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Matthew Cairns
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Newcastle, England
- High School:
- Millfield school
2025-26 (Sophomore)
SEC Championships
Regular Season
Accolades prior to Florida:
SEC Championships
- Member of the SEC Championship runner-up team
- Competed in the 200 back, 100 fly and 200 fly
- Contributed 17 individual points to the team total
- Posted a collegiate-best 1:43.55 in the 200 fly prelims to advance to the consolation final, placing 15th overall (1:43.63)
- Advanced to the 200 back C final after recording a collegiate-best 1:42.45 in prelims, finishing 20th overall (1:42.71)
- Recorded a collegiate-best 46.61 in the 100 fly, finishing 28th overall
Regular Season
- Competed in four dual meets, two Invitationals and one tri-meet
- Raced in 29 events and earned 22 top-10 finishes
- Swam the 100y back (47.02), the 200 back (1:43.40) and the 200y fly (1:43.68) at the Florida Invitational from Feb. 27-Mar. 1
- Earned top-three finishes and recorded two career-best times in Florida's last regular season dual meet against FSU on Jan. 31... Placed second in the 200 back (1:44.14) and earned third in the 200y fly after recording a personal-best 1:45.66... Was the lead off for the 200y medley relay team (1:25.70/ 22.21) and was the anchor for the 200y free relay team (1:19.65/ 19.87) who both finished third in their respective event
- Swam in three events in Florida's home meet against Indiana on Jan. 3... Earned seventh in the 200y fly (1:51.91) and eighth in the 100y fly (50.01)... Was the third leg in one of Florida's 400y free relay teams who placed sixth (3:07.13/ 46.82)
- Tallied two career-best times and advanced to three individual B Finals in the Gators first-place finish at the Georgia Fall Invitational on Nov. 20-22…Placed second in the 200y fly B Final after touching the wall in 1:45.86 to earn 10th overall... Advanced to the 100y and 100 back B Finals, posting a career-best time of 47.50 and a 47.79 to finish 13th and 15th, respectively... Went a personal-best 20.27 in the 50y free for 32nd... Appeared on four relay teams and swam the butterfly leg for one of Florida's 200y and 400y medley relays, going 20.84 for the 200y medley relay team that finished fifth in 1:24.34 and recorded a 46.83 split for the 400y medley relay team who placed ninth In 3:09.23... Was the anchor for one of Florida's 200y and 400y free relay teams, clocking a 19.58 split for the 200y free relay's ninth-place finish (1:19.32) and a 43.81 split for the 400y free relay's 11th place finish (2:55.99)
- Raced in four events in the Gators road win at Georgia on Nov. 1... Recorded sixth and seventh place finishes in the 200 fly (1:49.73) and the 100 fly (48.97), respectively... Swam the butterfly leg in 21.46 for Florida's 200y medley relay team who finished fifth with a 1:29.28 time and anchored the 400y free relay team's fourth-place finish with a 45.30 split, as the squad put a final time of 3:01.73 together
- Earned top-five finishes in his two individual events in Florida's tri-meet against Rollins College and Tampa on Oct. 25... Placed third in the 100y back (50.72) and fifth in the 100y fly (49.96)... Anchored a 20.66 split for the Gators 200y free relay team who finished second with a final time of 1:23.60 and recorded a 23.40 back split as the lead off for the 200y medley relay team who placed seventh with a final time of 1:35.35
- Made his Gator debut in Florida's season-opener win at Virginia on Oct. 18... Finished third in the 200m fly (1:57.94), sixth in the 100m fly (53.46) and was the lead off for the 200m medley relay team who finished seventh (1:38.67/ 24.27)
| 50 Freestyle | 20.27 | UGA Fall Invitational | November 20, 2024 |
| 100 Backstroke | 47.02 | Florida Invitational | February 28, 2025 |
| 200 Backstroke | 1:42.45 | 2026 SEC Championships | February 21, 2026 |
| 100 Butterfly | 46.61 | 2026 SEC Championships | February 19, 2026 |
| 200 Butterfly | 1:43.55 | 2026 SEC Championships | February 18, 2026 |
- England Junior National Finalist
- Multiple time Age Group English National Champion
- 6x British NAG champ
- 8x British NAG medalist
- British NAG record
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— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) November 11, 2023
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