HANOVER, N.H. —
Milana Socha, the head coach of Dartmouth men's and women's swimming and diving, announced today the addition of 10 freshmen to the men's swimming and diving program.
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"This group of young men comes in ready to make an immediate impact on our team both athletically and with their drive to accomplish things that haven't been done before with this program," Socha offered. "I'm excited to see them grow and develop at Dartmouth while they do the same for our team."
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The 10 freshmen are as follows:
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Eddy Chen
Breast
Cheshire, Conn. | Cheshire | Cheshire YMCA Seadog Swim Club
Before Dartmouth: Earned an honorable mention from the Southern Connecticut Conference while swimming for Cheshire … Won the Superintendent Award for outstanding achievement at Cheshire.
Personal: Son of Ping and Hang Chen … Has one brother … Plans to study economics and computer science and pursue a career in finance.
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Yan Dvoretskiy
Free
Salt Lake City, Utah | West High School | Cottonwood Heights Aquatics
Before Dartmouth: Earned All-America honors in the 500 free and 200 free … Named Academic All-State … Won four consecutive state championships while swimming for West High School.
Personal: Son of Anna Dvoretskaya … Has one sister … Plans to study and pursue a career in engineering.
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Landon Him
Fly/Back/IM
Berkley, Mass. | Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School | Bluefish Swim Club
Before Dartmouth: Runner-up in the 200 fly at the LSC while competing for Bluefish Swim Club … Participated in the USA Swimming Eastern Zone.
Personal: Son of Jessica and Lee Him … Has one sister … Plans to study engineering and pursue a career in civil engineering or business.
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Mason King
Diving
Wauwatosa, Wis. | Wauwatosa East High | Schroeder Dive Team
Before Dartmouth: Earned First Team All-State honors in back-to-back years as a diver … Three-time First Team All-Conference honoree … Won three consecutive conference championships.
Personal: Son of Mark and Sara King … Plans to study quantitative social science and pursue a career in data science.
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Adam Ladman
Free/Back
Carlsbad, Calif. | San Marcos High School | Coronado Swim Team Elite
Before Dartmouth: Earned CSCAA Academic All-America honors in 2021 … Named San Marcos Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior … Member of three consecutive undefeated San Diego region championship teams.
Personal: Son of Phil and Karen Ladman … Brother Chase swims for Georgetown … Sister Lindsay swims for Penn … Plans to study economics and pursue a career in business.
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Aryeh Lesch
Diving
Evanston, Ill. | Evanston Township High School | Glenbrook Aquatics
Before Dartmouth: Three-time All-State honoree as a diver … Received back-to-back NISCA All-America honors.
Personal: Son of Debbie and Ian Lesch … Has one brother and one sister … plans to study history and economics and pursue a career in law.
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Colton Rasmussen
Free
Naples, Fla. | Palmetto Ridge High School | Swim Florida
Before Dartmouth: Four-time All-Area First Team honoree … Named Male Swimmer of the Year as a senior by High School Sports Awards Southwest Florida … Four-time Florida Class 3A state champion.
Personal: Son of Joanne and Joseph Rasmussen … Has one sister … Plans to pursue a career in medicine or business.
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Kevin Ren
Breast/IM
La Verne, Calif. | The Webb Schools of California | Brea Aquatics
Before Dartmouth: Earned All-American honors as a senior … First-Team All-San Joaquin Section as a senior.
Personal: Son of Jun Wu and Jie Ren … Has one brother … Plans to study biomedical engineering and pursue a career in medicine.
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Everett Tai
Diving
El Dorado Hills, Calif. | Oak Ridge High School | Dos Rios Divers
Before Dartmouth: Named 2022 Most Valuable Player for Sac-Joaquin Section … Also received Sac-Joaquin Diver of the Year in 2019 and 2021.
Personal: Son of Fanny and Morris Tai … Has one brother and one sister … Sister Ashley was a gymnast at Stanford … Plans to study and pursue a career in engineering.
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Josh Wolfson
IM/Breast
Potomac, Md. | Georgetown Preparatory School | Fish Swim Team
Before Dartmouth: Three-time USA Swim Scholastic All-American … NISCA All-American as a sophomore … Member of 2018-19 Washington DC Regional Championship team.
Personal: Son of Jeffrey Wolfson and Mia Kim … Has one sister … Plans to study computer science and/or economics and pursue a career in business.
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