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2024-25 Men's Swimming Roster

Zachary Kopel

  • Position Distance Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 165
  • Hometown Sarasota, Fla.
  • High School Florida Virtual School
  • Prev School George Mason
  • Major Meteorology

Biography

2024-25: Swam against Florida Southern where he placed fifth in the 1000 Free with a time of 10:17.17... Notched a seventh place finish in the 500 Free with a time of 5:05.79.

2023-24: At the SSC Championships finished 12th in the 1000 Free (9:34.12), 12th in the 1650 Free (16:21.93), and 24th in the 500 Free (4:47.48)... Finished the season with three top-five finishes in individual competition... Had a third-place finish in the 500 Free (4:54.46) and a fourth-place finish in the 1000 Free (10:11.77) vs Lynn... At the Panther, Invite finished seventh in the 1650 Free (16:20.29) and 13th in the 500 Free (4:37.13).

Previous School: swam for Division I George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia... was a 3x A10 Conference Finalist in 2021-2022 and was George Mason's highest scoring conference swimmer... '21-'22 and '22-'23 earned A10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School: Attended Florida Virtual School and competed for Freedom High School in Men's Swimming where he was a 3x FHSAA State  Finalist and multiple time conference and region champion... set team records in the 200 Y and 500 Y Freestyle and earned 2x Team MVP...

Club: Competed one year for the Tampa YMCA Stingrays.

Personal: Son of Ellen and Jeffrey... Chose Florida Tech for the opportunities with NASA, NOAA, and NWS as well as the swim team and being able to accomplish my goals while staying in his home state of Florida

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'10" 163 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance Freestyle
    5'10" 165 lbs