2024-25 Men's Swimming/Diving Roster
Biography
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Personal-Best 50-Yard Freestyle Time: 21.54 (2/20/25 at MVC Championships)
Personal-Best 200-Yard Freestyle Time: 1:41.95 (3/11/22 at CSCAA National Invitational Championships)*
Personal-Best 500-Yard Freestyle Time: 4:31.22 (3/2/23 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 1,000-Yard Freestyle Time: 9:30.95 (3/5/22 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 1,650-Yard Freestyle Time: 15:41.87 (3/5/22 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 50-Yard Backstroke Time: 22.57 (3/6/24 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 100-Yard Backstroke Time: 48.55 (3/7/24 at MAC Championships)
Personal-Best 200-Yard Backstroke Time: 1:46.16 (3/9/24 at MAC Championships)
*-Denotes Relay Split
UE School Record-Holder In The 500-Yard Freestyle (4:31.22 – 2023)
#2 Time In School History In The 1650-Yard Freestyle (15:41.87 - 2022)
#2 Time In School History In The 200-Yard Backstroke (1:46.16 – 2023)
Holds Part Of UE School Record In The 200-Yard Medley Relay (1:28.41 – 2023)
Holds Part Of UE School Record In The 400-Yard Medley Relay (3:12.87 – 2023)
2x Second-Team All-Mid-American Conference Selection (2021-22 and 2022-23)
Academic All-MAC Honoree (2022-23)
Qualified For The 2022 and 2023 CSCAA National Invitational Championships
2024-25:
- Named MVC Men's Swimmer of the Week on 10/2/24
- Won the 200-back (1:52.81) and 100-back (52.04) events in the opener versus Centre College
- Took top honors in the 200-back against McKendree (1:52.17) while completing the 100-back in 51.85 to finish fifth
- Came in second place in the 200-back at the A3 Performance Invite with a 1:49.51 while placing third in the 100-back (50.04)
- Victorious in the 200-back (1:52.79) and 100-back (52.38) versus USI and Butler
- At the MVC Championships, he swam a 48.61 in the 100-back, just 0.05 off his top collegiate time
- Earned a 5th place finish in the 200-back with a time of 1:47.00
2023-24:
- Took part in two record-breaking 200-medley relay time of 1:28.38 at the MAC Championships
- Started the season with victories in the 200-back (1:50.13) and 200-free (1:44.96) against Valpo/USI
- Picked up a pair of top four finishes at the A3 Performance Invitational including a second in the 200-back (1:47.84) and fourth in the 500-free (4:34.28)
- Added a win in the 200-back against Bellarmine with a time of 1:51.66 while finishing fourth in the 200-free (1:48.53)
- Won the 100-back race against Wabash/Eastern Illinois with a time of 51.72
- Swam a 48.55 in the 100-back at the MAC Championships for a new personal best; it marked the second-best time in program history
- In the 200-back, he swam a 1:46.16 to finish in fourth place; it was a personal best and marked the 2nd-best time in UE history
2022-23:
- Earned second-team All-MAC honors for the second year in a row
- Also earned Academic All-MAC honors for his work both in the pool and in the classroom
- Qualified for the 2023 CSCAA National Invitational Championships
- Set the UE school record in the 500-Yard Freestyle at the MAC Championships with a time of 4:31.22 (3/2/23)
- Also broke the UE school record in the 200-Yard Backstroke in back-to-back swims at the MAC Championships (3/4/23), before lowering it again at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships (3/11/23); the UE 200-Yard Backstroke record had stood since 2001
- Placed sixth in the MAC in both the 100- and 200-Yard Backstroke events at the MAC Championships
- Placed 16th overall at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships in the 200 Back with times of 1:47.14 and 1:48.04 (3/11/23)
- Helped UE break the school record in both the 200- and 400-Yard Medley Relays at the MAC Championships with times of 1:28.41 and 3:12.87 respectively
2021-22:
- Began attending UE in January and made an immediate impact on the Purple Aces’ swim team
- Broke the UE school record in the 1,650-Yard Freestyle event with a time of 15:41.87 at the MAC Championships (3/5/22) to place fourth in the conference
- Also placed eighth in the MAC in both the 500-Yard Freestyle (4:34.84) and the 200-Yard Backstroke (1:51.45)
- Earned second-team all-MAC honors after tying for the team-lead with 37 points at the MAC Championships
- Briefly held the UE school record in the 1,000-Yard Freestyle, as his split time of 9:30.95 in the MAC Championships 1,650 Free swim was the best on record (3/5/22)
- Qualified for the “B Finals” of the 200-Yard Backstroke at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships, placing 16th overall with a finals time of 1:49.56 (3/12/22)
- Led-off UE’s 800-Yard Freestyle Relay team at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships, and posted a lead-leg time of 1:41.95 – which ranks him as the tenth-fastest UE male in the 200 Free all-time
- Ranks as the fifth-fastest UE male in the 200 Back (1:49.51 – MAC Championships) and sixth-fastest UE male in the 100 Back (50.15 – MAC Championships) entering the 2022-23 season
- Competed in only four meets for UE, as he joined the team mid-season
Prior To UE:
- Three-time male swimming athlete of the year for his club team (Sunddeild Breidabliks)
- Helped the club team win the Icelandic Swimming Cup
- Eight-time Icelandic champion in 2021
- Finished third at the Nordic Swimming Championship
- At the 2020 Reykjavik International Games, he topped the individual medal table with four golds (1,500 free, 400 free - open and 15&O, and 200 free) and one silver (200 back) finish
Personal:
- Son of Vilberg Viggósson and Joó Ágota
- Has two brothers – Viktor and Kristján – and a sister, Sandra
- Originally born in Szeged, Hungary
- Majoring in Business at UE.
- Has career goals of starting a company with his friends
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