Colgate University Athletics

As a Senior (2009-2010): Served as a team captain ... posted a 12th place finish at the league championships in the 200 fly (1:53.77), just missing putting another time among the all-time top 10 in the event at Colgate by .02 seconds ... swam a season best 22.04 in the 50 free and a 51.30 in the 100 fly at the league meet ... teamed with Tucker Gniewek, Teddy Perley and Costas Hadjipateras to record the fourth best time in the 400 medley relay at Colgate (3:27.69).

As a Junior (2008-09): Rejoined team at semester break after spending first semester studying overseas ... posted a pair of top 15 efforts at the Patriot League Championships ... swam a personal best 1:53.03 in the preliminaries of the 200 fly, which ranks as the fourth fastest time in that event at Colgate ... tallied the fifth best time at CU with a 1:53.06 en route to a 12th place effort ... touched in 50.63 in the preliminary swim of the 100 fly, which tied the seventh best time in school history ... Bettered his personal best in the B Finals with a 50.57 en route to his second 12th-place effort ... tallied a personal best 21.77 in the preliminaries of the 50 free at the league meet ... swam the third leg on Colgate's 200 medley relay that finished with a school record 1:34.16, also at the league meet.

As a Sophomore (2007-08): Received the team's Excelsior Award for the second consecutive season ... finished the 100 fly in a personal-best time of 51.20, which ranks fifth on Colgate's all-time performers list, at the Patriot League Championship ... swam the third leg of the 400 medley relay that posted the ninth-fastest time in school history, 3:30.36, at the league meet ... registered a career-best time of 1:54.82 in the 200 fly, which ranks sixth on Colgate's all-time performers list, at the Nike Invitational ... completed the 50 free in a personal-best time of 22.39 at the league meet ... posted a personal-best time of 1:02.18 in the 100 breast at the Nike Invitational ... swam the 100 free in a personal-best time of 50.39 as the lead-off leg of the 400 free relay at Dartmouth ... recorded a season-best time of 2:04.15 in the 200 IM at the Nike Invitational.

As a Freshman (2006-07): Received the team's Excelsior Award ... swam the 100 fly in a personal-best time of 52.49 at the Patriot League Championship ... recorded a career-best tiem of 1:58.47 in the 200 fly at the league meet ... registered a personal-best time of 2:01.51 in the 200 IM at the Terrapin Cup ... swam the 400 IM in a career-best time of 4:31.39 at Cornell ... posted a personal-best time of 1:02.57 in the 100 breast at the Terrapin Cup. 

High School: A four-year letterwinner in swimming at Manheim Township High School ... served as team captain as a senior ... named to the all-Lancaster-Lebanon League first team in 2005 ... received his team's Captain Norman Bilip Award for Best Work Ethic ... also lettered in soccer ... was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Robert Anthony Rutkowski was born in Reading, Pennsylvania ... is the son of Richard and Ann Rutkowski ... has two sisters ... majoring in mathematical economics.