Matt George
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- Height:
- 6-3
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Hometown:
- Manchester, England
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Holycross Sixth Form College
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- Events:
- Freestyle, Fly
Bio
2019-2020: In C-N's dual-meet against Wingate, George won the 500-yard freestyle in a season-best time of 4:38.05. He also finished first in the 200-yard freestyle and took second place in the 200-yard butterfly. On the opening day of competition at the Emory Invitational, George finished in second place in the 200-yard individual medley at a time of 1:54.82. George opened up the University of Tennessee Invitational in the 400-yard freestyle relay alongside Nikola Tadic, Chad Andoljsek and Andrei Ungur. The squad set a new school record with a time of 2:57.51, automatically qualifying them for nationals. On day three of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships, George won the 'B' final of the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:31.31.
2018-2019: The foursome of Andrei Ungur, Howell, Matthew George, and Nikola Tadic narrowly missed a first-place time in the event as the Wingate 'A' side held the advantage by .20 seconds vs. Wingate... his time in the 200-yard freestyle helped push the Eagles lead in Event 30 with a time of 1:43.30... finished third in the 200-yard IM in the Emory Invitational and then won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:52:89...George won the Men's 500-Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:26.90 vs. Lees-McRae. This puts George as the third fastest in Carson-Newman's history and eighth in the country for the year...George broke the school record for the 500 freestyle at the UT Invitational with a time of 4:26.51. In another program record-breaking performance, the men's 400 medley relay of Ungur, Howell, George and Chad Andoljsek in a time of 3:18.60. Had a season-best time in the 200-yard butterfly at 1:48.55... Won the 200-yard butterfly vs. Emmanuel... Grabbed two victories in the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.67) and 100-yard butterfly (51.49) vs. King... earned third in the 800 free relay with an NCAA provisional qualifier and season-low time by seven seconds of 6:36.58 at the BMC Championships with Jon Lancaster, Nikola Tadic and Marcelo Figueiredo. Collected his first individual All-BMC swim in his first season as an Eagle after turning in a fifth-place performance in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:38.75, nearly a full second faster than the preliminary swim. Placed sixth in the 200-yard butterfly, earning an All-BMC honor...George competed and finished in 13th place with a time of 4:28.37 in the 500 freestyle at the National Championships
News mentions
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman swim team capped off day three of the Tennessee Invitational by piling on more season and personal best times, positioning the squad to move up the national ranks and springing multiple Eagles to qualify for the NCAA National Championships in March.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw multiple swimmers qualify for All-Conference laurels at day three of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw multiple swimmers qualify for All-Conference laurels in the final day of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
The Carson-Newman swim team finished in third place on both the men’s and women’s sides through the first day of the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Carson-Newman swim team lost on both the no.13 men's and no.14 women's sides in a dual-meet against South Atlantic Conference rival Wingate.
The Carson-Newman swim team will open up their 2019-2020 campaign at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships in Lawrence, Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 a.m.