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Mert Kilavuz

Mert Kilavuz - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 6-3
Major Business Administration
Hometown Antalya, Turkey
Last School Antalya College
Club Team Fenerbahçe Sports Club
Year Senior
Mert Kilavuz - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • Holds program record for 1000 free – 8:49.57 (GT vs Texas A&M/Texas – Nov 3, 2023)
  • Holds program record for 1650 free –14:40.99 (NCAA Championships– March 2022)
  • 2024-25 NCAA Championship participant – 1650 free 
  • 2023-24 NCAA Championship participant – 1650 free, 500 free
  • 2022-23 NCAA Championship participant – 1650 free, 500 free
  • 2021-22 NCAA Championship participant – 1650 free, 500 free
  • 2021-22 All-American
  • 2021-22 All-ACC
  • ACC Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 9, 2021)

2024-25 (Senior): Distance free swimmer … Opened the season taking first in both the 500 free (4:32.68) and 1000 free (9:23.90) vs Emory … Won both the 500 free (4:23.53) and 1000 free (9:01.16) in the meet at Florida State … Claimed the 500 free (4:25.25) and 1000 free (8:57.97)against Pitt … Came in fifth in the 1650 free (15:08.33), 12th in the 500 free (4:22.58) and 29th in the 200 free (1:45.26) at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational … Finished fifth in the 1000 free (9:21.80) and seventh in the 500 free (4:38.20) in the tri-meet with Auburn and Carson-Newman … Won both the 500 free (4:26.14) and 1650 free (15:16.46) vs Duke … Came in first in the 1000 free (9:01.61) and second in the 500 free (4:24.32) vs South Carolina … Finished fifth in the 1650 free (14:44.90, NCAA B Cut) and 21st in the 500 free (4:19.85), while also swimming a B cut time in the 500 free prelims (4:18.75) at ACC Championships … Finished 27th in the 1650 free (14:58.51) at NCAA Championships

2023-24 (Junior): Opened the season with a second place finish in the 1000 free (9:03.46) and a third place finish in the 500 free (4:27.09) … Finished first in both the 1650 free (15:19.03) and 500 free(4:27.41) vs Emory … Took first in the 1000 free (9:01.86) and second in the 500 free (4:18.66) vs FSU … Finished first in the 1000 free (8:49.57, program record) and finished fifth in the 500 free (4:24.10) vs Texas A&M/Texas … Finished first in the 200 fly (1:50.23), second in the 1650 free (14:50.17) and 10th in the 500 free (4:17.95) at the Georgia Fall Invitational … Came in second in the 400 L free (4:00.97) at the UFA Fall LC Time Trial … Took first in both the 500 free (4:29.23) and 1000 free (9:25.04) vs Gardner-Webb and Queens … Took first in both the 1650 free (14:44.15) and the 500 free (4:20.08) vs South Carolina … Took first in both the 1000 free (8:51.21) and 500 free (4:30.33) vs Carson Newman and ECU .. Finished fourth in the 1650 free (15:00.77). 15th in the 500 free (4:21.75) and 34th in the 200 fly (1:53.26) at ACCs … Swam in the 500 free prelims (4:18.45) and came in 18th in the 1650 free finals (14:48.88) at the NCAA Championships

2022-23 (Sophomore): Distance freestyle swimmer … Opened the season with a win in the 1000 free (9:18.21) and a second place finish in the 500 free (4:38.98) vs Emory … Took home first in the 1000 free (9:16.59), second in the 500 free (4:33.42) and seventh in the 200 free (1:58.51) vs UNCW and Campbell … Came in second in the 800 free (7:55.42) and fourth in the 400 free (3:53.12) vs Georgia .. Came in first in the 1000 free (9:04.11) and second in the 500 free (4:24.64) vs FSU … Came in second in the 200 fly (1:49.02), fifth in the 1650 free (14:57.05) and 19th in the 500 free (4:20.72) at the Georgia Fall Invitational … Came in second in the 1000 free (9:10.23) and fourth in the 500 free (4:30.31) vs SCAD and Texas A&M … Took home first in both the 1000 free (9:14.79) and 500 free (4:28.12) vs Auburn … Took first in the 1650 free (14:53.61) and second in the 500 free (4:19.90) vs Queens and West Florida … Took first in both the 1000 free (9:03.71) and the 500 free (4:29.77) and took second in the 200 fly (1:52.29) vs Carson-Newman … Took first in the 1000 free (9:31.63) and second in the 200 fly (1:49.89) vs Gardner-Webb … Finished second in the 1650 free (14:41.50), ninth in the 500 free (4:17.73) and 35th in the 200 fly (1:49.73) at ACCs … Swam in the 500 free prelims (4:17.41) and the 1650 free finals (14:51.01) at the NCAA Championships

2021-22 (Freshman): Distance freestyle swimmer … NCAA Championship qualifier … Set the program records in the 1650 free (14:40.39), 1000 free (8:49.76) and 500 free (4:15.44) … Placed 11th in the 1650 free (14:40.99) at the NCAA Championships … Finished third in the 1650 free (14:43.26) and the program records in the 1000 free and 500 free … His 500 free time at ACCs was good for a B cut … Swam the 500 free (4:24.38) and 1000 free (9:17.42) against Gardner-Webb … Earned a B cut in the 1650 free (14:42.62) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished first in the 500 free (4:26.14) and 1650 free (15:32.96) against Duke … Touched the wall first in the 500 free (4:28.91) and 1000 free (9:01.21) against North Carolina … Placed first in the 500 free (4:27.59) and 1000 free (9:07.83) against Florida State … Opened the season in the 500 free (4:35.69) and 1000 free (9:25.70) against SCAD

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