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Gabe Nunziata
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Suffolk, Va.
- Club:
- Old Dominion Aquatic Club
NUNZIATA FILE
Top-10 Times in UT History
- Individual
- 200 Breast: 1:50.59 // 1st
- 100 Breast: 51.35 // 4th
- 200 IM: 1:44.28 // 6th
- Relay Top Finishes
- 800 Free Relay: 6:10.31 // 1st
- 400 Medley Relay: 3:01.20 // 2nd
- 200 Medley Relay: 1:22.48 // 5th
Silver: 2
2026: 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay
Bronze: 2
2026: 400 Medley Relay
2025-26 - FRESHMAN
- At the 2026 SEC Championships...
- Claimed Tennessee's sixth-best IM time, touching the wall in 1:44.28 to close out his first SEC Championships (2/21/26).
- Smashed the No. 1 200 breast time in UT history and claimed his first individual medal with a time of 1:50.59 (2/20/26).
- Joined Ulises Saravia, Gui Caribe and Lucio Paula in the Vols second-best 400 medley relay, earning bronze with a 3:01.20 (2/19/26).
- Posted the Vols' No. 4 100 breast record and placed fourth overall by touching the wall in 51.35 (2/18/26).
- Demolished the Tennessee 800 free relay record and claimed his first SEC medal alongside Nikoli Blackman, Koby Bujak-Upton and Ben Bricca, earning silver with a 6:10.31.
- Made his SEC Championships debut by recording the fifth-best 200 medley relay time in program history (1:22.48), placing him sixth overall alongside Ulises Saravia, Gui Caribe and Nikoli Blackman (2/17/26).
- Closed out his first collegiate regular season with four podium finishes, including wins in the 200 breast (1:55.05) and 200 medley relay (1:24.17) against Duke.
- Earned three podium finishes against No. 7 Georgia, taking first in the 100 breast (52.98) and 200 breast (1:55.11) along with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay.
- Took home a win in the 100 breast by touching the wall in 52.91 at the dual meet against Kentucky.
- Etched his name into the Vols record book with career bests in the 100 breast (52.31), 200 breast (1:53.12), 200 medley relay (1:23.77) and 400 medley relay (3:05.21) over the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge weekend.
- Snagged three wins in the 200 breast, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay during the inaugural CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge.
- Set the No. 5 200 breast time in Tennessee history in his first career race as a Vol, clocking a time of 1:53.62 against Texas (10/24/25).
Prior to Tennessee
- Top Times prior to Tennessee: 200 Breast (1:53.73), 100 Breast (52.47), 200 IM (1:44.97), 400 IM (3:48.74), 200 Free (1:35.94)
- Highest-ranked recruit in the Vols' 2025 signing class and one of the best breaststrokers for the class.
- Won bronze in the 200 breast (LCM) at the 2025 USA Swimming National Championships, clocking a 2:09.71 to make him the second-fastest 17-18 aged US swimmer all time behind Matt Fallon.
- The SwimSwam top-20 honorable mention selection's personal-best time in 200 breast (1:53.73) would rank fifth in program history, while is 100 breast and 200 IM efforts would be 10th.
- During the 2024 Speedo Winter Junior Championships East, he brought home gold in the 200 breast and was second in the 100 breast.
- Garnered Swimmer of the Meet honors after posting two titles at the VISAA Division II Invitational Swimming and Diving Championship, winning gold in the 100 breast and 200 free, both of which marked meet records.
Everything Orange S2 | Jordan Crooks (Men's Swim & Dive)
Thursday, April 24
Tennessee vs. UGA
Saturday, January 20
SEC Championships - Finals: SEC Championships - Finals
Saturday, February 18
SEC Championships - Prelims: SEC Championships - Prelims
Saturday, February 18
