2021-22 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess

Gerry Quinn

  • Position Free
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Longford, Ireland
  • Highschool Longford

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Two-time All-American
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 All-SEC First TeamĀ 
  • 2020 SEC Champion (800 FR)
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 (Senior)
Regular Season
  • Did not compete
2019-20 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Received first career All-American accolades in the 200 free and 800 free relayĀ 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 free
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Was a member of the SEC champion 800 free relay that set a new SEC record with their swim of 6:09.91 (fifth-fastest in UF history)
  • Finished in fifth-place in the 200 free A-final (1:34.15) after posting a personal-best swim of 1:33.73 in the prelimsĀ 
  • Secured aĀ 26th-place finish in the 100 free with a career-best effort of 43.63
  • Registered a 200 IM time of 1:46.86, good for 28th-place
Regular Season
  • Finished campaign with a pair of individual wins, as well a three relay victories
2018-19 (Sophomore)
Regular Season
  • Ended sophomore campaign at Florida's Last Chance Meet and posted a time of 44.87 in the 100 free and a B-cut in the 200 free with a swim of 1:35.03
2017-18 (Freshman)
Regular Season
  • Completed his season at Florida’s Last Chance Meet, where he recorded three career-best times: 100 free (43.85), 200 free (1:34.51) and 200 IM (1:46.75)
  • Posted B-cut times in the 100 free (43.85), 200 free (1:34.51) and 200 IM (1:46.75)
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 20.71 Auburn Invitational Feb. 2-4, 2018
100 Free 43.63 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
200 Free 1:33.73 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
500 Free 4:30.07 Purdue Invitational Nov. 16-18, 2017
100 Fly 52.50 FAU Jan. 6, 2018
200 IM 1:46.75 Last Chance Meet Feb. 23-25, 2018
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PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • Swam for both the Irish Swimming Federation and Longford
  • Represented Ireland in the European Junior Swimming Championships
  • Had two top-15 finishes at the Arena European Junior Swimming Championships, placing seventh in the 100 free (50.00) and 15th in the 200 free (1:51.51)
  • Most recently, he competed in the Irish SC Championships (Dec. 2016), where he raced in the 100, 200 and 400 free
  • Posted a time of 49.13 in the 100 free, 1:47.30 in the 200 free and 3:51.31 in the 400 free.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'9"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Free
    5'9"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Free
  • 2020-21Senior

    Free
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    Free