As of 2022, his men and women's teams have combined for 52 NCAA Division II and New England Small College Athletic Association (NESAC) national individual titles.
[1][2][3][4][5] Kuster attended and swam for Amity Regional High School under Coach Paul Davis in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
[8] By his Senior year at Amity, demonstrating mastery in a wide range of events, he held school records in the 100, 200, and 500 freestyles, as well as the 100 butterfly, 100 breast stroke, and 200 individual medley.
Showing stroke diversity, in November 1989, as a Freshman at Penn, he set a school record in the 200-meter Individual Medley of 1:51.74, and won the 200-meter butterfly at an Ivy League meet against Columbia.
He led the men's and women's teams to a combined 37 New England Small College Athletic Association (NESAC) individual titles.
His son Cole is an accomplished competitive distance freestyle swimmer, who competed for Harvard and participated in two U.S. Olympic Trials.