NickCaruso

Top Times (SCY):
200 Freestyle: 1:37.17 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/16/23)
500 Freestyle: 4:15.66 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/15/23)
1000 Freestyle: 8:53.74 (Louisville, 1/21/23)
1650 Freestyle: 14:52.13 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/18/23)

Top Times (LCM):
200 Freestyle: 1:49.39 (USA Swimming Futures Championships – Ocala, 7/26/23)
400 Freestyle: 3:51.20 (Phillips 66 National Championships, 6/30/ 23)
800 Freestyle: 7:58.80 (Phillips 66 National Championships, 7/1/23)
1500 Freestyle: 15:32.81 (Phillips 66 National Championship, 7/26/22)

Career Notes:

• 2023 NCAA qualifier
• 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier
• 2022-23 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 SEC Community Service Team
• 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention

In the Record Book:

• No. 1 in 400M free (2023) and 800M free (2023)
• No. 3 in 500 free (2023)
• No. 2 in 1000 free (2023)
• No. 4 in 1650 free (2023)

2023-24 (Junior): Team Captain … Missed the 2023-24 season due to injury.

2022-23 (Sophomore): Qualified for the NCAA Championships … Placed 24th in the 1650 freestyle (14:55.22) and 30th in the 500 freestyle (4:16.92) … Finished 9th at the SEC Championships in the 1650 freestyle (14:52.13) … Participated in the 2022 Toyota US Open Championships, qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the 1500 L freestyle with a time of 15:38.28 … Took 17th in the 500 freestyle (4:15.66) … Was 10th in the 500 free (4:21.14) at the Ohio State Invitational and 11th in both the 1000 freestyle (9:13.10) and 1650 freestyle (15:13.49)… Was first in the 500 freestyle and 1000 freestyle in dual meet vs. Louisville … Picked up a victory in the 500 freestyle at Texas A&M.

2021-22 (Freshman): Finished 10th in the 1650 free (15:00.40) and 13th in the 500 free (4:18.73) at the SEC Championships … Placed 16th in the mile (15:33.06) at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Had 10 top-5 finishes throughout the dual meet season, highlighted by winning both the 500 free (4:28.55) and 1000 free (9:11.95) against Cincinnati … Took third in both the 500 free (4:34.86) and 1000 free (9:20.33) in the season opener at Indiana … Won the 1000 free (9:15.05) and was second in the 500 free (4:31.01) versus Miami Ohio … Finished fifth in the 1000 free (9:24.05) in a tilt with Tennessee … Raced to third in the mile (15:22.27) at Louisville … Tabbed to the SEC Community Service Team … Named SEC Male Co-Freshman of the Week on Feb. 1, becoming the first UK male rookie to earn the weekly honor since 2013 … Won the Freshman Award at the program’s annual award banquet.

Prior to UK: Four-time Florida 4A State Championship finalist, earning bronze in the 500 freestyle as a senior … Won both the 200 and 500 freestyle at the FHSAA 4A Region 1 Championships in 2020 … Named team MVP … Also competed for Gator Swim Club where he was a 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier … Swam for the same club and attended the same high school as UK teammate Mason Wilby … Gold medalist in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle at Huntsville Futures in 2021 … Won the 200-meter freestyle at Plantation Sectionals in 2021 … 400-meter and 1500-meter freestyle champion at the 2019 Southern Zone Age Group Championships. 

Personal: Son of Janet and Lawrence Caruso … Has a younger brother, Andrew … Was a National Merit Scholar.