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Vanessa Pearl
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- McKinney
- Hometown:
- McKinney, Texas
Records Held
Florida:
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Florida
Florida:
- 200 Breast - 2:07.85 (2021 SEC Championships)
- 200 IM - 1:53.98 (2019 SEC Championships)
- Competed in the 100 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Finished 41st in both the 200 IM and the 400IM
- Finished 48th in the 100 breast
- Eight-time All-American
- 2021 All-SEC Second Team
- 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- 2020 All-SEC Second Team
- 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
- 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 All-SEC Second Team
- 2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
NCAA Championships
- Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Finished tenth in the 200 IM
- Finished 25th in the 400 IM and 36th in the 200 breast
- Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Claimed the silver in the 200 IM with a seasons best time of 1:54.72
- Finished sixth in the 200 breast and eighth in the 400 IM
- Earned B-cuts in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Posted a pair of B-cuts in both breast events and added a runner-up bid in the 200 IM in season opener at Georgia
- Set a new 100 free personal-best after leading off Florida's winning 400 free relay with a split of 50.07 at the Auburn Invite
- Won the 200y breast at Auburn with a 2:09.56
NCAA Championships
- Earned five All-American honors, receiving recognition in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 Breast
- Secured a second-place finish in the 400 IM A-final with a season-best mark of 4:04.61
- Posted an eighth-place finish in the 200 breast after notching a season-best effort of 2:08.60 in the prelims
- Won the 200 IM B-final with a season-best swim of 1:54.80, good for 9th-place overall
- Swam the second leg of the third-place 200 medley relay that combined for a swim of 1:36.10
- Was a member of the third-fastest 400 medley relay in school history that finished in fourth with an effort of 3:31.13
- Posted 13 individual event victories and was a member of five winning relays
NCAA Championships
- Placed seventh in the B Final, 15th overall, in the 200 IM with a swim of 1:56.95 and earned an All-American honorable mention nod for her efforts
- Swam the second leg of the 400 medley relay with a split of 59.68 as the team combined for a time of 3:32.05 and tied for 13th overall as they earned All-American honorable mention accolades
- In the 400 medley relay prelims, she swam a second-leg split of 59.33 and helped the squad post the third-best time in UF history with a combined effort of 3:31.32
- Recorded a second-leg split of 27.72 as the team notched 19th-place finish with a swim of 1:37.37 in the 200 medley relay
- Finished 24th in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:09.98
- Posted a swim of 2:09.69 in the 200 breast and placed 24th
- Recorded the fastest time in Florida history with her fourth-place time in the 200 IM with a career-best effort of 1:53.98
- Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a member of the 200 medley relay team where she swam a second-leg split of 26.87 and the squad finished in third with a combined swim of 1:35.64, which is the second-best mark in UF history
- Placed second in the 400 IM with a personal-best swim of 4:03.56, which ranks third in program history
- Notched a second-leg split of 59.46 in the 400 medley relay as the team posted a time of 3:31.91 and placed sixth
- Finished sixth in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:08.51
- Tallied 17 individual event victories and 10 relay wins throughout the season
- Recorded the fastest time in UF history in the 200 breast with her career-best swim of 2:08.04 at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
- Notched a personal-best mark of 23.74 at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational in the 50 free
- Tied the second-fastest swim in Florida history in the 200 breast with her career-best time of 59.94 against Tennessee
- Produced a personal-best effort of 2:01.88 in the 200 fly against FAU
- Competed in five events at the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships
- Earned a silver medal after finishing runner-up with a time of 2:12.49 in the 200m IM
- Won the 200m breast B-final with a career-best mark of 2:24.99, the second-fastest finals time overall
- Added a 100m breast time of 1:09.37, good for 19th overall
- Finished 17th overall in the 400m IM with an effort of 4:42.32
- Swam the fastest spilt of 56.78 on her 4x100m FR squad
Career-Best Times at Florida:
| 50 Free | 23.74 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 15-17, 2019 |
| 100 Free | 50.07 | Auburn Invite | Nov. 18, 2020 |
| 200 Free | 1:48.96 | Auburn | Nov. 18, 2020 |
| 100 Breast | 59.94 | Tennessee | Feb. 2, 2019 |
| 200 Breast | 2:07.85 | SEC Championships | Feb. 17-20, 2021 |
| 200 Back | 2:02.19 | Auburn Invite | Nov. 18, 2020 |
| 200 Fly | 2:01.88 | FAU | Sept. 27, 2019 |
| 200 IM | 1:53.98 | SEC Championships | Feb. 19-23, 2019 |
| 400 IM | 4:03.56 | SEC Championships | Feb. 19-23, 2019 |
Prior to Florida
- According to CollegeSwimming.com, Pearl is the No.13-ranked recruit overall, No. 4 in the state of Texas
- Finished ninth at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in the 200-meter breaststroke with a swim of 2:26.69, which won the B Final and was a personal-best time
- Won the C Final with a time of 4:45.94 at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in the 400-meter individual medley
- Recorded a first-place finish in the D Final of the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:14.71, setting a new personal best
- Claimed titles at the 2018 UIL Texas 6A State Championships, in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley
- US National Team Member – 2017-18
- 2017 US Open High Point Winner
- USA Swimming Scholastic All-America
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