2018-19 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Sanders, Grant
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Grant Sanders
- Position:
- IM
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Clearwater, Fla.
- High School:
- University of Arizona
Bio
Career Accolades
- Four-time All-American
- 2020 All-SEC Second Team
- 2019 All-SEC Second Team
- 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
- Earned All-American honors in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast
SEC Championships
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Finished second in the 400 IM with an effort of 3:40.20, a new career-best and the seventh-fastest time by a Gator ever
- Secured a third-place finish in the 200 breast with a new personal-best and the second-fastest effort in UF history with a mark of 1:52.49
- Posted a fifith-place finish in the 200 IM A-final (1:44.01) after setting a new lifetime-best of 1:43.38 in the prelims
- Notched a new personal-best of 52.95 in the 100 breast time trials, the eighth-fastest mark in program history
- Won two individual events during the season
- Set a season-best in the 200 back (1:48.50) against FAU
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 200 breast, 200 IM and the 400 IM
- Registered a career-best time of 3:41.74 in the 400 IM prelims before posting a 16th-place finish with a time of 3:45.80
- Finished the 200 breast in 23rd (1:54.48) and 36th in the 200 IM (1:44.59)
SEC Championships
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Posted third-place finishes in the 200 breast with a career-best and fourth-fastest swim in school history (1:53.36) and the 400 IM (3:42.87)
- Tallied eighth-place in the 200 IM with a swim of 1:45.06
Regular Season
- Notched three individual wins
- Posted a time of 3:50.61 in the 400 IM against Texas/Indiana, which was the fastest NCAA swim at the time of the meet
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships, competing in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast
- Recorded a career-best time of 3:43.92 in the 400 IM, good for a 24th-place finish
- Finished 26th in the 200 IM with a time of 1:44.04
- Placed 36th in the 200 breast with a personal-best time of 1:56.39
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in all three of his events
- Placed 15th in the 200 IM with a time of 1:45.86
- Finished 17th overall in the 400 IM with a time of 3:44.86
- Swam a career-best time of 1:45.77 to finish 24th overall in the 200 fly
- Totaled one relay win during the season
- Notched B-cuts in the 200 free (1:37.97), 200 back (1:46.12), 200 breast (1:56.95), 200 fly (1:45.77), 200 IM (1:44.53) and 400 IM (3:42.81)
- Competed at the Phillips 66 National Championships... Finished in 5th-place in the 200m IM (2:00.14) and seventh in the 400m IM (4:18.28), both career-bests
- swam the 200m free in a career-best mark of 1:50.81, good for 53rd-place
- Tallied a prelim time of 2:14.58 in the 200m breast
Career-Best Times at Florida:
| 50 Free | 20.83 | FSU | Jan. 5, 2018 |
| 100 Free | 46.76 | FSU | Jan. 5, 2018 |
| 200 Free | 1:36.39 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 15-19, 2019 |
| 500 Free | 4:28.34 | Texas/Indiana | Oct. 20, 2017 |
| 100 Back | 50.43 | Alabama | Oct. 25, 2017 |
| 200 Back | 1:44.80 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 15, 2018 |
| 100 Breast | 52.95 | SEC Championship Time Trial | Feb. 18-22, 2020 |
| 200 Breast | 1:52.49 | SEC Championships | Feb. 18-22, 2020 |
| 100 Fly | 49.46 | Georgia | Oct. 27, 2017 |
| 200 Fly | 1:45.77 | SEC Championships | Feb. 14-18, 2018 |
| 200 IM | 1:43.38 | SEC Championships | Feb. 18-22, 2020 |
| 400 IM | 3:40.20 | SEC Championships | Feb. 18-22, 2020 |
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- Previously swam for the University of Arizona
- Competed at the 2017 World University Games for Team USA, swimming in the men’s 200m IM and the men’s 4x200m FR
- He won gold in the free relay after swimming for the US in the preliminary round, posting a team time of 7:19.25
- Finished 14th overall in the 200m IM semifinal, finishing with a time of 2:02.28
- Participated in the US Open Championships, swimming in the 400m IM, 200m free, 100m breast, 100m back, 200m IM and 50m free
- Best finish was a seventh place finish in the 400m IM, swimming a 4:23.48 to earn his place on the podium
- Competed in the Phillips 66 National Championships, earning an eighth place finish in the 200m IM (2:01.26)
- Also raced in the 400m Free, 400m IM, 200m Free and 200m IM...A four-time letterwinner at East Lake High School;
- Was team captain his senior year and MVP his freshman, sophomore and senior year
- Made the All-Conference, All-City, All-District, All-Region and All-State teams all four years
- Named a USA Swimming All-American as a junior
- Was the 2015 state champion in the 200 IM
- Holds the school records in the 200 IM (1:49.06) and 500 free (4:26.37)
- Team was runner-up at the state championships.
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