Florida Gators

Career Accolades

• 21-Time All-American
• 2018 National Champion (200 FR)
• 2017 National Champion (200 IM)
• 2018 SEC Champion (200 breast, 400 FR, 800 FR, 400 MR)
• 2017 SEC Champion (400 FR, 800 FR)
• 2016 SEC Champion (200 FR, 800 FR)
• 2018 First Team All-SEC
• 2017 First Team All-SEC
• 2016 First Team All-SEC
• 2015 Second Team All-SEC
• 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• UF Records Held:
  • 200 breast - 1:51.17 - 2018 NCAA Championships
  • 400 IM - 3:36.31 - 2017 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
  • 200 MR - 1:22.23 - 2018 NCAA Championships

• Won two national titles and earned All-American honors in each of his seven events
• 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 Szaranek posted a split of 19.06
• Finished second in the 400 FR (2:45.73), where he posted a split of 41.95
• Placed third in the 200 IM with a career-best time of 1:40.27
• Also finished third in the 200 breast, posting a personal-best time of 1:51.71
• Placed third in the 200 MR (1:22.33), where he recorded a split of 20.10 on the butterfly leg
• Rounded out his individual races with a ninth place finish in the 400 IM, swimming a 3:37.64
• Earned All-America honors in the 800 FR after the team finished fourth with a time of 6:09.52 (1:32.64 split)

• Earned the first individual gold of his career in the 200 breast, recording a school record time of 1:51.17
• Finished first in the 800 FR, where the team posted a time of 6:12.06 (1:32.62 split)
• Placed first in the 400 FR relay (2:47.06), where he recorded a split of 42.23
• Final gold came in the 400 MR (3:04.55), where he swam a 45.25 butterfly split
• Placed second in the 200 FR (1:16.59), where he split a 19.27
• Finished second overall in the 400 IM, posting a time of 3:37.50
• Swam a 1:41.00 in the 200 IM, good for third overall

• Totaled seven individual wins and eight relay victories over the course of the season
• Notched A-cuts in three different events: 200 breast (1:51.86), 200 IM (1:41.00), 400 IM (3:37.50)
• Posted B-cuts in the 200 free (1:36.90), 100 fly (47.52) and 200 fly (1:45.53)

• Earned his first career National Championship after swimming a 1:40.67 in the 200 IM
• Took home five All-American honors, placing in the top eight in the 400 FR and 800 FR, 200 and 400 IM and 200 MR

• Took home two SEC Titles in the 400 FR and 800 FR
• Recorded two runner-up performances in the 200 IM and 400 IM
• Rounded out his scoring at the Championships with a fourth place finish in the 200 Butterfly
• Named First Team All-SEC for the performance

• Was a major role player in Florida’s third-place finishing effort in 2016 by scoring in six of his seven events
• Helped total 145 of UF’s 334 team points
• Earned All-American honors five Top-Eight finishes
• Earned bronze finishes in a pair of relay events, clocking third-place times in the 800 FR (6:09.84) and 400 FR (2:47.16)
• Brought home fourth-place showings in the 200 MR and tied for fourth in the 200 FR (1:16.21)
• Rounded out his scoring effort with a sixth-place effort in the 200 IM (1:41.59) and a ninth-place showing in the 400 IM (3:39.28)
• Finished 22nd overall in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:43.91

• Swam as a scoring member in 261 of Florida’s 1,275 team points
• Was a two-time SEC Champion with first-place finishes in the 200 FR (1:16.46) and 800 FR (6:13.64)
• Collected second-place finishes in the 400 IM (3:41.88) and 400 FR (2:50.30)
• Rounded out his scoring effort with a third-place showing in the 200 IM and eighth-place finish in the 200 Fly (1:44.06)
• Competed in all nine regular-season duals and earned 17 wins (nine relay, eight individual)

• Named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference
• 2015 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll Selectee…

• Earned three All-American honors, as he placed seventh in the 400 IM (3:42.43) and 10th in the 200 IM (1:43.04)
• Szaranek was also a member of UF’s 10th-place 800-yard FR team that clocked a time of 2:50.63

• Finished runner-up in the 400-yard IM with a career-best time of 3:40.22
• Placed seventh and 12th in the 200-yard IM (1:43.61) and 200-yard butterfly (1:43.90) freestyle races
• In addition, he was a member of the Gators third-place 400-yard FR that recorded a time of 2:50.31
• Made his UF debut in at the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational where he competed in multiple events and was a member of two first-place relay teams (200 MR, 400 MR) and recorded his top individual finish in the 200-yard IM, as he placed third in the A-Final with a time of 1:47.95
• Finished the season as a member of four first-place relay teams during the dual meets and invitational competition

• Three-time All-American
• Second Team All-SEC
• SEC All-Freshman Team.

• Competed in the 17th FINA World Championships, racing in the 200m and 400m IM
• His best finish came in the 400m IM, where he placed ninth with a time of 4:15.71
• Finished 11th in the 400m IM, posting a time of 1:58.80...Placed fourth in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley races at the 2015 British National Time Trials in career-best times of 2:00.66 and 4:21.53, respectively
• 2014 Scottish National Age Group Champion in the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter backstroke, 100-meter breaststroke, 100-meter freestyle and the 200-meter individual medley
• Scottish National Long Course Champion in the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter IM; Scottish National Short Course Champion in the 100-meter, 200-meter and the 400-meter IM and the 100-meter butterfly in 2013
• Competed at the 2013 European Junior Championships, where he placed third in the 200-meter IM and was a member of a second place 400-meter freestyle relay team
• 2013 British Youth Champion in the 100-meter butterfly
• Competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
• British Junior and Scottish Age Group record holder in multiple events
• Member of the Scottish Senior Gold Squad.

• Ranked the No. 14 recruit overall in the Class of 2014 by CollegeSwimming.com
• Trained with the Carnegie Swimming Club under his father, John Szaranek
• Club teammate of classmate and current Gator Chelsea Lawson
• Parents are John and Wendy
• Has one brother, Jack, who swims at Florida
• Chose Florida over Michigan and Virginia Tech
• Enjoys going to the beach in his spare time.