Caio Pumputis

2021-22 All-American
2021-22 All-ACC
ACC Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 26, 2021)
2020-21 All-American
2020-21 NCAA Participant
2020-21 All-ACC Team
2020-21 All-ACC Academic Team
2019-20 All-American
2019-20 All-ACC Team
2018-19 All-American
2018-19 NCAA Honorable Mention All-American
2018-19 ACC Co-Most Valuable Swimmer
2018-19 NCAA Championships participant
2018-19 All-ACC Team
2018-19 ACC Gold Medalist
2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 ACC All-Academic Team
2017-18 NCAA Championships participant
2017-18 All-ACC Team
2017-18 ACC Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com (Oct. 10, 2017)

2021-22 (Senior): NCAA Qualifier … Swam in the freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley … Earned three All-American honors in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM … Bested his own program record in the 200 breast (1:50.61) at the NCAA Championships … Took home bronze and an A cut in the 200 breast at the ACC Championships and fourth in the 100 breast and 200 IM … Placed first in the 100 breast (54.17), 200 breast (1:58.26) and 200 IM (1:49.71) against Duke … Earned the top spot in the 100 breast (53.54) and 200 breast (1:56.14) against North Carolina … Touched first in the 100 breast (52.96), 200 breast (1:55.32) and 200 IM (1:49.44) against Florida State … Opened the season against SCAD in the 100 breast (55.26) and 200 IM (1:54.55)

2020-21 (Senior): NCAA Qualifier … Freestyle, backstroke and individual medley swimmer … ACC Champion in the 200 IM … His 100 fly time (47.18) ranks eighth in program history … Swam with the fastest 400 free relay team (2:51.79), the fastest 200 medley relay team (1:23.89), the fastest 400 medley relay team (3:04.37) and the fifth fastest 200 free relay team (1:18.23) in Georgia Tech history … Competed at the NCAA Championships finishing fifth in the 200 IM (1:41.79) and eighth in the 200 breast (1:52.27) … Turned in an A qualifying time in the 200 breast (1:51.81) and two B qualifying times in the 100 breast (52.10) and 200 IM (1:41.76) at the ACC Championships … Every time at the ACC Championships was a season best … Had an NCAA B qualifying time in the 100 fly (47.18) at the Georgia Invitational … His 100 fly and 50 fly (21.69) at the Georgia Invitational were personal bests … Posted a personal best in the 200 back (1:47.25) against Emmanuel … Recorded a personal best in the 100 IM (47.90) against Alabama … Clocked in at 21.36, 44.28, 2:06.87 and 54.12 in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 back and 100 breast, respectively, against Gardner Webb … Swam the 100 breast (54.01), 200 breast (1:57.71) and 200 IM (1:48.40) against Auburn … Touched the wall at 1:37.32, 1:56.70 and 1:48.92 in the 200 free, 200 breast and 200 IM, respectively, against Florida State

2019-20 (Junior): NCAA qualifier and the Jackets’ top performer this season … Competed individually in the 200 free, 100 and 200 breast, 200 back, 100 fly and 200 and 400 IM … Member of the 200 medley relay group (1:24.95) that ranks second in program history, as well as the 400 medley relay group that ranks fourth in program history (3:10.16) at the ACC Championships, and with the 200 free group at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which ranks fifth (1:18.69) … Won silver in the 200 IM at the ACC Championships with an NCAA B qualifying time of 1:43.13 … Also earned NCAA B qualifying times with his 200 free split (1:35.33) and 100 breast (52.74) at ACCs … Earned an NCAA B qualifying time earlier in the season at the Georgia Tech Invitational, with a 200 breast time of 1:53.88 … Won gold 13 times this season in five individual events … in the 100 breast at the Georgia Tech Invitational (53.01), and against Georgia Southern, SCAD (54.28) … in the 200 breast at the Georgia Tech Invitational (1:53.88) against Georgia Southern, SCAD (1:59.29) and Florida State (2:01.59) … in the 200 free against South Carolina (1:36.85), Auburn (1:36.85) and Florida State (1:38.51) … in the 200 back against Auburn (1:47.75) … and the 200 IM at the Georgia Tech Invitational (1:44.40) against South Carolina (1:48.59), Tennessee (1:48.93) and Florida State (1:49.54) … Also took silver in the 100 fly against Auburn (48.27) , in the 200 free against Tennessee (1:37.34) and 200 breast against Tennessee (2:00.33).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Became the first Georgia Tech swimming and diving student-athlete in program history to be a three-time All-American at the same NCAA Championships … Earned for personal-best times at the NCAA Championships, in the 100 breast (6th – 51.38), 200 breast (4th – 1:50.79), and 200 IM (6th – 1:41.04) … Finished in first in the 200 breast finals at the ACC Championships with the fastest time of the season (1:51.46), earning an NCAA A qualifying time, breaking the school record, pool meet record, and conference record … Led the way in the 200 IM at the ACC Championships, finishing first with a time of 1:41.28, shattering the school record and pool record at the Greensboro Aquatic Center … Member of the 800 free relay team that turned in a program-best NCAA B time of 6:19.43 – a scorching 5.8 seconds faster than the previous record – at the ACC Championships … Also split 1:33.84 to open the relay with a school-record 200 free time … Also finished second in the 100 breast with an NCAA B qualifying time of 52.07 … Helped set two school relay records at the Georgia Tech Invitational, finishing with an NCAA A qualifying time of 1:24.23 in the 200 medley relay, and an NCAA B qualifying time of 3:06.87 in the 400 medley relay … Placed first in the 100 free (44.55) and 200 free (1:36.90) and second in the 500 free (4:33.54) vs. Denver … Finished first in the 100 fly (48.96) and third in the 200 fly (1:48.92) vs. South Carolina … Runner-up in the 200 free (1:40.16) at the FAU Fun in the Sun Invite … Swept the 100 breast (52.53), 200 breast (1:52.38), 200 IM (1:42.89) and 400 IM (3:43.00 – NCAA B qualifying time), and also part of the 400 free relay team that swam the team’s fastest time of the season (2:52.79) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Swept the Jackets’ meet against Notre Dame, Miami, winning the 100 breast (55.40), 100 IM (48.65) and 400 IM (3:50.83) … Took first in the 100 breast (55.87), 200 breast (2:01.19) and 200 IM (1:48.82) against FSU, Pitt … Won the 200 IM (1:47.69) vs. FGCU, SCAD … Placed second in the 200 breast (1:54.79) and 200 IM (1:44.83) at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

2017-18 (Freshman): An NCAA Championships participant, competing for the Yellow Jackets in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM events … Named Earned all-ACC honors with a second-place finish in the 200 breast with a finals time of 1:53.45 … Was tabbed the ACC Male Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com on Oct. 10 … Recorded 26 NCAA B cut times on the season … Had the fastest time in the nation in the 100 IM with a time of 48.86 versus Emory … Was one of Tech’s top performers all season long in the 200 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM events … A key member of Tech’s relay unit, swimming the second leg of the Jackets’ record setting 800 free relay time of 6:22.44 … Had the fastest time on the team in the 200 free (1:34.90), which ranks fourth all-time in Tech history, 200 breast (1:53.45) and 200 IM (1:45.46), which both rank second all-time in school history, and the 400 IM (3:50.36), the fourth-fastest time in GT’s record books … His 200 breast time of 1:53.45 ranked third overall in the ACC, while his 200 free time of 1:34.90 ranked 10th overall in the conference on the year … Also recorded the second-best time on the team in the 100 breast (53.53), which ranks fourth all-time in Tech history, the fifth-fastest time in the 200 fly (1:49.12) and the sixth-fastest time in the 100 back (51.07) … Had the eighth-fastest time for the Jackets in the 500 free (4:37.87) and the ninth-best time in both the 50 free (20.85) and the 100 free (45.23) … Swam the third leg in both of Tech’s fastest 200 free relay times on the season (1:19.31 and 1:19.70), as well as in the top-two 400 free relay times on the year (2:54.83 and 2:54.96) … Was also a member of the Jackets’ fastest 400 medley relay time (3:10.20) … Totaled 24 top-five individual finishes, highlighted by 17 first-place finishes … Earned wins in the 200 breast (1:58.34) and 200 IM (1:49.11) events in the season-opening meet against Pittsburgh … Posted a pair of first-place finishes in the 200 free (1:36.81) and 200 IM (1:48.11) in the dual meet at Notre Dame … Totaled three first-place victories in the dual meet at Northwestern, touching the wall first overall in the 100 free (45.32), 100 breast (54.45) and the 200 IM (1:52.34) … Also picked up three wins in the 200 breast (1:58.16), 200 fly (1:49.12) and 400 IM (3:57.36) events in the dual meet at home versus Delta State … Touched the wall first overall in the 200 free (1:36.12) and 200 breast (1:56.88) at nationally ranked Georgia … Took first-place honors in the 200 breast (1:53.80) in the 200 breast at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished first overall in the 500 free (4:37.87) and 100 back (51.07) in the dual meet at SCAD … Also earned a win in the 100 IM (48.86) versus Emory … Posted a runner-up finish in the 200 free (1:37.50) versus Pittsburgh, in the 200 IM (1:47.79) at Georgia, in the 200 IM (1:45.68) at the Georgia Tech Invitational, in the 200 IM (1:48.35) at South Carolina and in the 200 breast (1:53.45) at the 2018 ACC Championships … Finished third overall in the 200 breast (1:59.01) at South Carolina … Placed fourth overall in the 50 free (20.85) at Notre Dame … Turned in an 11th-place showing in the 400 IM (3:50.36) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Posted two top-10 finishes at the 2018 ACC Championships, finishing second overall in the 200 breast (1:53.45) and ninth in the 200 free (1:34.90) … Also finished 17th overall in the 200 IM (1:45.46) at the conference championship meet … Finished 34th overall I the 100 breast (53.53) and 36th in the 200 IM (1:45.54) at the 2018 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships … Named to the 2017-18 ACC All-Academic Team.

Before Tech: Swam for the Esporte Clube Pinheiros team in São Paulo, Brazil … Ranked as high as the No. 18 recruit in the men’s 2017 class by CollegeSwimming.com … Has competed in a number of meets in both Brazil and internationally … Finished first overall in the 200 breast (2:18.01) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay unit (2:03.98) at the Gymnasíade 2016 Trabazon in Turkey in July 2016 … Also placed third in the 400 medley relay (4:30.50) and was a member of the gold medal national team in the 4×100 free … Finished fourth in the 200 breast (2:08.68) and eighth overall in the 200 free (1:46.50) at the XLIII Senior Swimming Brazilian Championships … Also swam a leg in both the 200 medley relay (1:58.96) and the 400 medley relay (4:16.8) which both finished in sixth-place overall … Competed at the XXIV Youth Winter Swimming Brazilian Championships, where he was part of the 400 medley and 200 medley relay teams that set new meet records and were crowned the national champions … Named a national champion in the 200 meter breast (2:17.14) and in the 100 meter breast (1:04.06) … Swam at the XXVIII Youth Swimming Brazilian Championships, the 5th Junior World Championships in Singapore, the XXV Youth South American Swimming Championships in Peru and at the Multinations Youth Swimming Meet in Portugal … Competed for Brazil in the 6th FINA World Junior Championships in August 2017 … Swam as the second leg of the 4×100 medley relay team that finished in seventh-place with a time of 3:42.35 at the FINA World Junior Championships … Also swam the anchor leg of Brazil’s 4×200 meter free relay team (7:34.79) that touched the wall in eighth-place overall in the finals … Finished fifth in the 200 medley (2.00.97) and posted a top-20 finish in the 100 breast (1:02.64) at the FINA World Junior Championships.

Personal: Son of Mauricio Pumputis and Flávia Andréa Rodrigues Pumputis … Has one younger sister … Mother was a former swimmer, while his father played water polo … “I chose Georgia Tech because it offers to me an excellent structure in academics and in swimming. Georgia Tech has an excellent staff who will help me to devolve my talent.” … Intends to major in business administration.