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Mabel Zavaros

  • Position Back/Free/IM
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Iroquois Ridge
  • Hometown Burlington, Ontario, Canada
  • Instagram mabel_zavaros

Biography

Olympic Experience
  • 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials Qualifier 
Career Accolades:
  • Four-time All-American
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023-24 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022-2023 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • Recipient of Florida's Swimming & Diving first ever 2025 Mabel Zavaros Perseverance Award, given to an athlete who has displayed a remarkable level of resilience overcoming adversity 
2024-25 (Senior)
  •  Set one of Florida Women's All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 400-yard IM | 4. - 4:01.86
NCAA Championships 
  • Competed in three events: 200 backstroke, 500 free and 400 IM
  • Earned two All-American honors 
  • Advanced to the 400 IM Championship Final after recording a career-best 4:01.68 in prelims... Claimed sixth in the nation after going 4:03.99 in the finals 
  • Placed 13th in the 500 free (4:39.92)
  • Finished 27th in the 200 back (1:53.34) 
SEC Championships 
  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
  • Contributed 61 individual points
  • Advanced to one A Final and two B Finals 
  • Competed in the 200 back, 500 free and 400 IM 
  • Claimed fourth in the 400 IM, posting a 4:03.93 time
  • Won the 200 back B Final in 1:52.24 to earn ninth overall 
  • Finished 12th in the 500 free after touching the wall in 4:38.98
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets and one Invitational 
  • Raced in 21 events
  • Tallied 14 top-five individual finishes 
  • Earned three top-five finishes in season-opener at Virginia (10/18)... Placed third in the 800m free (8:25.84)... Placed fifth in the 200m IM (2:12.14)... Placed sixth in the 200m back (2:07.02)... Anchored Florida's 400m Free Relay B Team who placed fifth (3:43.94), swimming a 55.40 split
  • Earned second in the 200y back (1:57.46) and in the 400y IM (4:13.81), while finishing fourth in the 100y back (55.69) in Florida's win at Georgia (11/1)
  • Competed in five events and advanced to the A final in four at the Georgia Fall Invitational (11-20/22)... Finished third in the 200y fly (1:56.20), fourth in the 200y back (1:53.78) and the 400y IM (4:05.83). and was sixth in the 500y free (4:41.17)
  • Clinched two top-five individual finishes in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)... Clocked a 1:59.98 in the 200y fly for fourth and fifth in the 200y IM (2:03.02)... Was the lead off for Florida's 200y medley relay C team who finished seventh in 1:45.93
  • Tallied a third-place finish in the 500y free (4:53.01) and two fourth place finishes in the 200y fly (2:00.81) and the 200y IM (2:03.52) in the Gators road win at Texas A&M (1/17)
  • Clocked a 1:57.78 time in the 200y back to earn second in the Gators last regular-season dual meet against FSU (1/31)... Earned fourth in the 200y fly after going 2:00.52
2023-24 
  • Did not Compete 
2022-23 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned two All-American honors
  • Swam a personal-best 4:04.08 to finish fourth in the 400 IM
  • Placed 11th in the 500 free after swimming a 4:40.40
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Competed in the 500 free, 400 IM and 200 back
  • Went 4:07.75 to place fourth in the 400 IM
  • Notched eighth in the 200 back at 1:54.35 for a B-cut
  • Turned in a 4:42.29 to finish 19th in the 500 free
Regular Season
  • Won the 200 back and 200 IM in the season-opening win over Arkansas and NOVA Southeastern
  • Swam a personal-best 55.39 in the 100 back against FAU
  • Took first in the 400 IM against Georgia, swimming a 4:13.06
2021-22 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in the 200 back, 200 fly, and 400 IM
  • Recorded a career-best 4:04.43 time in the 400 IM prelim before finishing sixth in the finals
  • Notched a 20th place finish in the 200 back at 1:53.63 and 32nd in the 200 fly with a 1:56.31
SEC Championships
  • Finished fifth in the 400 IM with a 4:09.16
  • Finished 12th in the 200 back with a time of 1:54.95 and 14th in the 200 fly with a 1:57.37
  • Earned B-cuts in the 200 back, 200 fly, and 400 IM
Regular season
  • Secured a first-place finish in the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.23 and the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.16 at FAU
  • Won the 200 yard backstroke against Georgia with a time of 1:56.64
Career-Best Times at Florida:
100 Free 51.88 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
200 Free 1:48.00 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
500 Free 4:38.17 NCAA Championships March 20, 2025
200 Back 1:52.24 SEC Championships Feb. 22, 2025
200 Fly 1:56.31 NCAA Championships Mar. 16, 2022
200 IM 1:59.07 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 18-20, 2021
400 IM 4:01.68 NCAA Championships March 20 2025

Prior to Florida
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Zavaros is the No.21-ranked recruit overall, No-1 in Ontario.
  • Won the 2018 Canadian Time Trials in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:13.36.
  • Finished seventh in the B Final in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2018 Pan Pac Championships with a swim of 2:12.18
  • Posted a swim of 4:51.70, as she placed fourth in the 400-meter individual medley
  • Won the 2017 Canadian Swimming Championships in the 100-meter butterfly in a swim of 59.79
  • Placed first in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2017 Canadian Swimming Championships with a mark of 2:12.25
  • Finished fourth at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships
  • Won two gold medals at the FINA World Junior Championships – 4x200-meter medley relay & 4x100-meter medley relay
  • Finished fourth in the 200-meter fly, eighth in the 100-meter butterfly and 11th in the 50-meter butterfly at the FINA World Junior Championships
  • Earned two bronze medals at the 2017 Canadian Trials – 50-meter & 200-meter butterfly
  • Won two gold medals at the 2017 Canadian Juniors – 100-meter & 200-meter butterfly
  • Won one silver medal at the Canadian Juniors – 200-meter freestyle
  • Earned seven medals at the 2017 Canadian Championships – four gold (100-meter & 200-meter butterfly and two relays), one silver (400-meter individual medley), two bronze (200-meter backstroke and 1500-meter freestyle)
  • Finished fifth in the 200 fly at the 2016 World Junior Pan Pacific Games
  • During the 2016-17 swim season, she was ranked first in the 200-meter butterfly in Canada and 43rd in the world
  • Canadian age group (15-17) record holder in the 200-meter butterfly
Personal: 
  • Earned Masters degree in Health Education Behavior in Summer 2025

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Fly/Free

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

    Back/IM

  • 2023-24Senior

    Back/IM

  • 2024-25Senior

    Back/Free/IM
    5'7"

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