Colgate University Athletics

Awards
2020 Raider Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 Ironman Award
2017-18 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 Iron Man Award

Senior (2020-21)
Events: Free
Best Meets: Placed 15th in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.50 at the April Pools Invitational.

Junior (2019-20)
Events: Free/Fly/IM
Best Meets: Had personal best times in five events at the Patriot League Championships with his biggest improvement coming in the 500 Yard Freestyle (4:40.62) ... Won the 200 Yard Freestyle at Holy Cross with a time of 1:50.36.

Sophomore (2018-19)
Events: Free
Best Meets: Had season best times in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:51.86) and 200 Yard Backstroke (2:16.85) against St. Francis ... Swam a season best time of 5:03.82 in the 500 Yard Freestyle against Lafayette ... Finished his season at the Patriot League Championships with his best time of the year in the 1650 Yard Freestyle when he touched the wall in 16:56.08.

Freshman (2017-18)
Events: Free
Best Meets: Recorded two season bests at the Patriot League Championships in the 500-yard free and 1000-yard free, with times of 4.52.63 and 10.16.66 respectively. 

Before Colgate
Top Times: 200 Free – 1:48.20, 500 Free – 4:41.55
Accomplishments: Named MVP of his Summit High School team in 2017 as a senior captain … Participated in the 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay in the 2014 and 2015 Section North 2 Championships.
Personal: Born Coleman Walker Bligh in Summit, N.J. … Son of Thomas ’88 and Victoria ’90 Bligh … Father ran cross country at Colgate … Grandfather Copeland Bertsche ’63 is also a Colgate alum … Has two sisters.