2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Hannah White

Talia Bates

  • Position Back/Free/Fly
  • Class Senior
  • High School Buchholz
  • Hometown Gainesville, Fla.

Biography

2020 Olympic Trials Wave 2
  • Competed in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 back, and the 100 fly
  • Picked up two personal best in the 100 back and the 200 back
  • Advanced to the semifinals in the 100 back to finish and finished 20th in the 200 back
  • Finished 44th in the 50 free, 40th in the 100 free, and 32nd in the 200 free
  • Finished 38th in the 100 fly

Career Accolades 
  • 14-time All-American
  • 2023 All-SEC First Team
  • 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2021 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 
2022-23 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned three All-American honors
  • Competed in the three individual events and three relays
  • Member of the 800 free relay team that finished sixth, the 200 free relay team that placed seventh and the 400 free relay that took eighth.
  • Placed 38th in the 100 free at 48.72, and finished 42nd in both the 50 free at 22.45 and 200 free at 1:46.43
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • SEC Title in the 800 free relay
  • Member of the school-record breaking 400 free relay team with a 3:10.83
  • Bronze Medalist in the 200 free relay
  • Placed fourth in the 200 free at 1:44.37 and sixth in the 100 free at 48.42
Regular Season
  • Won the 100 back and 100 fly in the season-opening win over Arkansas and NOVA Southeastern
  • Claimed first in the 50 free against Tennessee
  • Member of the winning 200 medley relay and 400 free relay in her senior night win over FAU
2021-22 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
  • Honorable mention All-American in the 100 free and 200 free
  • Competed in four relays and two individual events
  • Set a personal-best of 47.95 in the 100 free, placing 16th. Finished the 200 free in 12th
  • Member of the 800 free relay team tat finished sixth, the 400 free relay team that finished seventh, the 200 free relay team that finished ninth, and the 400 medley relay that finished 21st.
SEC Championships
  • Swam in four relays and three individual events
  • Placed sixth in the 200 free, and ninth in the 50 free and 100 free
  • Was apart of the 400 free relay team that finished third, the 800 free relay team that finished fourth, the 200 free relay team that finished fifth, and the 400 medley relay team that finished seventh
  • Registered a 100 back split of 52.49 in the 400 medley relay, a personal and team-best
Regular season
  • Won 10 events, including the 50 free, 400 free relay, and 200 medley relay, at FAU
2020-21 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in the 50 free, 100 free, and the 200 free
  • Claimed the silver in the 200 free with a time of 1:43.49
  • Finished tenth in the 100 free and 21st in the 50 free
  • Was the lead off for the 800 free relay that finished ninth
  • Was a part of the 200 free relay that finished 13th and was a part of the 400 medley relay that finished 16th
SEC Championships
  • Competed in the 50 free, 100 free, and the 200 free
  • Finished fourth in the 200 free and seventh in the 100 free
  • Finished 11th in the 50 free with a personal best time of 22.12
  • Was a part of the 800 free relay team that finished second, the 400 free relay team that finished fifth, the 400 medley relay team that finished fifth, and the 400 free relay team that finished fourth
  • Earned B-cuts in the 50 free, 100 free, and in the 200 free
Regular Season
  • Won three events at Auburn
  • Upped her times on the UF all-time lists in three events in one week against UNF and Auburn
2019-20 (Sophomore)
Regular Season
  • Ended fall slate with six event wins at the Auburn Invite that included new personal-bests and top 10 program swims in the 50 free (8th), 100 free (10th) and 100 back (7th)
2019-20 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned first career All-American accolades as a member of the 200 and 400 free relay 
  • Picked as a relay-only swimmer at the NCAA Championships 
SEC Championships
  • Set a new personal-best effort in the 100 free with her time of 49.09, good for 20th place
  • Anchored the fourth-place and fourth-fastest 200 free relay (1:28.13) in school history with a split of 21.89
  • Was a member of the second-fastest 400 free relay in school history that combined for a time of 3:12.79 (4th-place) 
  • Finished in 20th in the 50 free (22.47) and 33rd in the 100 back (54.24)
Regular season
  • Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Nov. 12 and Jan. 14
  • Tallied nine individual and 10 relay wins in her first collegiate season
  • Posted the sixth-best 50 free swim in program history with her effort of 22.34 at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Recorded personal-best swims in the 100 fly (53.35), 100 back (53.68) and 200 back (1:58.50) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Was a member of the fourth-fastest 200 medley relay, ninth-fastest 400 free relay, fifth-fastest 400 medley relay and fifth-fastest 200 free relay in Gator history at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Registered her first two collegiate wins against FIU in the 50 free (pool record) and 100 fly

Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 21.65 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
100 Free 47.95 NCAA Championships March. 16-19, 2022
200 Free 1:43.28 NCAA Championships March. 17-20, 2021
100 Fly 52.77 UNF Jan. 20, 2021
100 Back 52.84 Auburn Jan. 23, 2021
200 Back 1:58.50 Georgia Tech Invitational Nov. 22-24, 2019

Prior to Florida:
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Bates is the 43rd-ranked recruit in the country and the 6th best in Florida
  • Seven-time FHSAA State Champion – 50 Free four times, 100 Fly three times
  • 2018 Irish Open Champion – 50 Fly
  • State record holder in the 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, and 400 Free Relay
  • Four-time FHSAA team state champion
  • NCSA Jr. National Champion – 100 Fly
  • 2017 National Select Camp participant
  • US National, Jr. National, US Open, and TYR Pro Finalist 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Back/Fly/Free

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Back/Free/Fly

  • 2021-22Junior

    Back/Free/Fly

  • 2022-23Senior

    Back/Free/Fly

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