2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Aris Runnels

  • Position Back/Fly
  • Class Junior
  • High School Colgan
  • Hometown Woodbridge, Va.
  • Instagram arisrunnels

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Three-time All-American
  • 2024 CSCAA Scholar All-American 
  • 2024 All-SEC First-Team
  • 2024 SEC Champion in the 200 Medley Relay
  • 2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 All-SEC Second-Team
  • 2022-23 SEC Honor Roll
  • 2021-22 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
  • Holds two of Florida Women’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 100-yard Butterfly | 8. – 52.10
    • 100-yard Backstroke | 7. – 51.70
2023-24 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Competed in the 100 Back, 200 IM and 200 Medley Relay
  • Recorded two career-best times in the 100 Back (51.70) and 200 Back (1:54.00)
  • Was the lead off for the 200 Medley Relay Team who placed third in the Nation with a 1:34.30 time
  • Went 51.70 in the 100 Back to finish 21st
  • Swam in her first 200 Back event at the NCAA Championships and finished with a time of 1:54.00 to earn 27th place
  • Placed 41st in the 200 IM after finishing the event in 1:57.81
SEC Championships
  • Member of SEC Championship winning team
  • Competed in the 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM and 200 Medley Relay
  • Was a member of the winning 200 Medley Relay Team
  • Claimed fifth place in the 100 Back, finishing with a 51.71 time
  • Notched a personal-best 1:56.85 in the 200 IM, finishing 10th
  • Went 52.49 in the 200 IM to capture 11th place
Regular Season
  • Swam in four dual meets, two Invitationals (Georgia invite & Florida Invite) and one tri-meet with Tennessee & Kentucky
  • Swam in 31 events during the regular season
  • Placed in the top-five nine times in her individual events
  • Went 54.65 in the 100 Back to capture second place in dual meet win over South Carolina (1/5)
  • Competed in eight events at the 2023 UGA Invite (11/16-11/18) … Placed third in the 100 Back after clocking a 52.45… Also advanced to the A-Final in the 200 IM, 100 Fly and the B-Final in the 200 Back
  • Finished fifth in her two individual events against Virginia (10/13) … Went 54.85 in the 100 Fly and 55.07 in the 100 Back
  • Member of the winning 200 Free Relay Team in season-opener win against Vanderbilt (9/29)
2022-23 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned two All-American honors
  • Clocked a personal-best 51.57 in the 100 back prelims before finishing 13th in the nation
  • Member of the school-record breaking 400 medley relay team that finished seventh at 3:28.36
  • Finished 38th in the 200 IM with a 1:57.72
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Part of the school-record breaking 200 medley relay that won silver with a 1:34.76
  • Bronze medalist in the 400 medley relay
  • Notched a personal-best 1:57.39 in the 200 IM, finishing 14th
  • Went a career-best 52.10 in the 100 fly for ninth place
  • Posted a B-cut time of 51.97 in the 100 back that was sixth-best in the conference
Regular Season
  • Finished second in the 100 fly, third in the 100 back, and fifth in the 200 back in the win over Tennessee
  • Won the 100 back in the wins over FAU and Florida State
2021-22 (Freshman)
Regular season
  • Posted a career-best 53.79 time in the 100 back prelim at the Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet before finishing third in the final
  • Secured second in the 100 back at the Auburn University Invite with a time of 54.05
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 23.58 Vs. FSU Jan. 26, 2024
100 Free 49.48 UGA Fall Invite Nov. 11, 2023
50 Back 23.75 SEC Championships Feb. 14, 2023
100 Back 51.70 NCAA Championships March 20, 2024
200 Back 1:54.00 NCAA Championships March 20, 2024
100 Fly 52.10 SEC Championships Feb. 16, 2023
200 IM 1:56.85 SEC Championships Feb. 19, 2024

Prior to Florida
  • Ranked as the ninth-best prospect in Virginia by CollegeSwimming.com
  • Virginia 6A 100 back champion (2020)
  • Eight-time Virginia 6A state finalist
  • Virginia 6A 100 back and fly regional champion
  • Scholastic All-American
  • PVS Scholar-Athlete
  • Two-time All-MET selectee
  • NCSA Junior National record holder in the 200m medley relay
  • 2019 NCSA Junior National Champion in the 50 back
  • 2019 NCSA Junior National Champion in the 200m and 400 medley relay

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Back / Fly
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Back/Fly
  • 2023-24Junior

    Back/Fly