2018-19 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Jim Burgess

Christoph Margotti

  • Position Back/Free
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mödling, Austria
  • Highschool SU Moedling

Biography

Career Accolades

  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mention
 
2017-18 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Competed at the NCAAs as a relay alternate
  • Swam in the preliminaries of the 400 FR, where he recorded a split of 42.69 to help Florida to a fourth-place preliminary finish
Regular Season
  • Totaled one relay win over the course of the season
  • Notched B-cuts in the 50 free (19.94), 100 free (43.36), 200 free (1:37.03), 100 fly (47.82) and 200 IM (1:48.02)
 
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Regular Season
  • Recorded two new career-bests in the 100 free (44.48) and 100 fly (50.08) at the season-ending Last Chance Meet
 
2015-2016 (Freshman)
SEC Championships:
  • Competed in the ‘B’ Final of the 100 Free and finished 14th overall with time of 43.85
  • Clocked a season-best in the prelims (43.72)
  • Registered 13 points on the finish for the first-place finishing Florida Men
  • Finished 25th in the 50 free after clocking a 20.14, and 26th in the 200 free on a 1:37.15
  • All three marks at the conference meet served as a season-best
Regular Season
  • Participated in all nine regular-season meets
  • Swam as a member of Florida’s third-place finishing 200 Free Relay team on September 20
  • Also posted a season-bests of 1:54.89 in the 200 Back and 1:56.35 in the 200 IM at the All Florida Invitational
 
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 19.94 Last Chance Meet Feb. 23-25, 2018
100 Free 43.36 Auburn Invitational Feb. 2-4, 2018
200 Free 1:37.03 Auburn Invitational Feb. 2-4, 2018
100 Back 50.04 Purdue Invitational Nov. 16-18, 2017
200 Back 1:53.41 All-Florida Sept. 22, 2017
100 Fly 47.82 Last Chance Meet Feb. 23-25, 2018
200 IM 1:48.02 Auburn Invitational Feb. 2-4, 2018
 
Prior to Florida:
  • Margotti is one of the best young swimmers in his native country of Austria and has achieved many great times and accolades in his young career
  • Margotti was one of 18 swimmers selected by the Austrian Swimming Federation to represent Austria at the 2014 European Junior Championships
  • At that meet, he was a member of its 4x100 freestyle relay team that were finalists
  • Also in 2014, Margotti finished runner-up at the Austrian Short Course National Meet in the 100-meter backstroke
  • Just one year earlier at the Euro Championships, Margotti was a national champion as a member of both the 4x100 medley and freestyle relay squads
  • During his youth, he was a multiple-time National Age Group champion and record holder

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Free/Back
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Back/Free
    6'4"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Back/Free
    6'4"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Back/Free
    6'4"