2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Mestre, Alfonso
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Alfonso Mestre
- Position:
- Fly/Free
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pottstown, Pa.
- High School:
- Hill School
Bio
2024 Paris Olympic Games Results:
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
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
Regular Season
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
| 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
- Split a 1:33.23 in the third-leg of the 800 free relay team that took fifth
- Swam a 4:12.62 to finish eighth in the 500 free
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
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)
| 100 Free | 44.90 | Auburn Invite | Nov. 18, 2020 |
| 200 Free | 1:33.24 | Georgia Fall Invitational | Nov. 20, 2022 |
| 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
- Graduated in December of 2023 with bachelor's degree in Business Administration
2024-25 Season Video
Wednesday, July 02
Men's 400 Medley Relay
Wednesday, April 02
Julian Smith - 100 Breaststroke
Wednesday, April 02
Josh Liendo 100 Butterfly
Wednesday, April 02
