Swimming & Diving
Matthew Roman - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

MatthewRoman

  • class Senior
  • 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2013 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Top Times: 

500 Freestyle:  4:23.13 (2015 SEC Championships, 02/17/15)

100 Butterfly:  47.55 (2015 SEC Championships, 02/17/15)

200 Butterfly:  1:44.84 (2015 SEC Championships, 02/17/15)

400 Individual
Medley:  3:53.00 (2014 SEC Championships,
02/18/14)

 

2014-15 (Junior):  Swam the fourth-fastest 200 fly time in
Kentucky history in the prelims at the 2015 SEC Championships, touching in at
1:44.84, before he went on to finish 16th … Holds the seventh-fastest 100 fly
time of 47.55, also in the prelims at the SEC Championships, before finishing
22nd … Also set a personal record of 4:23.13 in the 500 free at the conference
meet, good for 10th on UK’s all-time list … Swam the butterfly leg of the
10th-place 200 medley relay that finished in 1:28.97 at the SEC Championships,
with a 50-yard split of 21.20 seconds … Also anchored the 10th-place 200 free
relay that touched in at 1:20.98 with a 50-yard split of 20.05 seconds.


2013-14 (Sophomore): Named to the 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll … Capped the season with personal-best times in the 200 butterfly with a 1:47.4 and the 500 freestyle with a 4:29.62, both at the SEC Championships … Advanced to the finals and placed 20th overall in the 400 individual medley with a 3:53.00 at the SEC Championships, the fourth-fastest time in program history … Set a personal record in the 1,000 freestyle with a 9:41.31 against Louisville.

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