2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Justin Casterline
Courtney Culbreath
Isabella Marley
Anissa Dimilta
Piper Hansen
Bethany Hocker
Tim Casey
Tim Casey

Vanessa Pearl

  • Position Breast/IM
  • Class Senior
  • High School McKinney
  • Hometown McKinney, Texas

Biography

Records Held

Florida:
  • 200 Breast - 2:07.85 (2021 SEC Championships)
  • 200 IM - 1:53.98 (2019 SEC Championships)
2020 Olympic Trials Wave 2
  • Competed in the 100 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
  • Finished 41st in both the 200 IM and the 400IM
  • Finished 48th in the 100 breast
Career Accolades
  • Eight-time All-American 
  • 2021 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2020 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 All-SEC Second Team 
  • 2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
 2020-21 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
  • Finished tenth in the 200 IM
  • Finished 25th in the 400 IM and 36th in the 200 breast
SEC Championships
  • Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
  • Claimed the silver in the 200 IM with a seasons best time of 1:54.72
  • Finished sixth in the 200 breast and eighth in the 400 IM
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
Regular Season
  • Posted a pair of B-cuts in both breast events and added a runner-up bid in the 200 IM in season opener at Georgia
  • Set a new 100 free personal-best after leading off Florida's winning 400 free relay with a split of 50.07 at the Auburn Invite
  • Won the 200y breast at Auburn with a 2:09.56
2019-20 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned five All-American honors, receiving recognition in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 Breast
SEC Championship
  • Secured a second-place finish in the 400 IM A-final with a season-best mark of 4:04.61
  • Posted an eighth-place finish in the 200 breast after notching a season-best effort of 2:08.60 in the prelims
  • Won the 200 IM B-final with a season-best swim of 1:54.80, good for 9th-place overall 
  • Swam the second leg of the third-place 200 medley relay that combined for a swim of 1:36.10
  • Was a member of the third-fastest 400 medley relay in school history that finished in fourth with an effort of 3:31.13
Regular Season
  • Posted 13 individual event victories and was a member of five winning relays
2018-19 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Placed seventh in the B Final, 15th overall, in the 200 IM with a swim of 1:56.95 and earned an All-American honorable mention nod for her efforts
  • Swam the second leg of the 400 medley relay with a split of 59.68 as the team combined for a time of 3:32.05 and tied for 13th overall as they earned All-American honorable mention accolades
  • In the 400 medley relay prelims, she swam a second-leg split of 59.33 and helped the squad post the third-best time in UF history with a combined effort of 3:31.32
  • Recorded a second-leg split of 27.72 as the team notched 19th-place finish with a swim of 1:37.37 in the 200 medley relay
  • Finished 24th in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:09.98
  • Posted a swim of 2:09.69 in the 200 breast and placed 24th
SEC Championships
  • Recorded the fastest time in Florida history with her fourth-place time in the 200 IM with a career-best effort of 1:53.98
  • Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a member of the 200 medley relay team where she swam a second-leg split of 26.87 and the squad finished in third with a combined swim of 1:35.64, which is the second-best mark in UF history
  • Placed second in the 400 IM with a personal-best swim of 4:03.56, which ranks third in program history
  • Notched a second-leg split of 59.46 in the 400 medley relay as the team posted a time of 3:31.91 and placed sixth
  • Finished sixth in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:08.51
Regular Season
  • Tallied 17 individual event victories and 10 relay wins throughout the season
  • Recorded the fastest time in UF history in the 200 breast with her career-best swim of 2:08.04 at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
  • Notched a personal-best mark of 23.74 at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational in the 50 free
  • Tied the second-fastest swim in Florida history in the 200 breast with her career-best time of 59.94 against Tennessee
  • Produced a personal-best effort of 2:01.88 in the 200 fly against FAU
National/International Competition:
  • Competed in five events at the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships
  • Earned a silver medal after finishing runner-up with a time of 2:12.49 in the 200m IM
  • Won the 200m breast B-final with a career-best mark of 2:24.99, the second-fastest finals time overall
  • Added a 100m breast time of 1:09.37, good for 19th overall
  • Finished 17th overall in the 400m IM with an effort of 4:42.32
  • Swam the fastest spilt of 56.78 on her 4x100m FR squad

Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 23.74 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 15-17, 2019
100 Free 50.07 Auburn Invite Nov. 18, 2020
200 Free 1:48.96 Auburn Nov. 18, 2020
100 Breast 59.94 Tennessee Feb. 2, 2019
200 Breast 2:07.85 SEC Championships Feb. 17-20, 2021
200 Back 2:02.19 Auburn Invite Nov. 18, 2020
200 Fly 2:01.88 FAU Sept. 27, 2019
200 IM 1:53.98 SEC Championships  Feb. 19-23, 2019
400 IM 4:03.56 SEC Championships Feb. 19-23, 2019

Prior to Florida
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Pearl is the No.13-ranked recruit overall, No. 4 in the state of Texas
  • Finished ninth at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in the 200-meter breaststroke with a swim of 2:26.69, which won the B Final and was a personal-best time
  • Won the C Final with a time of 4:45.94 at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in the 400-meter individual medley
  • Recorded a first-place finish in the D Final of the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:14.71, setting a new personal best
  • Claimed titles at the 2018 UIL Texas 6A State Championships, in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley
  • US National Team Member – 2017-18
  • 2017 US Open High Point Winner
  • USA Swimming Scholastic All-America

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Breast/IM

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Breast/IM

  • 2020-21Junior

    Breast/IM

  • 2021-22Senior

    Breast/IM

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