2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Matthew Anderson

  • Position Free
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown The Woodlands, Texas
  • Highschool Indiana

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 SEC Academic First-Year Honor Roll
2019-20 (Senior)
SEC Championships 
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Registered a 16th-place nod in the 1,650 free final with his lifetime-best effort of 15:11.29
  • Finished 24th in the 500 free C-Final with a swim of 4:24.27
  • Placed 48th in the 200 free with his effort of 1:38.75
Regular Season
  • Set a new career-best in the 500 free at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet with a time of 9:12.68
  • Posted a personal-best in the 1,000 free (9:12.68) for the second time during the season versus Auburn on Senior Day
2018-19 (Junior)
  • Redshirt

Career-Best Times at Florida:
200 Free 1:38.75 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
500 Free 4:20.76 Last Chance Meet Feb. 29- March 1, 2020
1,000 Free 9:12.68 Auburn Jan. 25, 2020
1,650 Free 15:11.29 SEC Championships  Feb. 18-22, 2020

Prior to Florida
Transferred from Indiana
  • Placed ninth in the 1,650 Free with a personal best  time of 15:07.21 at the Big Ten Championships
  • Finished 48th in the 200 Free at the Big Ten Championships with a personal best time of 1:39.64
  • Place 30th in the 500 Free at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 4:25.82
  • Recorded a personal best time in the 500 Free with a time of 4:23.50 at the AT&T Winter National Championships
  • Set a career best in the 1,000-yard free with a time of 9:24.21 at the Indiana-Texas-Florida meet

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
  • Placed 52nd in the 1,500m Free at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 15:45.38
  • Placed 84th in the 400m Free at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 4:00.94

High School
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Anderson was the No. 13th-ranked recruit out of Texas in 2015
  • 2013-2014, 2014-2015 NISCA All-American
  • Two-time all-state selection
  • Placed second in the 2015 Texas State Championships, recorded a time of 4:28.08 in the 500-yard free  
  • Helped lead The Woodlands High School team to four Regional Championships.
  • Recorded a time of 16:00.83 on his way to a second-place finish in the 1,500m Free at the 2014 NCSA Jr. National Championships
  • Two-time Jr. Nationals Qualifier.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Redshirt Junior

    Free
  • 2019-20Senior

    Free