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2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster

Sophia Macaisa

  • Position Fly/Free
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Inverness, Fla.

Biography

As a Senior (2023-24)
Swam the ninth fastest 50 fly (24.91) in program history … Opened the season with a time of 59.74 in the 100 fly against FAU and Bellarmine … Placed second in the 50 free (25.35) against Bellarmine … Made finals of the 50 fly (25.62) and 100 fly (57.68) at the Magnus Invitational … Posted times in the 50 free (24.45) and 100 fly (56.94) against Miami and Colorado State … Touched the wall at 55.30 in the 100 free against UNF … Turned in times in the 50 free (25.45) and 100 free (54.74) against Georgia Southern … Touched in 25.31 and 59.33 against FIU in the 50 free and 100 fly … Posted season bests in the 50 free (24.24), 100 free (53.16), and 100 fly (56.03) at the ASUN Championships

As a Junior (2022-23)
Finished fourth in the 100 fly at Bellarmine in 59.28 … Part of the fourth-place 200 medley relay team that finished in 1:50.00 at against UNC Asheville … Took fifth in the 100 fly against UNC Asheville with a time of 58.94 … Part of the third-place 200 free relay team against UNC Asheville with a time of 1:40.78 … Placed fourth in the 200 fly against Eastern Michigan in 2:11.90 … Notched a fifth-place effort with a time of 1:00.36 in the 100 fly against EMU … Took 10th at the Miami Tri-Meet in the 200 fly with a time of 2:18.86 … Notched an 11th- place finish in the 100 fly at the Miami Tri-Meet with a mark of 1:01.08 … Recorded a third-place finish in the 200 fly against FIU with a time of 2:12.60 … Was fifth in the 100 fly against FIU after finishing in 59.00 … Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly against UNF after touching the wall in 2:09.28 … Part of the second-place 400 free relay team against UNF with a time of 3:32.55 … Part of the second-place 400 medley relay team against UNF with a time of 3:53.61.

As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Swam a personal-best in the 200 free at the CCSA Championships with a time of 1:54.37...  Won the 500 free (5:16.48) against UNF (Feb. 4-5)...  Had two top-ten finishes at the Eagle Invitational (Nov. 18-20), finishing fourth in the 100 fly and ninth in the 500 free...  Finished fourth in both the 100 and 200 fly against FIU (Nov. 6)...  Placed second in the 200 fly and fifth in the 100 fly against Vanderbilt (Oct. 16)... Finished fourth in the 50 fly at the UNF Invitational (Sept. 25).

As a Freshman (2020-21)
Swam a personal-best in the 200 IM (2:10.94) against FIU...  Finished second in the 200y fly against FIU...  Finished second in the 100y fly and third in the 200y fly against UNF...  Was second in the 200y fly against Miami...  Swam in four events at the Eagle Invitational with a top finish of eighth-place in the 500y free.

High School
Swam for the Central Florida Marlins under head coach Bill Vargo … Member of the National Honors Society … Honor roll student … Earned All-American honors … Regional and district champion in the 100 Fly … Medaled all four years at states … High school record holder.
 
Personal
Daughter of Marlo and Joy … Has one sibling, Lauren … Chose FGCU because of the campus and the coaches … Favorite sports moment was signing with FGCU … Would like to meet the Dalai Lama … Her sister swam for the University of North Florida … Her cousin, Rob, rowed for Yale … Her uncle, Gil, competed in gymnastics at the University of Illinois at Chicago … Has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Fly/Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Fly/Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    Fly/Free
  • 2023-24Senior

    Fly/Free