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Paul Dardis
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Calgary Alberta, Canada
- High School:
- National Sport School
Career Accolades at Florida
Accolades prior to Florida:
- 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
- 2024-25 CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-American
- Set one of Florida Men’s All-Time Top-10 Times
- 400-yard Freestyle Relay | 5. 2:46.81
- Participated in five dual meets, two Invitationals and one tri-meet
- Raced in 32 events and earned 19 top-five finishes
- Recorded a 19.69 in the 50y free, a 42.93 in the 100y free and a 1:33.49 in the 200y free at the Florida Inviational on Feb. 27-Mar. 1
- Earned three top-three finishes in Florida's last regular season dual meet against FSU on Jan. 31... Claimed second in the 200y free (1:35.35) and third in both the 100y free (43.70) and the 200y free relay (1:19.65/ 20.17)
- Appeared in two relay and two individual events in the Gators road win at Texas A&M on Jan. 17... Placed fourth in the 200y free (1:38.22) and sixth in the 100y free (45.02)... Clocked a 43.40 split as the third leg in Florida's 200y free relay team's third-place finish time of 12:57.18 and anchored the 200y medley relay team who finished fifth (1:29.89/ 19.92)
- Swam the third leg for Florida's 400y free relay team who placed fourth with an overall time of 2:59.10 in the Gators home meet against Indiana on Jan. 3... Finished fifth in the 200y free (1:39.95) and eighth in the 100y free (45.14)
- Raced in eight events in the Gators first-place finish at the Georgia Fall Invitational on Nov. 20-22… Recorded three career-best times: 50y free (20.04), 100y Free (43.17) and 200y Free (1:35.07)... Swam the second leg (42.48) for the winning 400y free relay team who recorded a first-place time of 2:46.81... Advanced to the B Final in both the 100y free and 200y free, finishing 13th and 14th, respectively...Qualified for the 50y Free C Final and earned 23rd overall... Was an anchor for one of Florida's 200y and 400y medley relay's who finished fifth (1:24.34/ 19.15) and ninth (3:09.23/ 42.55), respectively... Recorded the fastest split time of 1:34.72 in the Gators 800y free relay that placed fourth with a final time of 1:34.72... Went a 19.45 as the third leg for Florida's 200y free relay team that earned fifth with a final time of 1:18.34
- Tallied top-five finishes in his three events in the Gators road win at Georgia on Nov. 1... Was the anchor (43.38) for the 400y free relay team's third-place finish of 2:55.99... Finished fourth in the 200y free (1:38.30) and fifth in the 100y free (45.10)
- Finished top-five in his two individual events in Florida's tri-meet against Rollins College and Tampa on Oct. 25... Earned fourth in the 50y free (20.86) and fifth in the 100y free (45.74)... Clocked a 20.52 lead-off split for the Gators 200y free relay team who placed second with a final time of 1:23.60 and anchored a 20.52 free split for the 200y medley relay team who placed sixth in 1:38.08
- Made his Gator debut in Florida's season-opener win at Virginia on Oct. 18... Clocked a 22.22 in the 50m free for. sixth and was the anchor for the 200m medley relay team who finished fifth (1:37.25/ 21.91)
| 50 Freestyle | 19.95 | UGA Fall Invitational | November 20, 2024 |
| 100 Freestyle | 43.17 | UGA Fall Invitational | November 22, 2024 |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:35.07 | UGA Fall Invitational | November 21, 2024 |
- #3 overall ranked recruit in Canada’s class of 2024
- 2x bronze medalist for Team Canada at 2023 World Junior Swimming Championships
- Individual finalist in 50 free at 2023 World Junior Swimming Championships for Team Canada
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— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) November 13, 2023
Welcome to UF, Paul !#GoGators pic.twitter.com/1Fwl6cRpYV
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
