Joao Caballero Season 2024-25

Joao Caballero Career Stats

College Bests:

• 50 Free | 20.36
• 100 Free | 44.21
• 200 Free | 1:39.17
• 50 Breast | 24.23
• 100 Breast | 51.91
• 200 Breast | 1:54.80
• 100 Fly | 56.62
• 200 IM | 1:45.54
• 400 IM | 4:01.03

Accolades

• Top-5 100 Breast in Program History – 51.91 | 4th (2/20/26)
• Top-5 200 Breast in Program History – 1:54.80 | 4th (2/22/26)
• Top-5 200 IM in Program History – 1:45.54 | 5th (2/19/25)
• Top-5 200 Free Relay Time – 1:16.92 (2nd)
• Top-5 200 Medley Relay Time – 1:24.29 (5th)

2025-26:

• Competed in breaststroke and IM across 10 meets
• Won the 100 breast race at the Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet
• Anchored the second-fastest 200 free relay time in program history (1:16.92) and swam breast on the fifth-fastest 200 medley relay time (1:24.29) in program history at the ACC Championships
  • 1:16.92 (2nd Fastest Tech 200 Free Relay)
  • 1:24.29 (5th Fastest Tech 200 Medley Relay)
• Smashed his 100 breast PB (51.91) in the A-final swimoff with an NCAA cut time along with season-best times in the 200 breast (1:55.37) and 200 IM (1:46.51) at the ACC Championships
• Finished second in the 100 breast event versus Duke
• Placed second in the 100 breast race at No. 16 Alabama
• Earned an A-final appearance for the 100 breast and set his season-best 200 breast time (1:57.88) in prelims at the Georgia Fall Invitational
• Notched a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 breast and 100 IM against No. 24 Minnesota
• Claimed second place in the 200 IM versus Army
• Claimed another 100 breast win and placed fourth in the 200 IM against No. 7 NC State
• Won the opening 100 breast race of the season and finished second in the 200 breast at Emory

2024-25: 

• Competed in breaststroke and freestyle
• Opened the season with a first place finish in the 200 breast (2:03.97) and fifth place finish in the 200 free (1:41.95) in the meet vs Emory
• Claimed two wins – 100 breast (53.55) and 200 breast (1:57.94) in the meet at Florida State
• Came in second in the 100 breast (54.01) and sixth in the 100 breast (2:03.99), while also swimming a leg in the 200 medley relay that finished first in the meet at Pitt
• Came in third in the 100 breast (52.38) and sixth in the 200 breast (1:56.65) and swam a leg in the 400 medley relay that finished second in at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
• Swam in both the 100 breast (4th, 54.91) and 200 breast (4th, (2:03.74) in the tri-meet vs Auburn and Carson-Newman, while also swimming legs in the 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay that both finished second
• Finished second in the 100 breast (54.09) vs Duke, while also swimming legs in the 400 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay that all came in second
• Claimed third in the 200 breast (1:59.75) and fourth in the 100 breast (54.12) vs South Carolina
• Finished 16th in the 100 breast (52.54) and 19th in the 200 breast (1:54.80, NCAA B Cut) at ACC Championships, while also setting B cuts in the 200 breast prelims and 200 IM prelims
• Finished the year with a fourth-place finish in the 100 breast (52.54) at the James E Martin Invitational

2023-24:

• Competed in the breaststroke
• Opened the season with a second place finish in the 100 breast (55:49) and a third place finish in the 200 breast (2:03.26) at the FSU Fall Invite
• Had two second place finishes vs Georgia – 100 breast (55.47) and 200 breast (2:02.68)
• Finished second in the 100 breast (55.92), second in the 200 breast (2:03.00) and third in the 200 IM (1:53.13) vs Emory
• Claimed the top time in the 100 breast (54.61) and a second place finish in the 200 breast (1:59.32) vs FSU
• Finished third in the 100 breast (52.78), fifth in the 200 breast (1:56.67) and 23rd in the 200 IM (1:47.77) at the Georgia Fall Invitational
• Finished first in the 100L breat (1:02.22) and second in the 200L breast (2:17.47) at the UGA Fall LC Time Trial
• Took home three third place finishes in the meet vs Gardner-Webb and Queens – 100 breast (56.42) and 200 breast (2:05.78)
• Finished first in the 100 breast (54.19) and second in the 200 breast (2:00.32) vs South Carolina
• Took first in the 200 breast (1:59.89) and second in the 200 free (1:39.17) vs Carson Newman and ECU
• Swam in three events at ACCs – 100 breast (53.33), 200 breast (1:56.07) and 200 IM (1:47.53)
• Finished 4th in the 100 breast (53.80) at the Auburn Last Chance Meet
• Sits third in program history for 100 breast with a time of 52.78

2022-23:

• Competed in the breaststroke
• Recorded the program’s seventh-best time and an NCAA B cut mark in the 100 breast (53.26) at the ACC Championships
• Swam the sixth-best time in program history and an NCAA B cut in the 200 breast (1:56.44) at the ACC Championships
• Placed second in the 200 breast (2:02.96) against Emory
• Took home second in the 200 breast (2:04.41) and 200 IM (1:53.21) at UNCW
• Came in fourth in the 200 breast (2:03.47) versus Pitt & Boston College
• Qualified for the 100 breast and 200 breast finals at the Georgia Fall Invite
• Placed third in the 200 breast (2:01.58) versus Queens (NC) & West Florida
• Third in the 100 breast (56.36) and 200 breast (2:04.29) versus Carson-Newman