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College of the Holy Cross Men's Swimming
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College of the Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross Men's Swimming

NCAA Division 1 Worcester, MA Private (not-for-profit)

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

21%

Avg SAT

1,354

Avg ACT

30

Enrollment

3,015

Team Information

Sport

Swimming

Gender

Men's

Division

NCAA Division 1

Location

Worcester, MA

Now Evaluating

Class of 2026 Class of 2027 Class of 2028 Class of 2029

Coaching Staff (3)

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Barry Parenteau

Head Coach

Parenteau has coached the Holy Cross womens swimming and diving team since its inception in 1975 and took over the head coaching responsibilities for the mens team in 1996 following the retirement of his father, Paul, who guided the Crusader men for more than 30 years. Parenteau assumed a full-time role at Holy Cross in 1983 when he was named Aquatics Director of the swimming and diving facility at the Hart Recreation Center.

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Ian Hennessey

Assistant Coach

Hennessey finds himself in theHoly Cross record books for a variety of relays. Along with formerteammates Steve Finnochi, Mike Emmons and Scott Rimm, Hennesseyhelped set school records in the 400 medley relay, and the 200, 400and 800 free relays. After graduating from Holy Cross, Hennessey went into the AirEducation Training Command for the United States Air Force. Aftercompleting the training with a rank of 2nd Lieutenant, Hennesseywas named Assistant Officer in Charge of the Missile MaintenanceTeam Section in 2003. After showing impressive leadership skills,Hennessey moved up to 1st Lieutenant and was named Officer inCharge of the Vehicle Support Section in 2004 and then progressedonto be Officer in Charge of the Missile Handling Section in2005. Hennessey currently works as a middle-school science teacher atOxford Middle School in Oxford, Mass., and serves as a Captain inthe Air Force Reserve. He and his wife, Beth Jenusaitis-Hennessey04, reside in Marlborough with their daughter Julia.

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Wil Aybar

Coach

Aybar coached Casey Sherman who broke diving records in the one meter (11 dives) with a score of 424.28 at the Worcester City Championship and in the three meter (six dives) verses Sacred Heart with a score of 292.35. Sherman competed in the NCAA Zone Diving Championship in both the one and three meter dives. Sherman finsihed 10th in the three meter dives at the Patriot League Championship.  In 2008, Aybar coached Adam DeVito to new school records on the three meter and one meter diving boards. Devito narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving Championship and took fifth on the three meter board at the Patriot League Championship. Aybar has had four student-athletes named Patriot League Diver of the Week and multiple divers earn Worcester City Championship Diver of the Meet honors. A 1999 graduate of Clark University, Aybar was a four-yearmember of the swimming and diving team. He received the MostImproved Diver award in 1996 and holds the record for the one meterand three meter springboards. He also served as the head diving coach for Clark University and WPI from 2000 to 2003. He has been the head diving coach for the Nashawtuc Country Club team from thesummer of 2000 to the present. He is currently instructing area high school divers at the Central Massachusetts Diving Club. Aybar is currently a Spanish teacher in the Worcester Public School System at Doherty Memorial High School. He makes his home inWebster with his wife Marisol and their son Wil, Jr.

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