2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster

Leonardo Garcia
- Position:
- Diving
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cali, Colombia
- High School:
- University of Missouri
Career Accolades
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
Prior to Florida:
- Five-time All-American
- 2023 All-SEC Second Team
- 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Men's Diver of the Week (1/17/23)
- 2021 All-Freshman Team
- Male Diver of the Week (01/19/2021)
NCAA Championships
- Earned two All-American honors
- Finished tied for sixth in the platform, scoring a 366.35 in the finals.
- Posted a personal-best 356.20 in the 1-meter prelims, qualifying for the consolation final where he finished 15th
- Placed 47th in the 3-meter at 294.75
- Qualified in all three dives for the NCAA Championships
- Collected a fourth-place finish in the platform with a 748.20
- Scored a 774.10 for seventh in the 3-meter
- Finished eighth in the 1-meter with a 686.45
- Member of the SEC Championship winning team
- Notched a bronze medal in the platform with a 418.65
- Finished 11th in the 1-meter after scoring a 289.75
- Tallied a 310.55 in the 3-meter for 13th
- Won the 1-meter and 3-meter against Florida State
- Registered a personal-best 439.43 in the 3-meter against the Seminoles
- Claimed victory in the 3-meter against FAU with a 437.33
NCAA Championships
- Tallied a fourth-place finish in the platform with a 406.05
- Finished eighth in the 3-meter with a score of 408.20 and was 38th in the 1-meter preliminaries
- Punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships in the 1-meter, 3-meter, and platform
- Finished second in the 3-meter, fifth in the platform, and eighth in the 1-meter
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Finished sixth in the platform, 10th in the 1-meter, and 20th in the 3-meter
- Won the 1M Diving (351.90) and 3M diving (379.80) in the season opener against FAU
- Picked up a win on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 394.88 against Miami
- Finished first in the 1M diving with a score of 330.90 and in the 3M diving with a score of 394.65 against Georgia
- Scored a 409.75 in the 3-meter and a 343.80 in the platform to win his two events at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
- Won the 3-meter with a score of 413.03 in the victory over Auburn
- Recorded first place scores of 411.70 in the 3-meter dive and a 388.88 in the platform dive at the Auburn University Invite
NCAA Championships
- Finished ninth on the 3-meter springboard with a a score of 414.00
- Finished 15th on the platform, with score of 334.40
- Finished forth on the platform with a a score of 733.00
- Finished tenth on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 722.45
- On the 1-meter springboard, finished in 13th place
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Finished seventh on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 341.90
- On the platform, finished in eighth place with 334.00
- Finishes 12th on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 347.25
- Tallied a platform victory on the final day of the Auburn Invite with his finals mark of 361.43
- Won the 3-meter in Florida debut against Georgia with the top score of 399.83
- Won the 3m dive with a PB of 416.1 against FIU and Miami
- Named SEC Male Diver of the Week (Jan. 19, 2021)
- Won the 3m dive at Auburn with a 381.45
1-meter | 359.10 | Florida State | Jan. 20, 2023 |
3-meter | 439.43 | Florida State | Jan. 20, 2023 |
Platform | 406.05 | NCAA Championships | March 23-26, 2022 |
Prior to Florida:
- Competed at the University of Missouri for his first collegiate season
- Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships after a sixth-place finish on the 3-meter at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
- Posted a pair of top-eight finishes at the 2020 SEC Championships, tallying a fourth-place nod on the platform and finishing in eighth-place on 3-meter.
- Recorded six wins throughout regular season (four on 3-meter and two on 1-meter)
- Named SEC Men’s Diver of the week on Oct. 8, 2019
- Competed at the 2017 Junior Pan American Diving Championships
- Graduated in December of 2023 with bachelor's degree in Telecommunication
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