Hernandez-Tome returns to his home state and will begin competing for the Gators in 2021-22.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 2020 NCAA National Championships qualifier and All-American Nicholas Hernandez-Tome has officially transferred to the University of the Florida and will join the men’s swimming and diving program.
Hernandez-Tome, who spent his first two collegiate seasons at the University of Alabama, will sit out this season due to in-conference transfer rules and will be available to compete in the 2021-22.
The Sarasota, Fla. native qualified for the NCAA Championships this season in the 1,650 free, earning his first career College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-American honor.
Additionally, he has scored points in three events through his first two appearances at the SEC Championships for the Crimson Tide.
At the 2020 conference meet, he would qualify for the A-final in two events. In the 1,650 free, he would earn a sixth-place nod with a career-best effort of 14:56.39, and would register an eighth-place finish in the 500 free after registering a personal-best time of 4:17.64 in the prelims. Both times met the B-cut time standard.
He would post additional personal-bests in the 200 free and the 1,000 free timed final at the meet.
At his first SEC’s as a freshman in 2018-19, he would earn a 15th-place in the mile with an effort of 15:12.57. Additionally, he would compete in the 500 free and 400 IM.
Last summer, Hernandez-Tome competed at the Phillips 66 National Championships, where he set a trio of new career-best in the 400, 800 and 1,500 free (long-course).
Prior to his collegiate career, he swam for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks, posting four finishes at the 2018 YMCA Short Course Championships in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 free and 400 IM. At the 2017 FHSAA Class 4A Championships, the freestyler finaled in both the 200 and 500 free.
Hernandez-Tome Career-Best Times:
Event
Short-Course
Long-Course
50 free
21.73
25.35
100 free
47.75
55.48
200 free
1:37.60
1:52.65
500 free
4:17.64
n/a
800 free
n/a
8:11.87
1,000 free
9:01.26
n/a
1,500 free
n/a
15:43.72
1,650 free
14:56.39
n/a
200 IM
1:56.62
2:15.52
400 IM
3:53.54
4:41.52
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