2007-08 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Kyle Coan
- Position:
- Distance Free
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Plantation, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Career Best Times
(Yards)
200 Free: 1:40.14 (FAU, 1/27/07)
500 Free: 4:36.18p (2007 Alabama Invitational)
1,000 Free: 9:46.84 (Indian River CC, 1/13/07)
100 Back: 51.75p (2007 Alabama Invitational)
200 Back: 1:49.31p (2007 Alabama Invitational)
(Meters)
50 Free: 25.88 (Michigan, 10/19/07)
100 Free: 56.85 (Michigan, 10/19/07)
200 Free: 1:51.52 (2008 U.S. Open)
100 Back: 1:01.36 (2007 Charlotte UltraSwim)
200 Back: 2:07.66 (2008 U.S. Open)
National/International Competition
Recorded a time of 1:52.71 in the 200 free (61st) at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha … Placed 26th overall in the 200-meter back with a career-best time of 2:07.66 and recorded a career-best 200 free (1:51.52) for 21st place at the 2008 U.S. Open in Minneapolis … Finished 12th in the 200-meter back (2:12.05) at the 2007 Charlotte UltraSwim … Competed at the 2006 ConocoPhillips U.S. Junior Nationals, posting a 1:41.00 in the 200 free and a 51.29 in the 100 back … Clocked a 1:57.50 in the 200-meter free at the 2005 sectional meet … Also recorded a time of 1:00.19 in the 100-meter back.
At Florida
2007-08: Competed in the Michigan, Kentucky and Florida State dual meets for the Gators on the 2007-08 season … Also represented UF at the Boilermaker Invitational and the Alabama Invite … Exhibitioned the 400 free against Michigan, finishing in 4:18.10, while also competing in the 50-meter free (25.88) … Exhibitioned the 200-yard free (1:44.43) and 200-yard back (1:55.71) against Kentucky … Recorded a 1:53.10 in the 100-yard back against Florida State … Finished eighth in the 400-meter free at the Alabama Invite, while also taking to the water in the 400 free at the Boilermaker Invitational.
2006-07: Picked up his first career individual win in the 200 free (1:40.14), while also finishing third in the 200 back (1:52.42), against FAU … Turned in fourth-place performances in the 1,000 free (9:46.84) and 200 back (1:56.75) versus Indian River CC … Finished seventh in the 200 back (1:57.67) and exhibitioned the 200 free (1:44.23) against Virginia … Swam the anchor leg of the 12th-place 200 FR (1:25.46) at the Texas Invitational … Exhibitioned the 100 back (54.70) against Florida State.
High School
Led St. Thomas Aquinas to three consecutive state championships from 2003-05.
Club
Competed for the Pine Crest Swim Club … Coached by Jay Fitzgerald and Alex Pussieldi … Joins former club and high school teammate Bradley Ally on the UF roster.
Personal
Son of John and Lana Coan … His brother, Matt, was a four-year letterwinner on the UF swim team … His uncle, Andy, won the 100 free at the 1975 World Championships and was a five-time NCAA champion at Tennessee … Chose Florida over Clemson because of the great athletic and academic environments … Planning to major in building construction.
