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Alberto Mestre

  • Hometown Dorado, Puerto Rico
  • Highschool The Hill School
  • Sport (Event) Swimming
  • Country Venezuela
  • Twitter @alberto33283948
  • Instagram alberto.mestre
  • Years at UF 2021-23

Biography

World Aquatics February 2024 article

2024 Paris Olympic Games Results
Date Event Result
7/30/24 Heat: 100m Freestyle 37th - 49.51
8/1/24 Heat: 50m Freestyle 21st - 22.02
Career Accolades
  • Two-time All-American
  • SEC Champion in the 200 Free Relay
  • 2023 All-SEC First Team
  • 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 All-SEC First Team
  • 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-American Second Team
2022-23 (Grad)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in two individual events
  • Swam a personal-best 19.10 to finish 19th in the 50 free
  • Placed 43rd in the 100 free with a 42.87
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • SEC Champion in the 200 free relay
  • Clocked an anchor leg of 18.82 in the 200 free relay to secure gold and a meet record 1:14.19
  • Finished ninth in the 50 free with a B-cut time of 19.21
  • Tallied 20th in the 100 free, touching the wall in 42.94
Regular Season
  • Clocked a personal-best 1:36.10 in the 200 free at the Georgia Fall Invitational
  • Won the 100 free against FAU and Florida State
  • Finished second in both the 50 free (19.97) and 100 free (44.31) in the season opener against NOVA Southeastern
2021-22 (Senior)
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Took the top spot on podium with a contribution to a SEC meet record time of 1:22.06 in the 200-yard medley relay
  • Notched a sixth-place finish in the 50 free with a 19.44
  • Touched the wall first in the 100 free B-final with a time of 42.55, and ninth overall
Regular season
  • Won the 100 free against Auburn with a time of 44:38
  • Finished third in the 50 free against Auburn at 20.21
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 19.10 NCAA Championships March 23, 2023
100 Free 42.55 SEC Championships Feb. 15-19, 2022
200 Free 1:36.10 Georgia Fall Invite Nov. 18, 2022

Prior to Florida
  • Two-time All-American at Stanford
  • Prepped at The Hill School in Pottstown, Penn.
  • Captained the team his junior and senior year (2016-2017)
  • Two-time team MVP (2016-2017)
  • Four-time All-American (2016-2017)
  • Seven-time record holder (2016-2017)
  • Broke seven high school and pool records, four of which were previously held by his father
  • Also competed in water polo, captaining the team his senior year and twice being named league player of the year
  • Swam for Caparra Country Club (2014-2017)
  • Named the club’s 2014 Swimmer of the Year
Major:
Pursuing a master's at UF in both International Business and Business Administration

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