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Alfonso Mestre

  • Hometown Pottstown, Pa.
  • Highschool Hill School
  • Sport (Event) Swimming
  • Country Venezuela
  • Instagram alfonso_13
  • Years at UF 2019-23

Biography

World Aquatics February 2024 article

2024 Paris Olympic Games Results:
Date Event Results
7/27/24 Heat: 400m freestyle 19th - 3:48.20
7/29/24 Heat: 800m freestyle 29th - 8:12.03

Career Accolades
• Eight-time All-American
• SEC Champion in the 800 Free Relay
• 2023 All-SEC First Team
• 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 All-SEC First Team
• 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
* 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American 
* 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2020 Second Team CSCAA Scholar All-America
* 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week (11/8/22)

2022-23 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned three All-American honors
  • Swam a 4:10.78 to finish fifth in the 500 free
  • Split a 1:33.23 in the third-leg of the 800 free relay team that took fifth
  • Used a time of 14:44.50 to place 10th in the 1650 free
  • Placed 36th in the 200 free with a 1:34.08
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • SEC Champion in the 800 Free Relay
  • Clocked a 1:31.98 in the third leg of the 800 free relay that set a new pool record at 6:08.64
  • Bronze medal in the 500 free, swimming a 4:10.15 for an A-cut time
  • Finished 12th in both the 200 free and 1650 free
Regular Season
  • Clocked a personal-best 1:33.24 in the 200 free at the Georgia Fall Invitational
  • Won the 500 free and 1000 free in the meets against Virginia and Tennessee
  • Claimed first in the 200 free against FAU with a 1:35.91
2021-22 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in three individual events and one relay
  • Swam a career-best 4:09.74 in the 500 free prelims before finishing seventh in the finals
  • Finished 10th in the 1650 free with a career-best swim of 14:39.82
  • Member of the 800 free relay team that finished seventh
  • Placed 33rd in the 200 free
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
  • Part of the 800 free relay team that set the SEC record time of 6:08.00 to take the top spot on the podium
  • Finished fourth in the 500 free at 4:13.35 and eighth in the 200 free at 1:34.66
  • Placed sixth in the 1650 free with a time of 14:53.12
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 free, 500 free, and the 1650 free
Regular season
  • Swam a career-best 8:58.58 in the 1000 free to finish second in the win against Georgia
  • Finished second in the 500 free at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational with a 4:11.26, earning an A-cut
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 free and 1650 free at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
  • Placed second in the 200 free with a 1:36.25 in the win over Auburn
2020-21 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned first career All-American Honors in the 500 Free
  • Qualified in the 200 Free, 500 Free, and the 1,650 Free
  • Was a part of the 800 free relay that finished fourth
SEC Championships
  • Garnered personal best times in the 200 Free, 500 Free, and the 1000 Free
  • Finished fourth in the 500 free, sixth in the 1,650 Free, and 12th in the 200 Free
  • Posted three B-Cut times to qualify for the NCAA Championships
Regular Season
  • Set four new lifetime-bests in final competition of the fall at the Auburn Invite in the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free and 200 fly
  • Notched a B-Cut in season opener versus Georgia with a 500 free effort of 4:21.67
2019-20 (Freshman)
Regular Season
  • Posted three individual event victories, including a 500 free win at the Auburn Invite with his B-cut effort of 4:21.96
  • Ended season at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance meet, posting personal-bests in the 100 free (45.25), 200 free (1:37.23) and 200 fly (1:50.06)
  • Set personal-bests at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 200 free (1:37.88), 500 free (4:21.05), 1,650 free (15:36.66) and 400 IM (4:03.68)
Career-Best Times at Florida:
100 Free 44.90 Auburn Invite Nov. 18, 2020
200 Free 1:33.24 Georgia Fall Invitational Nov. 20, 2023
500 Free    4:09.74 NCAA Championships March 23-26, 2022
1,000 Free 8:58.58 Georgia Oct. 29, 2021
1,650 Free 14:39.82 NCAA Championships March 23-26, 2022
200 Back   1:54.73    FAU Sept. 28, 2019
200 Fly 1:48.28 Auburn Invite Nov. 18, 2020
200 IM 1:50.70 FAU Sept. 28, 2019
400 IM 4:03.68 Georgia Tech Invite Nov. 22-24, 2019

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • According to Collegeswimming.com, Mestre is the 12th-best recruit from Pennsylvania in the 2019 class
  • 2017 Futures Champion 1,500-meter Free
  • Four-time Top-8 finisher at Futures Interscholastic Championships – 200 and 500 Free
  • 2018 Puerto Rican National Champion – 200 Free, 200 Fly, 400 Free, and 400 IM
  • Central American and Caribbean games champion – 1,500 Free
  • MAPL league winner- 200 and 500 Free
  • The Hill School 500 free record holder
MAJOR:
  • Graduated in December of 2023 with bachelor's degree in Business Administration 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2024Freshman

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