2020-21 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Vargas, Kevin
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Kevin Vargas
- Position:
- IM
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
- High School:
- Diamond Bar
Bio
Career Accolades
SEC Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
Career-Best Times at Florida:
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- Two-time All American
- 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 CSCAA All-American
- 2020 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
- 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- Named to 2021 USA Swimming National Junior Team
SEC Championships
- Member of the SEC Championship winning team
- Finished 10th in the 400 IM with a 3:42.35
- Swam a B-cut 1:54.91 in the 200 breast to finish 11th
- Notched 21st in the 200 IM at 1:44.82
- Won the 200 IM against NOVA Southeastern and Virginia
- Posted B-cut times of 1:43.73 in the 200 IM for fourth and 3:40.98 in the 400 IM for second in the Georgia Fall Invitational
NCAA Championships
- Finished 11th in the 400 IM with a time of 3:40.31
- Notched a 1:44.10 in the 200 IM prelims to tie for 38th
- Honorable mention All-American in the 400 IM
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Won the 400 Yard IM B-Final at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:43.87, finishing ninth overall
- Finished fifth in the 200 breast with a season-best time of 1:54.45
- Earned a B-cut in the 200 IM with a 1:44.78
- Won the 400 IM at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational with a career-best 3:42.81
- Posted a career-best 54.88 in the 100 breast at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
- Finished 3rd in the 200 Yard breast A-Final at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational with a time of 1:55.46
- Placed 3rd in the 200 breast against Georgia at the home opener with a time of 2:00.68
NCAA Championships
- Qualified in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Finished in 20th in the 400 IM and 45th in the 200 IM
- Finished 26th in the 200 breast
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Finished fourth in the 200 breast and the 200 IM
- Finished 16th in the 400 IM
- Earned B-cuts in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Had six top ten finishes including one first place finish in the 200 breast at the Auburn Invite
NCAA Championships
- Captured first career All-American honor in the 400 IM
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Finished in fifth-place in the 400 IM A-final (3:44.16)
- Posted a second-place (18th overall) in the 200 breast B-final with a new lifetime-best swim of 1:56.62
- Recorded new personal-best times in the preliminary 200 IM (1:46.87) and 400 IM (3:44.73) heats'
- Won a pair of individual events
- Finished regular season at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet, clocking a new 400 IM personal-best of 3:43.35
- Set personal-bests in the 500 free (4:26.21), 100 breast (56.81) and 200 back (1:52.88) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
- Set a career- best in the 1,000 free with a swim of 9:13.41 versus Nova Southeastern and Indian River
Career-Best Times at Florida:
| 200 Free | 1:38.15 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 18-20, 2021 |
| 500 Free | 4:20.83 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 18-20, 2021 |
| 1,000 Free | 9:13.41 | Nova/Indian River | Sept. 27, 2019 |
| 100 Breast | 54.88 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 18-20, 2021 |
| 200 Breast | 1:54.22 | SEC Championships | Feb. 23-26, 2021 |
| 200 Fly | 1:49.46 | Auburn | Jan. 25, 2020 |
| 200 IM | 1:43.73 | Georgia Fall Invitational | Nov. 17, 2022 |
| 400 IM | 3:40.31 | NCAA Championships | Mar. 23-26, 2022 |
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- According to Collegeswimming.com, Vargas is the 57th best recruit in the 2019 class and No. 7 from California
- 2018 USA Jr. National Team member
- 2018 USA Jr. Nationals third place – 400 IM
- 2018 USA Jr. Nationals fourth place – 800 Free
2024-25 Season Video
Wednesday, July 02
Men's 400 Medley Relay
Wednesday, April 02
Julian Smith - 100 Breaststroke
Wednesday, April 02
Josh Liendo 100 Butterfly
Wednesday, April 02
