2015-16 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Main, Bayley

Bayley Main
- Position:
- Free
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Macleans College
Bio
Career Accolades
- One-time All-American
- 2018 SEC Champion (400 MR)
- 2017 SEC champion (400 MR)
- 2017 All-SEC First Team
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 (Redshirt Junior)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships, competing in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back and 400 MR
- Earned one All-American honor after finishing fifth in the 400 MR with a time of 3:03.16 and a backstroke split of 46.41
- Placed 33rd in 100 free with a career-best time of 43.39
- Posted a career-best time of 19.70 in the 50 free to finish 42nd overall
- Finished 33rd in the 100 back with a time of 46.96
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in three of his events
- Won gold in the 400 MR, swimming a time of 3:04.55 with a 46.87 backstroke split
- Finished fourth overall in the 100 back with a time of 46.53
- Also posted a 19th place finish in the 200 back with a time of 1:43.87
- Swam a time of 1:37.83 in the 200 free to finish 31st overall
- Totaled two individual wins and one relay victory over the course of the season
- Notched B-cuts in the 50 free (19.91), 100 free (43.59), 200 free (1:37.77), 46.01 (100 back) and 200 back (1:43.87)
2016-17 (Redshirt Sophomore)
SEC Championships
- Member of the 2017 SEC championship-winning team, winning the 400 medley relay title (3:04.52) and finishing third in the 100 back B-final (46.77), fourth in the 200 free C-final (1:36.25) and fourth in the 200 back C-final (1:44.64)
- Totaled two relay wins on the season
- Posted B-cuts in the 200 free, 100 back and 200 back
2015-2016 (Redshirt Freshman)
SEC Championships:
- Registered 32 of the first-place finishing Florida men’s team points across three events
- Swam to a 14th-place finish in the 200 back while placing 17th in the 100 back (47.27) and 18th in the 200 free (1:36.41)
- His times in the 200 free and 100 back marked season-best efforts
- Competed in the A-final and placed 10th overall in the 50 free at the Buckeye Invitational, finishing with a season-best 20.88
- Posted UF’s second-fastest 50 back time this season with a relay-opening 22.36 at the Buckeye Invitational
- His time in the 100 back at the SEC Championships stands as the third-fastest 100 back time this season.
2014-15 (Freshman)
- Redshirted
- Joined the Gators in January 2015
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
- Raced in the 2017 World University Games for New Zealand, swimming in six events over the course of the week
- He swam in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstrokes, as well as the 100m free, 4x200m free relay and 4x100m medley relay
- Posted a time of 26.14 in the 50m back to finish 25th overall and swam a 51.90 in 100m free to finish 61st
- He finished 36th in the 100m back with a time of 57.34 and swam a 2:05.16 in the 200m back to finish 25th overall
- His best relay finish came in the 4x200m free relay where he and Team New Zealand finished 14th overall with a time of 7:37.46
- Posted a time of 3:25.76 in the 4x100m free relay to finish in 17th and closed out his week with a 3:44.94 in the 4x100m medley relay, putting NZ in 21st place
- Competed at the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships, participating in the men’s 100m and 200m backstroke
- Qualified for the B final in the 100m back, posting a time of 56.67...Swam a 2:04.42 in the 200m back.
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free | 19.70 | NCAA Championships | March 21-24, 2018 |
100 Free | 43.39 | NCAA Championships | March 21-24, 2018 |
200 Free | 1:35.68 | SEC Championships | Feb. 16, 2017 |
500 Free | 4:56.04 | All-Florida | Sept. 23, 2016 |
100 Fly | 49.65 | FAU | Jan. 6, 2018 |
50 Back | 22.09 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
100 Back | 46.01 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
200 Back | 1:42.37 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 26, 2017 |
200 IM | 1:56.56 | FL JaxParks Swim Classic | Jan. 18, 2015 |
Prior to Florida
- Main was named the High School Sportsman of the Year in 2011 and the Senior Swimmer of the Year in 2013
- He was a three-time Junior Swimmer of the Year from 2010-2012
- Was coached by Jana Wilkitzki at Macleans
- Holds the New Zealand age group records for 13 year olds in the short course 50 free (25.20) and for 14 year olds in the short course 100 free (53.10) and long course 50 free (24.55)
- He is the younger brother of former Gator Corey Main
- Chose UF because of its solid swimming & diving program to go along with its excellent academics.
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