2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Courtney Culbreath
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Kevin Vargas

  • Position IM
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Murrieta, Calif.
  • Highschool Diamond Bar

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Two-time All American
  • 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 CSCAA All-American
  • 2020 SEC All-Freshman Team 
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 
  • Named to 2021 USA Swimming National Junior Team
2022-23 (Senior)
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Finished 10th in the 400 IM with a 3:42.35
  • Swam a B-cut 1:54.91 in the 200 breast to finish 11th
  • Notched 21st in the 200 IM at 1:44.82
Regular Season
  • Won the 200 IM against NOVA Southeastern and Virginia
  • Posted B-cut times of 1:43.73 in the 200 IM for fourth and 3:40.98 in the 400 IM for second in the Georgia Fall Invitational
2021-22 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Finished 11th in the 400 IM with a time of 3:40.31
  • Notched a 1:44.10 in the 200 IM prelims to tie for 38th 
  • Honorable mention All-American in the 400 IM
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Won the 400 Yard IM B-Final at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:43.87, finishing ninth overall
  • Finished fifth in the 200 breast with a season-best time of 1:54.45
  • Earned a B-cut in the 200 IM with a 1:44.78
Regular Season
  • Won the 400 IM at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational with a career-best 3:42.81
  • Posted a career-best 54.88 in the 100 breast at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
  • Finished 3rd in the 200 Yard breast A-Final at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational with a time of 1:55.46
  • Placed 3rd in the 200 breast against Georgia at the home opener with a time of 2:00.68
2020-21 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
  • Finished in 20th in the 400 IM and 45th in the 200 IM
  • Finished 26th in the 200 breast
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
  • Finished fourth in the 200 breast and the 200 IM
  • Finished 16th in the 400 IM
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
Regular Season
  • Had six top ten finishes including one first place finish in the 200 breast at the Auburn Invite
2019-20 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Captured first career All-American honor in the 400 IM 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Finished in fifth-place in the 400 IM A-final (3:44.16)
  • Posted a second-place (18th overall) in the 200 breast B-final with a new lifetime-best swim of 1:56.62
  • Recorded new personal-best times in the preliminary 200 IM (1:46.87) and 400 IM (3:44.73) heats'
Regular Season
  • Won a pair of individual events
  • Finished regular season at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet, clocking a new 400 IM personal-best of 3:43.35
  • Set personal-bests in the 500 free (4:26.21), 100 breast (56.81) and 200 back (1:52.88) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Set a career- best in the 1,000 free with a swim of 9:13.41 versus Nova Southeastern and Indian River

Career-Best Times at Florida:
200 Free 1:38.15 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
500 Free 4:20.83 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
1,000 Free 9:13.41 Nova/Indian River Sept. 27, 2019
100 Breast 54.88 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
200 Breast  1:54.22 SEC Championships Feb. 23-26, 2021
200 Fly 1:49.46 Auburn  Jan. 25, 2020
200 IM 1:43.73 Georgia Fall Invitational Nov. 17, 2022
400 IM 3:40.31 NCAA Championships Mar. 23-26, 2022

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • According to Collegeswimming.com, Vargas is the 57th best recruit in the 2019 class and No. 7 from California
  • 2018 USA Jr. National Team member
  • 2018 USA Jr. Nationals third place – 400 IM
  • 2018 USA Jr. Nationals fourth place – 800 Free

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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