Gregory Mahon

  • Gregory
  • Mahon

  • Event
    Butterfly/Im
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Medford, N.J.

Updated: April 15, 2013

General: The school-record holder in the 100 butterfly and 200 IM ... A member of the 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams that hold school records ... A member of the 400 medley relay team that were 2013 ACC Champions and hold the school and conference records ... The 2012 ACC Champion in the 100 butterfly and 200 medley relay ... Two-time Honorable Mention All-American in the 100 butterfly.

2012-13: Placed on the All-ACC Academic team for the fourth-straight year ... Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in four events at his final NCAA Championships to help bring in 14 points for the H2Okies ... A two-time Honorable Mention All-American in the 100 butterfly and a member of the 200 freestyle, 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams that scored at NCAAs ... Tallied 46 individual points and 106 relay points for the H2Okies at the ACC Championships ... Won the silver in the 100 butterfly, the bronze in the 200 IM and placed sixth in the 200 butterfly, while a member of the 400 medley relay team that were named 2013 ACC Champions ... Won the 100 butterfly and placed third in the 200 butterfly at Virginia ... Won the 100 butterfly and took second in the 100 freestyle against William & Mary ... Took second in the butterfly events, while placing seventh in the 200 IM at NC State ... Won the 100 butterfly and placed second in the 200 butterfly against Tennessee ... Won the 100 butterfly and 200 IM, while placing third in the 200 butterfly and fourth in the 100 backstroke at the H2Okie Fall Invitational ... Took second in the 100 butterfly and third in the 100 freestyle at Georgia Tech ... Placed fourth in the 100 butterfly and fifth in the 200 butterfly at Duke ... Won the 100 butterfly against North Carolina.

2011-12: Had an outstanding junior campaign, earning the team's Coaches Award and bringing in Honorable Mention All-America honors at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 16th in the 200 butterfly, 18th in the 100 butterfly and 31st in the 200 IM ... Led the male swimmers with 52 individual points at the ACC Championships ... Named ACC Champion in the 100 butterfly, while taking home the bronze in the 200 butterfly and 200 IM ... A member of the 200 medley relay team that took home the gold at ACCs ... Took home the 100 butterfly title, while placing second in the 200 IM and third in the 50 freestyle against Georgia Tech ... A member of the 200 medley relay squad that set a new pool record at William & Mary ... Took home the title in the 100 breaststroke against the Tribe ... A member of the 200 medley relay team that swam a pool-record time of 1:29.34, while taking the title in the 200 butterfly, coming in second in the 100 butterfly against Virginia ... Led the men with earning 92 points for the H2Okies at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, taking home the 100 butterfly title with a "B" cut time, finished third in the 200 IM and 200 butterfly and fourth in the 100 backstroke ... Also helped the 400 and 200 medley relay teams to first-place finishes and "B" cut times ... Assisted the 400 freestyle relay team to another first-place finish at Ohio State, while taking home the gold in the 100 butterfly ... Helped the 200 medley relay squad set a new pool record in the quad meet against Duke, Florida State and UNC Wilmington ... Also took home the 200 IM title to help the men's team to their first program victory over Florida State ... Member of the first-place 400 medley relay squad that set a new pool record with a time of 3:18.40, while placing third in the 200 IM and 50 freestyle against North Carolina ... Helped the 200 medley relay squad to a first-place finish with a pool record time of 1:30.26 and took home the gold in the 200 IM in the season opener against NC State.

2010-11: Set a new Virginia Tech record in the 200 IM, swimming a 1:46.34 at the ACC Championships … Led all H2Okies with 46 points at the ACC Championships, earning third-team All-ACC in the 200 fly and finishing fourth in both the 100 fly and the 200 IM … Those three races ranked him in the top four on the season in the ACC, as he was third in the ACC and 29th in the nation in the 200 fly, fourth in the ACC and 43rd in the nation in the 200 IM and fourth in the ACC and 45th in the nation in the 100 fly … Swam in four of Tech’s five relays at ACCs, including the third-place 400 medley and fourth place 200 medley relays … Scored 56 points for Tech at the Volunteer Invitational, finishing fifth in the 100 back, sixth in the 100 fly and 200 IM, seventh in the 200 back and 13th in the 200 fly … Was a member of the second-place 200 medley and fourth-place 400 medley relay squads … Earned four individual titles on the season, winning the 100 free against Charleston (Oct. 16), the 100 fly at Penn State (Oct. 23), the 200 back against William & Mary (Jan. 15), and winning the 100 fly while setting a new pool record at Cincinnati with Kentucky on Jan. 29 … Swam “B” cut times in the 100 fly (47.16), the 200 fly (1:45.31) and the 200 IM (1:46.34).

2009-10: Had an outstanding freshman campaign at the ACC Championships…Took the bronze medal with a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly and earned a top-10 finish in the 200 IM, setting a new school record in 1:47.40…Also finished fourth in the 200 butterfly…Helped the 200 and 400 medley relay teams to fourth-place finishes at the ACC Championships…Placed seventh in the 200 IM, seventh in the 100 butterfly, 10th in the 200 backstroke, 10th in the 200 butterfly and 11th in the 100 backstroke at the Volunteer Invitational.

High School: Competed for St. Joseph’s Prep and South Jersey Aquatic Club … Was a four-time All-Catholic selection at St. Joseph’s … Was also named to the All-American Relay his junior season and was an All-American Individual Penn State Champ in the 200 IM and 100 fly … Was the team MVP and received All-State honors his senior season … Earned Top-16 at the YMCA Nationals his junior year and Top-8 his senior year for the South Jersey Aquatic Club … Was a member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Gregory Thomas Mahon was born on March 15, 1991, in Vorhees, N.J. … Son of John and Mary Catherine Mahon … Majoring in mining and minerals engineering.

Mahon's Career Best
50 Freestyle: 20.52 100 Freestyle: 45.73
200 Freestyle: 1:43.79 100 Breaststroke: 56.07
100 Backstroke: 49.41 200 Backstroke: 1:48.78
100 Butterfly: 46.22# 200 Butterfly: 1:44.95
200 IM: 1:45.06#

# Denotes school record