64) at SUNYACs as well… His performance in the 500 freestyle, which won the consolation final, was the third-fastest time in the event… Participated on the Hawks’ fourth-place 200 freestyle relay (1:26.97), fourth-place 400 freestyle relay (3:10.24), fifth-place 800 freestyle relay (7:09.39) and sixth-place 400 medley relay (3:35.51) at the conference meet… Registered a season-best in the 100 butterfly (54.78) at the ECAC Winter Championships… Charted a season-best 2:08.37 in the 200 individual medley in a tri-meet against SUNY Geneseo and the Rochester Institute of Technology… Posted his fastest time of the year in the 400 individual medley (4:35.02) against Vassar College… Swam his quickest 100 freestyle performance (50.02) against SUNY Oswego.

Prior to NP: 2012 graduate of Clarkstown High School North... Five-year varsity letterwinner (2007-12)... All-County (2012)... All-Section (2012)... State qualifier (2011-12)... Team MVP (2010-12).

Personal: Son of Simin and Mohsen Taskendoust.