2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster Choose a Player: Abdelghany, Tarek Anderson, Matt Calloni, Johannes Cogswell, Cole Conaton, Patrick Cowand, Glen DeVine, Abrahm Dudzinski, Ryan Egan, Liam Greenberg, Jordan Hirschberger, Matthew Ho, Benjamin Liang, Alex Liang, Andrew Macmillan, William Mestre, Alberto Miclau, Ted Murphy, James Ogren, Curtis Pastorek, Brennan Perry, Sam Poppe, Hank Shoults, Grant Sweetser, True Thatcher, Cameron Walsh, Jack Zdroik, Brad True Sweetser Position Free Class Sophomore Height 6-3 Weight 185 Hometown Gainesville, Fla. High School Buchholz Major History Bio Related Biography All America (2) 500 free (2017 - 16th) 1,650 free (2017 - 12th) National Team 1,500-meter freestyle champion at the 2017 Phillips 66 Nationals Member of Team U.S.A. for the 2017 World Championshps in Budapest, Hungary 2016 Olympic Trials finalist in the 400-meter freestyle Runner-up in the 1500 freestyle at the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships Runner-up in the 800 and 1500 freestyles at the 2016 U.S. Open, third fastest American in 2016 As a Freshman (2016-17) CSCAA Academic All-American CollegeSwimming.com’s Swimmer of the Week for Jan. 23, 2017 Top Times 200 free: 1:36.33 500 free: 4:12.97 1,650 free: 14:35.03 400 IM: 4:03.44 Pac-12 Championships Second place in the 500 free (4:14.11) 1,650 free champion (14:35.93) NCAA Championships 16th place in the 500 free (4:20.31) 12th place in the 1,650 free (14:40.72) The Sweetser File Prepped at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Fla. Swam for the Central Florida Marlins (2012-13) and Gator Swim Club (2013-16) USA Swimming Gold Medal Club (2015, 2016) U.S. National Junior Team (2014-15) U.S National Team (2015-Present) Eight-time top eight finisher at the U.S. Nationals Seven-time U-18 National Champion (2014-16) Seven-time Florida LSC record holder in the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle (2014-16) Five-time top three finisher at the U.S. Nationals (2014-16) Two-time Florida Swimmer of the Year (2014-15) 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials finalist in the 400 free Runner-up in the 1500 freestyle at the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships Runner-up in the 800 and 1500 freestyles at the 2016 U.S. Open, third fastest American in 2016 Holds the 12th-fastest time in the world in the 800 free in 2016 All-time Florida record holder in the 800 and 1500 freestyles First place in the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships in Singapore Competed in the 2015 FINA World Cup Series Qualified for the 2014 Junior Pan-Pacific Championships in Hawaii Son of Matthew and Christine Sweester Has five older siblings, Luke, Seth, Jessica, Christian, and Marisa Brother, Luke, swam at Harvard Sibling, Marisa, Seth and Christian, swam at Cornell where Marisa held team records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke Raised in Gainesville, Fla. Anticipating a major in either economics, political science, management science and engineering, and religious studies Full name is Nicholas True Sweester Related Content There is no related content available. Related Headlines Related Videos Related Photos