2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Emma Bissell
Isabella Marley
Courtney Culbreath
Tim Casey
Tim Casey
Tim Casey

Leonardo Garcia

  • Position Diving
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cali, Colombia
  • Highschool University of Missouri

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Five-time All-American
  • 2023 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • SEC Men's Diver of the Week (1/17/23)
  • 2021 All-Freshman Team
  • Male Diver of the Week (01/19/2021)
2022-23 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned two All-American honors
  • Finished tied for sixth in the platform, scoring a 366.35 in the finals.
  • Posted a personal-best 356.20 in the 1-meter prelims, qualifying for the consolation final where he finished 15th
  • Placed 47th in the 3-meter at 294.75
NCAA Diving Zones
  • Qualified in all three dives for the NCAA Championships
  • Collected a fourth-place finish in the platform with a 748.20
  • Scored a 774.10 for seventh in the 3-meter
  • Finished eighth in the 1-meter with a 686.45
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Notched a bronze medal in the platform with a 418.65
  • Finished 11th in the 1-meter after scoring a 289.75
  • Tallied a 310.55 in the 3-meter for 13th
Regular Season
  • Won the 1-meter and 3-meter against Florida State
  • Registered a personal-best 439.43 in the 3-meter against the Seminoles
  • Claimed victory in the 3-meter against FAU with a 437.33
2021-22 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Tallied a fourth-place finish in the platform with a 406.05
  • Finished eighth in the 3-meter with a score of 408.20 and was 38th in the 1-meter preliminaries
Diving Zones
  • Punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships in the 1-meter, 3-meter, and platform
  • Finished second in the 3-meter, fifth in the platform, and eighth in the 1-meter
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Finished sixth in the platform, 10th in the 1-meter, and 20th in the 3-meter
Regular season
  • Won the 1M Diving (351.90) and 3M diving (379.80) in the season opener against FAU
  • Picked up a win on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 394.88 against Miami
  • Finished first in the 1M diving with a score of 330.90 and in the 3M diving with a score of 394.65 against Georgia
  • Scored a 409.75 in the 3-meter and a 343.80 in the platform to win his two events at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
  • Won the 3-meter with a score of 413.03 in the victory over Auburn
  • Recorded first place scores of 411.70 in the 3-meter dive and a 388.88 in the platform dive at the Auburn University Invite
2020-21 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Finished ninth on the 3-meter springboard with a a score of 414.00
  • Finished 15th on the platform, with  score of 334.40
NCAA Zone B Championships
  • Finished forth on the platform with a a score of 733.00
  • Finished tenth on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 722.45
  • On the 1-meter springboard, finished in 13th place
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Finished seventh on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 341.90
  • On the platform, finished in eighth place with 334.00
  • Finishes 12th on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 347.25
Regular Season
  • Tallied a platform victory on the final day of the Auburn Invite with his finals mark of 361.43
  • Won the 3-meter in Florida debut against Georgia with the top score of 399.83
  • Won the 3m dive with a PB of 416.1 against FIU and Miami 
  • Named SEC Male Diver of the Week (Jan. 19, 2021)
  • Won the 3m dive at Auburn with a 381.45
Career-Best Dives at Florida:
1-meter 359.10 Florida State Jan. 20, 2023
3-meter 439.43 Florida State Jan. 20, 2023
Platform 406.05 NCAA Championships March 23-26, 2022

Prior to Florida:
  • Competed at the University of Missouri for his first collegiate season
  • Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships after a sixth-place finish on the 3-meter at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
  • Posted a pair of top-eight finishes at the 2020 SEC Championships, tallying a fourth-place nod on the platform and finishing in eighth-place on 3-meter.
  • Recorded six wins throughout regular season (four on 3-meter and two on 1-meter)
  • Named SEC Men’s Diver of the week on Oct. 8, 2019
  • Competed at the 2017 Junior Pan American Diving Championships
Major:
  • Graduated in December of 2023 with bachelor's degree in Telecommunication 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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