2015-16 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Switkowski, Jan
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Jan Switkowski
- Position:
- Free/IM
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lublin, Poland
- High School:
- Virginia Tech
Bio
Career Accolades
2017-18 (Senior):
NCAA Championships
2016-17 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
2015-16 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships:
2013-14 at Virginia Tech (Freshman)
NCAA Championships:
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Virginia Tech
- 2016 Olympian, representing Poland
- Two-time 2018 National Champion (200 IM, 200 FR)
- 21-time All-American
- 2018 SEC Champion (100 fly, 800 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR)
- 2017 SEC Champion (200 FR, 400 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR)
- 2016 SEC Champion (200 MR, 400 MR, 800 FR)
- 2018 All-SEC First Team
- 2017 All-SEC First Team
- 2016 All-SEC First Team
- One-time SEC Male Swimmer of the Week
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- UF Records held:
- 200 fly - 1:39.55 - 2018 NCAA Championships
- 200 FR - 1:14.39 - 2018 NCAA Championships
- 400 FR - 2:45.73 - 2018 NCAA Championships
- 800 FR - 6:09.30 - 2017 NCAA Championships
- 400 MR - 3:30.16 - 2018 NCAA Championships
2017-18 (Senior):
NCAA Championships
- Won two national titles and earned All-American honors in each of his seven events
- Earned his first individual national championship in the 200 IM, posting a career-best swim of 1:41.23
- Also earned a national title in the 200 FR, the first for the men in UF’s program history. The team swam a combined time of 1:14.39 and Switkowski posted a split of 18.52
- Finished second in the 100 fly with a career-best time of 44.49
- Placed second in the 200 fly with a personal-best time of 1:39.55
- Also placed second in the 400 FR (2:45.73), where he posted a split of 41.25
- Earned All-America honors in the 800 FR after the team finished fourth with a time of 6:09.52 (1:31.98 split)
- Rounded out his All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in the 400 MR relay, where he split a 44.11 in the fly leg
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in all seven of his events
- Earned gold in the 100 fly after posting a time of 45.26. It his first individual gold at the SEC Championships
- Also earned gold in the 200 MR (1:22.94), where he recorded a fly split of 20.16
- Finished first in the 800 FR, where the team posted a time of 6:12.06 (1:33.32 split)
- Final gold came in the 400 MR (3:04.55), where he swam a 41.92 freestyle split
- Placed second in the 200 FR (1:16.59), where he split a 19.32
- Finished fourth overall in the 200 IM with a time of 1:41.83 and also placed fourth in the 200 fly with a time of 1:41.60
- Notched two A-cuts during the season: 100 fly (45.26) and 200 IM (1:41.83)
- Posted B-cuts in the 50 free (20.15), 100 free (43.50), 200 free (1:33.32), 100 back (47.51), 200 back (1:42.70), 100 fly (45.26), 200 fly (1:41.60), 200 IM (1:41.83) and 400 IM (3:42.50)
- Totaled 18 individual wins and 19 relay wins during the course of the season
2016-17 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, winning the 200 IM consolation final (1:41.17) and the 200 free consolation final (1:32.51) and finishing second in the 200 fly consolation final (1:41.61), second in the 200 free relay (1:14.88), second in the 400 free relay (2:46.21), third in the 800 free relay (6:09.30) and eighth in the 400 medley relay (3:04.90)
- Member of the SEC championship-winning team, winning the 400 medley relay title (3:04.52), 400 free relay title (2:47.09), 200 medley relay title (1:23.44) and 200 free relay title (1:15.67) and finishing second in the 100 fly A-final (45.59), second in the 200 fly A-final (1:40.94) and third in the 200 IM A-final (1:42.25)
- Totaled six individual and 12 relay wins on the season
- Posted Florida's top time for the 200 fly (1:40.94 at the SEC Championships)
- Part of Florida's top 200 free relay (1:14.88 at the NCAA Championships), 400 free relay (2:46.21 at the NCAA Championships), 800 free relay (6:09.30 at the NCAA Championships) and 400 medley relay (3:04.20 at the NCAA Championships)
2015-16 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships:
- Played a key role in the Gators’ third-place finish in 2016 by scoring in all seven of his events
- Generated 161 of UF’s 334 team points as a member of four relays and a trio of individual events
- His 161 points would have finished 12th alone at the meet
- Individually, he scored 39 points via solo races which would have finished 22nd overall among the field
- Earned All-American status in seven events after swimming to a pair of bronze medals in the 800 free relay (6:09.84) and 400 free relay (2:47.16)
- Added with a trio of fourth-place finishes in the 200 IM (1:41.36), 200 free (1:32.14) and 200 medley relay (1:23.43)
- Rounded out his second trip to the NCAA meet with a fifth-place showing in the 400 medley relay (3:05.19) and a ninth-place effort in the 200 fly (1:41.40)
- Was a scoring member in 328 of the first-place finishing Florida men’s 1,275 team points
- Won SEC titles in three events after clocking top times in the 200 medley relay (1:23.69), 400 medley relay (3:03.86), and 800 free relay (6:13.64)
- Also finished second in the 200 IM (1:42.55) and 400 free relay (2:50.30) in addition to fourth-place showings in the 100 fly (46.16) and 200 fly (1:41.98)
- Participated in all nine regular-season meets and totaled 18 wins (nine relay, nine individual).
2013-14 at Virginia Tech (Freshman)
NCAA Championships:
- Competed on two relay teams for the Hokies as he swam the second leg of VT’s 800 free relay (18th place) and fourth leg of the 400 free relay (22nd place)
- Won the 500 free ACC Championship and placed fourth in the 200 free and 10th in the 200 fly and was a member of VT’s runner-up 800 free relay team and third place 400 free and 200 medley relay squads
- Competed in five dual meets and two invitational competitions for the Hokies where he registered nine individual event wins and was a member of six winning relay squads.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
- Competed in the 17th FINA World Championships, racing in the 200m free, 100m fly and 200m fly
- His best finish came in the 200m fly, where he finished 10th with a time of 1:55.84
- Placed 16th in the 100m fly, posting a time of 52.02
- Swam a 1:47.42 in the 200m free, good for 18th overall in the event
- Represented Poland in the 2016 Rio Olympics
- Competed in the 2015 FINA World Championships, racing in the 200m fly, recording a time of 1:54.10 in the finals.
Career-Best Times at Florida:
| 50 Free | 20.15 | Texas/Indiana | Oct. 20, 2017 |
| 100 Free | 43.50 | Texas/Indiana | Oct. 20, 2017 |
| 200 Free | 1:32.14 | NCAA Championships | March 25, 2016 |
| 500 Free | 4:15.43 | Ohio State Invite | Nov. 20, 2015 |
| 100 Back | 47.51 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
| 200 Back | 1:42.70 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
| 100 Breast | 55.85 | FAU | Jan. 6, 2018 |
| 200 Breast | 2:13.43 | UNC Wilmington | Jan. 25, 2014 |
| 100 Fly | 44.49 | NCAA Championships | March 21-24, 2018 |
| 200 Fly | 1:39.55 | NCAA Championships | March 21-24, 2018 |
| 200 IM | 1:41.23 | NCAA Championships | March 21-24, 2018 |
| 400 IM | 3:42.50 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
Prior to Virginia Tech
- Swam for his father, Andrey Switkowski
- Polish national champion in 200 IM (long course), 200 free and 400 IM (short course)
- Swam for the Polish National Team at World Championships in Istanbul (2012) and Barcelona (2013) and will be again in 2015
- Was a finalist in the 4x200 freestyle at the 2014 European Championships
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