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Men's Swimming and Diving

2025-26 Men's Swim & Dive Roster

Andrew Taylor Season 2025-26

PositionFREE/IM
ClassJunior
HometownClearwater, Fla.
Previous SchoolFlorida

Olympic Experience 
2024 Olympic Trials 

Date Event Result
6/17/24 Heat: 800 free 21st - 8:04.59
6/22/24 Heat: 1500 free 17th - 15:26.07

Career Accolades

  • All-American
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 SEC Champion in the 1650 Free
  • 2024 All-SEC First Team
  • 2024 SEC All-Freshman Team
  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 

2024-25 (Sophomore at Florida)
SEC Championships

  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
  • Competed in the 500y free, 1650y free and the 400y IM
  • Individually scored eight points
  • Recorded career-best 3:44.70 in the 400y IM C Final to earn 20th overall 
  • Swam a season-best 15:01.05 to place 22nd 
  • Clocked a 4:18.91 in the 500y free for 27th 

Regular Season

  • Competed in five dual meets and two Invitationals 
  • Raced in 15 events and earned 10 top-five finishes 
  • Recorded a 4:19.42 in the 500y free at the Florida Invitational on Feb. 27-Mar. 1
  • Finished third in both his events in the Gators last regular season dual meet against FSU on Jan. 31... Clocked a 4:27.02 in the 500y free and a 15:18.50 in the 1650y free 
  • Earned top-five finishes in his three events in Florida's road win at Texas A&M on Jan. 17... Placed third in the 1000y free (9:13.98) and fifth in both the 500y free (4:32.44) and the 400y free relay (3:07.20 / 47.38) 
  • Swam two individual events in the Gators home meet against Indiana on Jan. 3... Earned third in the 1000y free (9:09.32) and recorded a 4:28.66 in the 500y free 
  • Recorded a season-best 4:17.51 in the 500y B Final to earn 11th overall in the Gators first-place finish at the Georgia Fall  Invitational on Nov. 20-22… Finished second in the 400y IM B Final after touching the wall in 3:48.83 to earn 10th overall 
  • Placed second in the 1000y free after recording a career-best 9:01.73 and finished fourth in the 500y free (4:24.50) in the Gators road win at Georgia on Nov. 1
  • Tallied top-five finishes in his two individual events in the Gators season-opener dual meet win at Virginia on Oct. 18... Finished second in the 800m free (7:50.64) and fifth in the 400m free (4:48.34)... Was the lead off for the 400m free relay team who placed sixth (3:22.92 / 51.35) 

2023-24 (Freshman at Florida)

  • Set one of Florida Men’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 1650-Yard Freestyle | 4. – 14:38.41

NCAA Championship

  • Earned one All-American Honor
  • Competed in the 500 Free and 1650 Free
  • Captured third in the 1650 Free after clocking a personal-best time of 14:37.80
  • Recorded a personal-best 4:13.10 time in the 500 Free to finish 17th

SEC Championship

  • Member of the SEC Championships winning team
  • Won one gold medal
  • Totaled 64 team points
  • Competed in the 500 Free, 1650 Free and 400 IM
  • Captured the 1650 gold medal after dropping 26 seconds off of his seeded time to win the event in 14:38.41
  • Clinched seventh in the 500 Free and 17th in the 400 IM after swimming a personal-best 49.79

Regular Season

  • Competed in four Dual Meets, two Invitationals and one Tri-Meet
  • Participated in 18 events during the regular season
  • Individually placed in the top-5 eight times
  • Won his first 500 Free event in Florida’s dual-meet win verse South Carolina on Jan. 5 and won the event again against FSU on Jan. 26 in his last regular season dual-meet
  • Competed in the 200 Free, 500 Free, 1650 Free, 400 IM and 800 Free Relay at the Georgia Fall Invitational (11/16- 11/18) … Notched a personal-best 1:38.79 in the 200 Free, while placing seventh in the 1650 Free, 11th in the 400 IM and 12th in the 500 Free
  • Won his first 1000 event of the season, while placing second in the 500 Free at Tri-Meet against Kentucky and Tennessee (11/3)
  • Finished in the top-five in both of his events (500 Free & 1000 Free) in Florida’s dual-meet win over Georgia (10/27)
  • Made his collegiate debut against Virginia on Oct. 13 and finished second in the 1000 Free

Career-Best Times at Florida

200 Freestyle 1:38.79 UGA Fall Invitational November 17, 2023
500 Freestyle 4:13.10 NCAA Championships March 28, 2024
1000 Freestyle 9:01.73 vs. Georgia November 1, 2024
1650 Freestyle 14:37.80 NCAA Championships March 30, 2024
200 Butterfly 1:49.72 vs. South Carolina January 5, 2024
400 IM 3:44.70 SEC Championships February 20, 2025

 Prior to Florida:

  • Four-time Florida State Champion
  • Junior National Qualifier
  • Olympic Trial Qualifier
  • Florida LSC Record Holder