2020-21 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess

Ethan Beach

  • Position Back
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesterfield, Va.
  • Highschool Matoaca

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
  • Competed at the 2020 Olympic Trials in the 100 & 200 back
  • Finished 37th in the 200 back and 55th in the 100 back
  • Participated in the Phillips 66 National Championships and tallied a 20th-place finish with a time of 2:01.65 in the 200m breaststroke 
2020-21 (Senior)
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Competed in the 100 back and 200 back
  • Finished tenth in the 200 back and 18th in the 100 back
  • Secured a B-cut in the 100 back and 200 back
Regular Season
  • Finished third in the 200 back against Auburn
  • Finished fifth in the 100 back and 200 back against Georgia  

2019-20 (Junior)
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Tallied a new personal-best in the 200 free prelims with a swim of 1:36.49 (32nd-place)
  • Finished 19th-overall in the 100 back (47.67) after setting a new season-best in the prelims with a time of 47.65
  • Posted a 10th-place finish in the 200 back with a season-best effort of 1:42.38
Regular Season
  • Won the 200 back with a swim of 1:47.97 in the season-opener versus Nova Southeastern and Indian River
  • Clocked a new personal-best in the 200 IM with a swim of 1:49.19 at the Georgia Tech Invitational  

2018-19 (Sophomore)
Regular Season
  • Ended his season at Florida’s Last Chance Meet, winning the 200 back with a career-best time of 1:42.05 and recording a personal-best swim in the 100 back (47.27) 
  • Finished in a career-best time of 1:37.59 in the 200 free at the Auburn Invitational 
2017-18 (Freshman)
Regular Season
  • Finished his freshman campaign at Florida’s Last Chance Meet, where he recorded career-best times in the 100 back (47.88) and 200 back (1:43.58)
  • Achieved B-cut times in the 100 back (47.88) and 200 back (1:43.58) during the season
  • Totaled one individual win in 2017-18
 
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free    21.59 FAU Jan. 6, 2018
100 Free 48.04 All-Florida Sept. 22, 2017
200 Free 1:36.49 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
500 Free 4:35.37 FSU Jan. 5, 2018
50 Back    22.84 Last Chance Meet March 1-2, 2019
100 Back 47.27 Last Chance Meet March 1-2, 2019
200 Back 1:42.05 Last Chance Meet March 1-2, 2019
200 IM    1:49.19 Georgia Tech Invitational Nov. 22-24, 2019
 

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier, finishing 99th in the 200 back prelims (2:06.65)
  • Placed second in the 100 back B-final (57.56) and fifth in the 200 back A-final (2:03.41) at the 2016 Speedo Junior National Championships
  • Competed at the 2017 US Open Championships back in August, participating in the 100m back, 200m back and 200m free
  • Earned a spot in the D final of the 100m back, posting a time of 57.19
  • Qualified for the C final in the 200m back, finishing with a time of 2:01.80.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Backstroke
    6'1"

  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Back
    6'1"

  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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