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2016-17 Men's Swimming and Diving

Anthony Bliss

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 160
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown St. Charles, Ill.
  • Highschool Marmiom Academy

Biography

2016-17:  Finished the 100 free with a time of 48.67 in the 2017 CCSA Championships, improved his time by 4.8% in the 100 back and earned first place with a time of 54.20… Placed second in the 50 free with a personal best of 22.42 which is a 3.4% improvement from the East Carolina vs UMBC meet where he had a time of 23.43.

Background: Earned Academic All-Conference and the Jim Kelly Achievement Award-Team MVP Award last year… Was a state qualifier all four years of high school... Placed third in the 8000 Free Relay at the state meet during his freshman year… Helped his team to a seventh place finish at the IHSA State Meet. Was apart of a mission trip to Guatemala in 2014.

Personal: Son of Kellie and Tony Bliss... Has two siblings, Marie and Henry.. Plans on majoring in computer science… Lists favorite food as spaghetti and favorite movie as “Step Brothers”. 

Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.