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2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Charlie Ruppe

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Alexandria, Va.
  • Highschool West Potomac

Biography

MAJOR…
Mathematics
 
POST-CARLETON GOAL(S)…
Work as a researcher in a national lab.
 
I CHOSE TO COME TO CARLETON BECAUSE…
I like the strong connections with professors that are facilitated by the school. It helps my prospects for attending competitive grad schools. I liked the community of people who choose to come here.
 
WHAT I MOST LIKE ABOUT CARLETON IS…
How friendly everyone is.Everyone seems to have something that they're really passionate about here, and it makes for a really fun and interesting community.


INTERNSHIP/EXTERNSHIP CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES DURING MY TIME AS A CARLETON STUDENT:
Physics Department here at Carleton. I worked over the summer with Barry Costanzi, investigating small scale magnetic configurations. In an average day I'd design/build circuits, create samples using a special vacuum chamber device that I helped set up, as well as take measurements, write code to automate measurements, and write documentation of our process.

MY INTERNSHIP/EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ENHANCED MY EXPERIENCE AS A CARLETON STUDENT-ATHLETE BECAUSE…
As a math major at Carleton I spend a lot of time digesting theory, but this was a great way for me to get my hands dirty and get experience actually building things.

HOBBIES:
Cooking/Baking (I live in the culinary interest house)

PERSON(S) WHO HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON MY ATHLETIC CAREER:
The Team Captains my freshman year who made me feel welcome, and if it weren't for who I might not have kept swimming in college.
  
HISTORICAL FIGURE(S) I’D MOST LIKE TO MEET:
John Conway
 
MY FAVORITE…
ATHLETE(S): Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky (I've been on both of their teams)
BOOK(S): Alice in Wonderland
FOOD(S): Eggs Benedict, Dim Sum (specifically cheung fun and lo mai gai)
TV SHOW(S): Breaking Bad
MOVIE(S): Synecdoche, New York

Historical Player Information

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  • 2025-26Senior