2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

John Glaser
Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess

Marco Guarente

  • Position Breast/IM
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Weston, Fla.
  • Highschool Cypress Bay

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Four-time All-American
  • 2020 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2019 All-SEC Second Team
2019-20 (Senior) 
NCAA Championships
  • Reeled in All-American honors in the 100 and 200 breast
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 and 200 breast
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Qualified for the 100 breast A-final after recording a new personal-best swim of 51.82, the third-fastest time in school history
  • Finished in sixth-place in the 200 breast with a career-best mark of 1:53.34 (fifith-best time in Gator history) 
  • Earned a bronze medal as a member of the 200 medley relay that combined for the eighth-fastest mark in school history (1:24.51)
Regular Season
  • Notched 12 individual victories, as well as being a member of four winning relays
2018-19 (Junior) 
NCAA Championships
  • Participated in the 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 MR and 400 MR
  • Earned All-American status as a part of the 400 MR squad, who finished in eighth-place in a combined swim of 1:44.23, and the 200 yard MR, who finished in tenth place with a time of 1:24.06 (seventh-fastest in program history)
  • Secured a 24th-place finish in the 200 breast with a mark of 1:54.59
  • Notched a 29th-place effort in the 100 breast (52.93)
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team 
  • Notched a third-place finish in the 100 breast finals with a career-best time of 52.12
  • Finished in eighth-place after recording a time of 1:55.12 in the 200 breast finals and a personal-best time of 1:54.56 in the prelims
Regular Season
  • Registered seven individual wins and one relay victory 
2017-18 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Competed at the 2018 NCAA Championships as a relay alternate, swimming in the preliminary of the 400 MR. He posted a breaststroke split of 53.01.
SEC Championships
  • Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in two of his events
  • In the first championship final of his career, he finished sixth overall in the 100 breast with a career-best time of 47.18
  • Posted an personal-best time of 1:55.13 in the consolation final of the 200 breast to finish 10th overall
  • Placed 40th in the 200 IM with a time of 1:48.98
Regular Season
  • Finished the season with five individual wins
  • Notched B-cuts in the 100 breast (52.89), 200 breast (1:55.13) and 200 IM (1:48.73)
2016-17 (Freshman)
Regular Season
  •  Posted B-cuts in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM
National/International Competition:
  • Competed at the 2019 Pan American Games and won the B-final of the 100m breast with a mark of 1:01.59 
  • Finished the 200m breast in 2:14.40, good for 7th-place. 
 
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 21.01 Purdue Invitational Nov. 16-18, 2017
100 Free 47.18 Georgia Tech Invite Nov. 19, 2016
100 Breast 51.82 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
200 Breast 1:53.34 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
100 Fly 50.54 FAU Jan. 6, 2018
200 IM 1:46.27 SEC Championships  Feb. 18-22, 2020
400 IM 3:54.51 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 15, 2018
 
Prior to Florida
  • Placed third in the 200m breast at the 2015 Junior National Championships
  • One-time gold and four-time silver medalist at the Venezuelan Youth Games
  • 2012 Pan American gold medalist in the 200m breast

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Breast/IM
    5'10"

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Breast/IM
    5'10"

  • 2018-19Junior

    Breast/IM
    5'10"

  • 2019-20Senior

    Breast/IM

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