2015-16 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Melvin Nash

  • Position Free/Back
  • Weight 0
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Highschool Crossroads Christian

Biography

2015 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection

Top Times

(Yards)

100 Back: 51.46
200 Breast: 2:06.36
100 Fly: 51.55200 Free: 1:42.06 (2/27/2016, Bulldog Invitational)
200 Back: 1:47.91 (2/27/2016, Bulldog Invitational)
200 Fly: 1:58.79 (11/20/2015, Buckeye Invitational)
200 IM: 1:49.01 (2/27/2016, Bulldog Invitational)

 

(Meters)

100 Back: 1:01.82, 1/2/2016 UF vs. FSU
200 Back: 2:15.18, 1/2/2016 UF vs. FSU
100 Free: 57.59, 10/30/2015 UF vs. GEORGIA
200 Breast: 2:26.73
200 Fly: 2:18.32, 11/20/2015 Ohio State Invitational
200 IM: 2:08.97
400 IM: 4:41.36

 

National/International Competition:

Clocked personal best times in the 200-yard freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley at the 2013 NCSA Junior National Championships… Competed in multiple events at the 2012 Speedo Champions Series in Fairfax, Va.

At Florida:

2015-2016:


Recorded career and season-best times in three events at the 2016 Bulldog Invitational, swimming to top times in the 200 Free (1:42.06), 200 Back (1:47.91), and 200 IM (1:49.01)… also clocked a career and season-best time in the 200 Fly at the Buckeye Invitational, coming in at the 1:58.79 mark… participated in six regular-season meets, including SEC dual meets against Georgia, South Carolina, and Auburn… Honors: 2015 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll Selectee…

2015:

Joined the Gators in January of 2015… Sat out season as a redshirt.

 

Prior to Florida:

Ranked the No. 61 recruit in the state of Florida the class of 2013 by CollegeSwimming.com… Trained with the North Florida Swimming Club… Parents are Mel and Carol… Has one sibling, Kathryn… Chose UF because of its great academics and excellent swimming program.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Free/Back
  • 2015-16Redshirt Freshman

    Free/Back