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Matthew Beach - Men's Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

MatthewBeach

  • height 5-11
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Franklin, Tenn.
  • Major Kinesiology
  • High school Centennial HS
BIO

Top Times (SCY):
200 Freestyle: 1:38.80 (Ohio State Fall Invite, 11/19/16)
500 Freestyle:  4:28.81 (2016 SEC Championships, 02/17/16)
100 Butterfly: 47.89 (2019 SEC Championships, 02/21/19)
200 Butterfly: 1:44.65 (2017 SEC Championships, 02/17/17)
 
Top Times (LCM):
200 Freestyle: 1:53.43 (2014 Summer Junior Nationals, 07/30/14)
400 Freestyle: 4:01.46 (2014 Summer Junior Nationals, 07/30/14)
50 Butterfly: 26.69 (2017 Bucceto Open, 06/01/17)
100 Butterfly: 55.43  (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals 07/16/16)
200 Butterfly: 2:01.81 (Atlanta Classic, 05/15/16)

Career Notes:

  • 2019 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention 
  • 2017, 2018, 2019 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier

2018-19 (Senior): Scored at the SEC Championships in the 200 fly, finishing 21st on a 1:46.31 mark … There, he also finished 29th in the 100 fly (47.89) and 48th in the 500 free (4:38.72) … Meanwhile, Beach set a personal-best time in the 100 fly with his 47.89 mark … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Junior): Scored at the SEC Championships in the 200 fly, posting a season-best time of 1:45.28 to finish 21st overall … Recorded a personal best in the 100 fly at the conference meet going 47.97 to place 30th in the event … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2016-17 (Sophomore): Swam the fourth-fastest 200 fly in program history at the SEC Championships, touching in 1:44.65 to finish 19th, and he finished 31st in the 100 fly with a PR of 48.12 … Swam the 500 free at the conference meet, placing 44th in 4:30.79 … Posted a personal best in the 200 free at the Ohio State Fall Invite finishing 22nd in 1:38.80 … Swam a then-PR 1:45.27 in the 200 fly at Ohio State Fall Invite to finish second overall with an NCAA “B” cut … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2015-16 (Freshman): Competed at the SEC Championships in the 100 and 200 fly as well as the 500 free … Placed 28th in the 200 fly in 1:47.85, an NCAA “B” cut … Set his personal record in the 200 fly at the Ohio State Fall Invite, where he finished seventh on a “B” cut time of 1:47.49 … Placed 39th in the 500 free in a personal-best 4:28.81 at the conference meet, and finished 46th in the 100 fly in a PR 49.47 seconds … Set personal records in the LCM 100 and 200 fly at the Ohio State Long Course Invite, finishing in 57.08 and 2:04.87, respectively … Recipient of the Team Spirit Award at the end of year banquet … Qualified to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 fly… SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
 
Prior to UK: Swam for Excel Aquatics under head coach Steven Murry … Tennessee State Champion in the 100 fly during his junior season … Held the Centennial High School records in the 100 fly and the 100, 200 and 500 free … Broke his club records in the 100 free and 200 fly … Honored as a two-time Scholastic All-American … Majoring in pre-medicine.
 

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