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Adam Rosipal - Men's Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

AdamRosipal

  • position Freestyle
  • height 6-0
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Previous School University of Indianapolis
  • Major Psychology
  • High school Skalicka Cesta 1
BIO

Top Times (SCY):
200 Freestyle: 1:37.26 (2022 SEC Championships, 2/17/22)
500 Freestyle: 4:19.15 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/24/21)
1000 Freestyle: 9:03.08 (2019 NCAA DII Championships, 3/13/19)
1650 Freestyle: 15:06.39 (2019 NCAA DII Championships, 3/16/19)

Top Times (LCM):
200 Freestyle: 1:52.02 (Mizuno Atlanta Classic, 5/14/21)
400 Freestyle: 3:57.30 (Mizuno Atlanta Classic, 5/15/21)
800 Freestyle: 8:12.45 (Mizuno Atlanta Classic, 5/16/21)
1500 Freestyle: 15:40.60 (Budapest Championships, 6/26/19)

Career Notes:

  • 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Book:

  • No. 1 in 1000 free (2021)
  • No. 6 in 500 free (2021)
  • No. 9 in 1650 free (2020)

2020-21 (Junior): Finished 18th in the 500 free (4:19.15) and 21st in the mile (15:28.57), and also competed in the 200 free (1:37.51), at the 2021 SEC Championships … Placed second in both the 500 free (4:22.52) and mile (15:10.38) at the Missouri Invitational … Recorded 11 top-5 finishes throughout the dual meet season … Won the 1000 free (9:25.71) in his Wildcat debut against Vanderbilt … Picked up a win in the mile (15:32.42) and was the runner-up in the 500 free (4:28.38) at Alabama … Raced to third in the 1000 free (9:22.26) and fifth in the 500 free (4:35.42) against Tennessee … Named to the SEC First-Year Honor Roll … Named a CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Did not compete.

2018-19 (Freshman at UIndy): 2019 NCAA DII National Champion in the mile, becoming the first Greyhound to win an individual title since 2008 … Also finished second in the 1000 free and third in the 500 free at the national meet while helping his team take seventh in the 800 free relay … Won the 1000 free and was the runner-up in the 500 free at the GLVC Championships.

Prior to UK: Broke the Slovak junior national record in the 400m free at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships … Also competed at the 2017 European Junior Championships … Swam on the 800m free relay that owns Slovak national record … Has won multiple Slovak national titles.

Personal: Parents are Roman Rosipal and Eva Rosipalova … Has one younger sister, Tamara.

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