2016-17 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Bray, Chandler

Chandler Bray
- Position:
- Breast
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Avon, Ind.
- High School:
- Avon
Bio
Career Accolades
SEC Championships
Regular Season
2017-18 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
2016-17 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Florida
- Three-time All-American
- 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 SEC Brad Davis Community Service Leaders Award Nominee
- 2019 CSCAA Scholar All-America selection
- 2018 SEC Champion (200 MR)
- 2018 All-SEC First Team
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 SEC Champion (200 MR, 400 MR)
- 2017 All-SEC First Team
- 2017 All-Freshman Team
- One-time SEC Male Freshman of the Week
- 2017 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
- UF Records Held:
- 200 MR - 1:22.23 - 2018 NCAA Championships
SEC Championships
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Notched a new personal-best swim of 1:48.69 in the 200 IM prelims (37th-place)
- Posted a 12th-place finish in the 200 breast finals with a season-best swim of 1:55.94
- Finished in seventh-place (15th-overall) in the 100 breast B-final with a swim of 53.27 after setting a season-best in the prelims (53.11)
- Posted season-bests at the Georgia Tech Invite in the 100 breast (54.05), 200 breast (1:58.23) and 200 IM (1:53.21)
Regular Season
- Ended his season at Florida’s Last Chance Meet where he won the 200 breast in a season-best time of 1:57.46
- Collected one indivudal victory and three relay wins
2017-18 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for NCAA Championships as a relay alternate, earning All-American honors in the 200 MR
- The MR finished with a school record of 1:22.33 and Bray swam a 23.83 breaststroke split
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in three events
- He earned gold in the 200 MR, swimming a 23.75 breaststroke split
- Finished 15th overall in the 100 breast with a time of 54.06 and swam to a 16th place finish in the 200 breast (1:57.78)
- Totaled three relay wins over the course of the season
- Notched B-cuts in the 100 breast (53.26) and 200 breast (1:56.06)
2016-17 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, finishing fifth in the 200 medley relay (1:23.08), eighth in the 400 medley relay (3:04.90), 23rd in the 200 breast (1:55.21) and 35th in the 100 breast (53.18)
- Member of the 2017 SEC championship-winning team, winning the 200 medley relay title (1:23.44), winning the 400 medley relay title (3:04.52), finishing seventh in the 100 breast A-final (52.71) and seventh in the 200 breast A-final (1:55.86) and tying for 34th in the 200 IM (1:49.34)
- Named SEC Male Freshman of the Week on Jan. 31 after Florida's win over Tennessee in its only home meet of the year
- Totaled one individual and four relay wins on the season
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
- Participated in the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships in August, swimming in the 100m and 200m breast
- He set the current Florida record for the 100m breast, swimming a 1:01.52 in a swim-off for the A final
- The previous record had stood since the 2014 season
- He finishd sixth in the preliminary round of the 200m breaststroke, posting a time of 2:15.69
- Competed at the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships, racing in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststrokes
- Made the B Final in each one of those races, with his best finish coming in the 200m breast, where he finished 3rd in the final and 11th overall with a time of 2:12.97
- Recorded a time of 1:02.02 in the B Final of the 100m breast, good for fourth in the final and 12th place overall
- Lastly, he posted a time of 28.36 in the B Final of the 50m breast, good for sixth in the final
- Participated in the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, finishing 23rd in the 200m breast with a time of 2:16.11
- Also raced in the 100m breast, finishing in 72nd with a mark of 1:03.35.
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free | 21.80 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
100 Free | 50.68 | All-Florida | Sept. 25, 2016 |
100 Back | 56.93 | All-Florida | Sept. 24, 2016 |
100 Breast | 52.61 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 25, 2017 |
200 Breast | 1:55.21 | NCAA Championships | March 25, 2017 |
100 Fly | 53.72 | Georgia Tech Invite | Nov. 18, 2016 |
200 IM | 1:48.69 | SEC Championships | Feb. 18-22, 2020 |
Prior to Florida
- Swam for the Avon Community Swim Team
- 2016 state champion in the 100 breast and finished fourth in the 200 IM
- In the 100 breast prelims, he set a new national high school record at 52.65
2024-25 Season Video
Wednesday, July 02
Men's 400 Medley Relay
Wednesday, April 02
Julian Smith - 100 Breaststroke
Wednesday, April 02
Josh Liendo 100 Butterfly
Wednesday, April 02