2024-25 Men's Swimming/Diving Roster
Biography
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Personal-Best 50-Yard Freestyle Time: 20.25 (3/7/24 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 100-Yard Freestyle Time: 45.12 (3/9/24 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 50-Yard Backstroke Time: 23.27 (11/12/21 at A3 Performance Invitational)
Personal-Best 100-Yard Backstroke Time: 50.05 (11/12/21 at A3 Performance Invitational)
Personal-Best 100-Yard Butterfly Time: 47.88 (3/8/24 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 200-Yard IM Time: 1:54.44 (1/13/24 vs. Bellarmine)
*-Denotes Relay Split
UE School Record-Holder In The 100-Yard Butterfly (47.88 – 2024)
Holds Part Of UE School Record In The 200-Yard Medley Relay (1:28.21 – 2023)
Holds Part Of UE School Record In The 400-Yard Medley Relay (3:12.87 – 2023)
Holds Part Of UE School Record In The 200-Yard Free Relay (1:21.29 – 2023)
Holds Part Of UE School Record In The 400-Yard Free Relay (2:59.11 – 2023)
Qualified For The 2022 and 2023 CSCAA National Invitational Championships
2x Mid-American Conference Swimmer Of The Week (11/11/21 & 1/19/22)
Academic All-MAC Honoree (2022-23)
Team Captain (2023-24)
Competed in the Toyota U.S. Open Championships (2022)
2024-25:
- Began the season with wins in the 100-fly (51.39) and 50-free (21.51) against Centre College
- Followed that up with a win over McKendree in the 50-free (21.27)
- Earned three top ten finishes at the A3 Performance Invite including the 100-free (4th-45.34), 100-fly (3rd-48.68), and 50-free (9th-20.86)
- Added wins over USI/Butler in the 100-fly (50.64) and 100-free (47.40)
- At the MVC Championships finished 10th in the 100-fly (48.08) and 13th in the 50-free (20.52)
2023-24:
- Part of the 200-medley relay record-breaking performance at the MVC Championships finishing in 1:28.38
- Set the program 50-free record of 20.25 at the MAC Championships finishing in 6th place
- Reset the UE record in the 100-fly at the championships with a 47.88 putting him 5th
- His 45.12 in the 100-free at the MAC Championships was the #3 time in UE history
- Started the season with a win in the 100-free against Valpo/USI (45.80)
- Took top honors in the 100-fly at the A3 Performance Invite (48.04)
- Added a win in the 200-IM at Bellarmine with a personal best time of 1:54.44
2022-23:
- One of UE’s top swimmers as a sophomore
- Qualified for the 2023 CSCAA National Invitational Championships, and represented UE in the 2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships
- Posted a personal-best time of 56.73 in the 100-Meter (LCM) Butterfly while placing 49th overall (12/2/22) at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships
- Qualified for the ‘B Final’ in the 50-Yard Freestyle at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships, placing 17th overall with a finals time of 20.49
- Narrowly missed the ‘B Final’ in the 100-Yard Butterfly at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships with a time of 48.62
- Also competed in the 50 Fly, and the 200- and 400-Yard Freestyle and Medley Relay races at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships
- Finished seventh in the MAC in both the 50-Yard Freestyle (20.32 – 3/2/23) and the 100-Yard Butterfly (48.40 – 3/3/23) at the MAC Championships
- His time of 20.32 in the 50 Free initially set a new school record in the event, before teammate Riccardo Di Domenico topped it by 0.01 seconds while leading off UE’s 200 Free Relay at the MAC Championships
- Set a new UE school record in the 100-Yard Butterfly with a personal-best time of 48.00 at the A3 Performance Invitational (11/11/22)
- Helped UE set relay school records in the 200- and 400-Yard Freestyle and Medley Relay events at the MAC Championships
- Earned Academic All-MAC honors
- Earned UE's Mike Radomski #RockThePlanet Award for team spirit and attitude
2021-22:
- Burst onto the scene as one of the top sprint swimmers in the Mid-American Conference
- Posted UE’s fastest times of the year in the 50-Yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Butterfly and 100-Yard Backstroke events
- Qualified for the 2022 CSCAA National Invitational Championships
- Placed second in the MAC in the 100-Yard Butterfly with a then-school-record time of 48.29 (3/4/22)
- Also tied the UE school record in the 50-Yard Freestyle event twice at the MAC Championships with identical times of 20.51 (3/3/22)
- Was a key part of four UE relay teams which set school records in the 200- and 400-Yard Medley and Freestyle relay events
- Swam a season-best 100 Free time of 45.48 in the lead leg of the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay at the A3 Performance Invitational (11/13/21) to rank as the third-fastest male swimmer in UE history in the event
- His season-best time in the 100 Back of 50.05 ranks him as the fifth-fastest male swimmer in UE history in the event
- Earned MAC Swimmer of the Week honors on both November 11, 2021 and January 19, 2022 after being undefeated in swims against both Saint Louis (11/6/21) and Bellarmine (1/15/22)
Prior To UE:
- Swam for his high school – IES Jose Saramago
- Took third place at the Spanish Championship in the 200 freestyle National Championship in 2018 and 2019
Personal:
- Son of Juan Jose Santos Ureta and Maria Gemma Lopez Gomez
- Enjoys watching F1 racing
- Majoring in Mechanical Engineering at UE
Historical Player Information
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2021-22Freshman
Backstroke & Free
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2022-23Sophomore
Backstroke & Free
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2023-24Junior
Backstroke & Free
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2024-25Senior
Backstroke & Free
