2019-20 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Piper Hansen
Courtney Culbreath
John Glaser
Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess

Grant Sanders

  • Position IM
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Clearwater, Fla.
  • Highschool University of Arizona

Biography

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
  • 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
Regular Season
  • Won two individual events during the season
  • Set a season-best in the 200 back (1:48.50) against FAU
2018-19 (Junior)
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
2017-18 (Sophomore)
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
SEC Championships
  • 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
Regular Season
  • 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)
National/International Competition:
  • 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.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Individual Medley
    6'3"

  • 2018-19Redshirt Junior

    IM
    6'3"

  • 2019-20Senior

    IM

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