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Berke Saka

Berke Saka - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 6-3
Major Business Administration
Hometown Istanbul, Turkey
Last School Modafen HS
Club Team Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Year Freshman
Berke Saka - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • 2024 Paris Olympics (Turkey)
  • 2023-24 NCAA Championship Participant 
  • 2022-23 NCAA Championship Participant 
  • 2021-22 NCAA Championship Participant

2023-24 (Junior): Competed in backstroke … Claimed first in both the 200 IM (1:48.70) and 200 back (1:47.24) and third in the 100 back (48.33) at the FSU Fall Invite … Finished third in the 200 IM (1:50.25) and fourth in the 100 back (48.74) and swam a leg in the 200 medley relay vs Georgia … Took first in the 200 back (1:48.13) vs Emory … Won first in both the 200 back (1:43.08) and 200 IM (1:45.45) vs FSU … Placed second in the 100 back (46.47), 200 back (1:42.74), 50 L free (23.64) and won the 200 l im (2:00.96) vs Texas A&M/Texas … Won first in he 200 IM (1:42.19) and finished 11th in the 200 back (1:42.11) at the Georgia Fall Invite … Finished 11th in the 100 L back (57.24) at the UGA Fall LC Time Trial … Took third in both the 200 iM (1:51.45) and 100 back (49.52) vs Gardner-Webb and Queens … Claimed first in both the 200 IM (1:43.03) and 200 back (1:43.53) vs South Carolina … Won the 200 back (1:43.15) vs ECU and Carson Newman … Swam in the 200 back finals (1:42.56, 10th place) and the 200 IM finals (1:42.95, 9th place) at ACCs … Swam in three prelims at the NCAA Championships

2022-23 (Sophomore): Competed at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships … Set a season-best time at the ACC Championships in the 200 Y IM (1:43.56) … Recorded a first-place finish in the 100 Y Back (50.12) and second place finish in the 200 Y Back (1:49.76) in the tri-meet against Queens (NC) and West Florida … Recorded two season best times in the 200 Y IM (1:51.90) and 200 Y Back (1:47.39) against Florida State … Swam first place times in the 200 Y IM (1:48.57), 200 Y Back (1:45.50), and 100 Y back (48.79), also recording season best times in all three events in addition to the 200 Medley relay (22.40) in tri-meet against Pittsburgh and Boston College … Placed third and recorded personal-best times in the 200 Y Back (1:40.02) and 100 Y Back (45.60) at the Georgia Fall Invitational … Also recorded a personal-best time of 21.43 in the 200 Medley Relay and season best time of 1:44.77 in the 200 Y IM … In the Turkish LCM National Team Selection, finished first in the 200 L IM (1:59.26) setting a new personal best time. Recorded four first place finishes 200 S Back (1:52.25), 200 S IM (1:54.26), 100 S Back (51.09), 100 S IM (51.75) at the Arena Turkish SCM Winter Nationals … Swam first-place times in the 100 Y Back (46.15) and 200 Y Back (1:41.57) in tri-meet against Pittsburgh and Boston College … Recorded a personal-best time and first-place finish in the 100 Y Free (45.05) against Carson-Newman … Placed first on the 100 Y IM (47.63) against Gardner-Webb … Competed at the World Aquatic Championships, setting a season best time in the 200 L Back (1:59.48) … A three-time champion at the Arena Turkish LCM Summer Nationals, championing the 100 L Back (54.46), 200 L Back (1:59.28), and 200 L IM (1:58.20). 

2021-22 (Freshman): NCAA qualifier … Set the school record in the 200 back (1:40.49) … Swam in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM at the NCAA Championships as well as the 200 medley relay, 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams … Earned B cuts in the 100 back (45.81), 200 back (1:40.49) and 200 IM (1:43.27) at the ACC Championships … Finished first in the 100 back (48.82) and 200 back (1:48.85) against Gardner-Webb … Placed first in the 200 back (1:40.89), fourth in the 100 back (46.77) and fifth in the 200 IM (1:45.29) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Touched first in the 100 back (48.86) and 200 back (1:47.53) against Duke … Took home a first place finish in the 200 back (1:46.99) against North Carolina … Secured a first place finish in the 200 back (1:46.66) … Opened the season with the 100 back (51.45), 200 back (1:48.99) and 200 IM (1:50.83) against SCAD

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