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Levi Sandidge - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

LeviSandidge

  • position Freestyle/IM
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Richardson, Texas
  • High school Richardson High School
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Top Times (SCY): 

1650 Freestyle: 14:31.47 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/18/23)
1000 Freestyle: 8:48.68 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/18/23)
500 Freestyle: 4:20.24 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/15/23)
400 IM: 3:46.05 (SEC Championships, 2/22/24)

Top Times (LCM): 

1500 Freestyle: 15:09.75 (Phillips 66 National Championships, 6/27/23)
800 Freestyle: 8:01.96 (Phillips 66 National Championships, 7/01/23)
400 Freestyle: 3:57.93 (Southern Senior Zone Championships, 07/28/23)
400 IM: 4:20.20 (NCSA Summer Swimming Championships, 7/28/22)

Career Notes: 

  • Qualified for the 2023-24 US National Team
  • 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier
  • 2023, 2024 NCAA Qualifier
  • 2024 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2023 All-America in 1650 Free
  • 2023 SEC Champion in the 1650 Free
  • 2023 All-SEC First Team
  • 2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
  • 2024 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America
  • 2023-24 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022-23 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Book: 

  • No. 1 in the 1500m Freestyle (2023)
  • No. 1 in the 1000 Freestyle (2023), 1650 Freestyle (2023)
  • No. 10 in the 500 Freestyle (2023)

2023-24 (Sophomore): NCAA Championship qualifier placing 24th in the 1650 free (14:51.12) and 48th in the 500 free (4:20.38) … Won bronze at the SEC Championships in the 1650 free (14:44.24) also was 20th in the 400 IM (3:47.82) and 27th in the 500 free (4:22.84) … Won the 1650 freestyle against Alabama (14:44.89)and also was second in the 400 IM (3:49.42) … Was second in the 800 free against Indiana (8:20.66).

2022-23 (Freshman): Swam to sixth-place in the 1650 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish by a Kentucky swimmer at NCAAs since 2012 … Also raced to 46th in the 500 freestyle (4:24.68) … Was the SEC Champion in the 1650 freestyle (14:31.47), the first Kentucky male swimmer to win gold at the SEC Championships since 2006 … The time also set a National Age Group record for 17-18 year olds … Also set personal bests in the 500 free (4:20.24), where he placed 21st, and the 400 IM (3:46.79), where he was 20th … Took second in the 1000 free (8:59.78) and the 1650 free (14:51.24) at the Ohio State Invitational … Had eight wins during dual meets … Named SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 11) after winning three individual races in his collegiate debut (vs. Indiana, Oct. 5)… Competed at the Toyota US Open Championships … Selected to the USA Swimming National Junior Team (2022) … Won Freshman Award at the team banquet … Won Male Newcomer of the Year and Elite Performance Award at the CATSPY Awards … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

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