Swarthmore College Athletics

Pollen made waves outside of Swarthmore, setting two Paralympic American records. An above-knee amputee, Pollen broke the paralympic S9 American record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.80, while competing for the Garnet at the 2010 Centennial Conference Championships. Pollen went on to capture a national championship in his classification for the 50 freestyle, while placing second overall in the 100 freestyle at the 2010 U.S. Paralympics Spring Swimming Nationals. Pollen's time in the 50 free (28.47) ranked second in the United States for his classification and 24th in the world. The following year, Pollen shattered the 50 freestyle record as a member of the Garnet with a time of 24.74 at the Centennial Championships - claiming his second Paralympic record. Pollen was awarded ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District in 2009-10.