Westford Grad Breaks Boston College Record

2009 Westford Academy graduate Jimmy Boretti made his mark for Boston College last weekend, breaking a school record while competing at the Terrier Invitational on the Boston University campus. 

Boretti won the 400-yard individual medley in a time of 3:56.17, good enough to break John Maloy's previous record of 3:56.20. 

His time was over six seconds faster than the 2nd place finisher and brings him within two seconds of the Division 1 NCAA Championship B qualifying standard, which would have given Boretti a berth in the event at the NCAA Championships upon qualification for the Championships in that or any other event.

Over the weekend Boretti also swam to 2nd place in the 200-yard individual medley(1:52.55), 4th in the 200-yard breaststroke and 7th in the 500-yard freestyle. 

Thanks to Boretti, the Eagles left the meet in second place, trailing only Yale in the field of eight teams.

Boretti also set records while swimming for Westford Academy (200-yard individual medley and 400-yard freestyle relay) and was captain of the team in both 2007 and 2008. Elsewhere in town, he was also a lifeguard and coach at the .

While at Boston College, Boretti's accolades include winning the 2011 Kevin Conway Award for most outstanding sophomore.  He also most recently competed in USA Swimming's Open Water Nationals in Florida this summer.

An accounting major in the Carroll School of Management, Boretti is a member of the Golden Key Honor Society at Boston College and maintains one of the team's highest GPAs.