DanielOrcutt

Top Times (SCY):
100 Butterfly: 49.30 (Kentucky vs. Louisville, 1/23/21)
200 Butterfly: 1:44.37 (2020 SEC Championships, 2/21/20)
200 IM: 1:45.03 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/24/21)
400 IM: 3:46.05 (2020 SEC Championships, 2/20/20)

Top Times (LCM):
100 Butterfly: 56.03 (NC ESSZ Long Course Championships, 7/13/19)
200 Butterfly: 2:00.54 (Time Trials Phillips 66 National Championships, 8/1/19)
200 IM: 2:03.42 (Iowa City Speedo Champions Series, 7/22/18)
400 IM: 4:25.43 (Iowa City Speedo Champions Series, 7/20/18)

Career Notes:

• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier 
• 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
• 2019, 2020, 2021 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Book:

• No. 4 in 400 IM (2020)
• No. 5 in 200 fly (2020), 200 IM (2021)

2020-21 (Senior): Competed in Wave I of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, taking 17th in both the 200m fly (2:04.36) and 200m IM (2:06.56) … Finished ninth in the 200 fly (1:44.63), 15th in the 200 IM (1:46.09), and 16th in the 400 IM (3:48.59) at the 2021 SEC Championships … Won the 200 IM in 1:48.56 and took third in the 200 fly in 1:47.87 against Tennessee … Raced to second in the 200 IM (1:46.98) and third in the 200 fly (1:46.36) against Louisville … Earned the Captain’s Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2019-20 (Junior): Set personal records in two of his three events at the 2020 SEC Championships, while he scored 33 individual points in two events at the league meet … There, he finished in 11th place in the 400 IM in 3:46.40, after touching the wall in a personal record 3:46.05 during preliminaries … He also finished in 10th place in the 200 butterfly in a personal record 1:44.37 at the league meet … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention team … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Scored points in each of his individual events at the SEC Championships … There, he finished 14th in the 200 IM (1:46.30), finished 17th and won the “C” final in the 200 fly (1:45.52) and he finished 19th in the 400 IM (3:46.55) … Meanwhile, he set career-best marks in each of his individual events at the SEC Championships, including the 200 fly (1:45.48), 200 IM (1:45.43) and the 400 IM (3:46.55) … Received the UK Swimming & Diving Booster Club Award at the end of year banquet … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Freshman): Competed in the 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM at the SEC Championships … Top finish came in the 200 fly, placing 26th in prelims with a time of 1:46.91 … Became the fifth-fastest 400 IM performer in the UK record book by posting a 3:49.77 at the SEC Championships, posted the No. 6 time in UK history in the 200 IM, going 1:47.79 … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: Set nine school records for his high school team … 2016 Florida 2A state champion in 200 IM … 2015 Florida 2A state champion in 100 back … Three-time high school All-America … Three-time Academic All-America … Also competed in track and cross country and was a regional champion and state qualifier in both … Member of National Honor Society, Beta Club and is an Eagle Scout … 2016 National High School Heisman winner … Two-time Northwest Florida Swimmer of the Year.