LeviSandidge

Top Times (SCY): 

1650 Freestyle: 14:30.04 (2026 SEC Championships, 2/17/26)
1000 Freestyle: 8:44.78 (2026 SEC Championships, 2/17/26)
500 Freestyle: 4:15.39 (2026 SEC Championships, 2/15/26)
400 IM: 3:41.34 (SEC Championships, 2/19/26)

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: 3:53.81 (USA Swimming Futures Championship, 07/25/25)
400 IM: 4:16.10 (USA Swimming National Championships, 6/05/25)

Career Notes: 

• Qualified for the 2023-24 US National Team
• 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier
• 2023, 2024, 2025 NCAA Qualifier
• 2024, 2025 All-SEC Second Team
• 2023, 2025 All-America in 1650 Free
• 2023 SEC Champion in the 1650 Free
• 2023 All-SEC First Team
• 2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2025 CSC Academic All-America Second Team
• 2024, 2025 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America
• 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2023-24 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2022-23 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Book: 

• No. 1 in the 1000 Freestyle (2026), 1650 Freestyle (2026), and 400 IM (2026)

2024-25 (Junior): NCAA Championship qualifier placing eighth in the 1650 free (14:31.08) and 28th in the 500 free (4:15.56)… Grabbed silver in the 1650 free (14:30.61) at the SEC Championship… Also placed 16th in the 400 IM (3:44.26) and 19th in the 500 free (4:15.39) at the SEC Championship…  Sandidge won the 500 free (4:16.79) against Louisville, and placed second in the 1000 free (8:46.85)… Won the 1000 free (8:53.49) against Purdue and again in 9:00.50 against Tennessee… Finished first in the 400 IM (3:42.52) at the Tennessee invite and second in the 1650 free (14:46.97)… Started the season by taking the 1650 free (15:00.74) win against WVU… Picked up SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll Honors… Named to the CSC Academic All-American Second Team… 2025 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America…Helped lead the men’s team to a 20th place finish at NCAA Championship, the program’s highest in fifteen years…2025 All-SEC Second Team…All-American in the 1650 free.

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.