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CobeGarcia
- height 6-5
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Burlington, Kan.
- High school Burlington HS
Top Times:
50 Freestyle: 19.70 (2017 SEC Championships, 02/15/17)
100 Freestyle: 44.22 (2016 SEC Championships, 02/20/16)
200 Freestyle: 1:38.85 (2016 SEC Championships, 02/18/16)
LCM
50 Free: 22.98 (Atlanta Classic, 05/14/16)
100 Free: 51.69 (Atlanta Classic, 05/15/16)
- 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 US Olympic Trails Qualifier
2016-17 (Sophomore):
2015-16 (Freshman): Sits just outside Kentucky’s top 10 list in the 50 free by one-hundredth of a second at 19.81 seconds, an NCAA B cut time set in the prelims of the SEC Championships before going on to finish 16th … Also ranks 11th all-time in the 100 free in 44.22 seconds, another B cut for a 25th-place finish at the conference meet … Recorded two wins in the 50 free during the regular season in addition to two runner-up finishes to pace the team in the sprint freestyle … Staple swimmer on the 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relays … Set a long course personal record at the OSU Long Course Last Chance Meet in 23.33 seconds … Named the team’s Most Improved Swimmer at the end of year banquet … Qualified for the US Olympic Trials in the 50 free.
Prior to UK: Swam for Ad Astra Area Aquatics under coach Patrick Norman … Set club’s short course yard records in the 50, 100 and 200 free as well as the 100 back … Also broke the club’s long course meters standards in the 100 back, 50 free and 100 free … Lettered in band and baseball.