VictorMartin Roig
- position Freestyle
- class Junior
- Hometown Marratxi, Spain
- Major Business and Organizational Communication
- High school IES CTEIB
Top Times (SCY):
50 Freestyle: 20.29 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/15/23)
100 Freestyle: 43.76 (Kentucky vs. Alabama, 1/13/24)
200 Freestyle: 1:34.68 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/16/23)
Top Times (LCM):
50 Freestyle: 23.55 (Spanish National Championships, 3/27/21)
100 Freestyle: 50.09 (Spanish National Championships, 3/24/21)
200 Freestyle: 1:51.94 (Spanish National Championships, 3/25/21)
Career Notes:
- 2022 SEC bronze medalist in 800 free relay
- 2022 All-SEC Second Team
In the Record Book:
- No. 1 in 800 free relay (2022)
- No. 5 in 200 freestyle (2023)
2022-23 (Sophomore): Part of the NCAA qualifying 800 freestyle relay … Had personal bests in three events at the SEC Championships … Finished 18th in the 200 freestyle (1:34.68), 31st in the 100 freestyle (43.78) and 48th in the 50 freestyle (20.29). Was also part of the 800 freestyle relay that posted an NCAA “A-standard” at 6:16.26 … Claimed victory in the 100 freestyle at Cincinnati (45.29) … Was third in the 200 freestyle vs. Louisville (1:35.35) … Finished third in 50 freestyle vs. Georgia (21.09) … Made the finals in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle at the midseason Ohio State Invitational, placing 13th in the 200 free (1:37.06) and 24th in the 100 free (44.41) … Swam to second in the 200 freestyle at Texas A&M (1:38.15) … Notched third-place showing vs. Indiana in the 200 freestyle (1:38.37).
2021-22 (Freshman): Named to the All-SEC Second Team … Earned bronze at the SEC Championships as a member of the 800 free relay that broke the school record with a split of 1:33.02 … Placed 22nd in the 200 free (1:35.70), 35th in the 100 free (44.05) and 46th in the 50 free (20.43) at SECs … Had a split of 1:34.68 in the 800 free relay that finished 17th at the NCAA Championships … Finished eighth in the 200 free (1:36.75) and 15th in the 100 free (44.51) at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Had 11 top-5 finishes throughout the dual meet season, including taking second in both the 100 free (45.31) and 200 free (1:40.07) against Miami Ohio … Was the runner-up in the 100 free (45.58) in the season opener at Indiana … Placed third in the 50 free (21.22) and fourth in the 200 free (1:39.44) versus Cincinnati … Raced to second in the 200 free (1:38.25) and fifth in the 100 free (44.97) in a tilt with Tennessee.
Prior to UK: Swam for Voltor Balear … Finished eighth in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2021 Spanish National Championships … Took seventh in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2020 Open Castalia Castellón Trophy, Spain’s Olympic qualifier … Placed seventh in both the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle at the Spanish Short Course National Championships in 2020.