2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Caleb Maldari

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Denver, N.C.
  • Highschool Laurel Springs High School

Biography

Olympic Experience 
2024 Olympic Trials 
Date Event Result
6/16/24 Heat: 100 back 29th - 55.24
6/19/24 Heat: 200 back Advanced to semi - 1:58.16 (1st in heat)
6/19/24 Semi: 200 back Advanced to final - 1:57.99 (3rd In heat)
6/20/24 Final: 200 back 7th - 1:58.31
2020 Olympic Trials
Date Event Result
6/4/21 Heat: 100 back Advanced to B final - 56.39
6/4/21 Final: 100 back 3rd - 56.26
6/6/21 Heat: 200 back Advanced to A final - 2:01.17
6/6/21 Final: 200 back 5th - 2:01.27
Career Accolades at Florida:
  • 2024-25 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American 
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 
2024-25 (Sophomore)
  • Set one of Florida Men’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 200-Yard Backstroke | 9. – 1:40.05
NCAA Championships 
  • Competed in the backstroke events 
  • Clocked a 1:40.27 in the 200y back to place 25th 
  • Swam a 46.42 in the 100y back for 42nd 
SEC Championships 
  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
  • Competed in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM
  • Contributed 41 individual points to Florida's team total 
  • Recorded career-best times in both backstrokes 
  • Advanced to the 200y back A Final and placed fifth with a career-best 1:40.05
  • Advanced to the 100y back B Final and swam a career-best 45.96 for 11th overall 
  • Clocked a season-best 1:45.20 in the 200y IM for 25th place 
Regular Season
  • Competed in four dual meets, two Invitationals and one tri-meet 
  • Raced in 26 events and recorded 10 top-five finishes 
  • Swam the 100y back and the 200y back at Florida's Invitational on Feb. 27-Mar. 1... recording times of 46.84 and 1:40.45, respectively 
  • Appeared in four events in the Gators road win at Texas A&M on Jan. 17... Earned fourth in the 200y back (1:47.67), fifth in the 100y back (49.22) and sixth in the 200y IM (1:53.34)... Member of Florida's 200y medley relay team who finished fifth (1:29.89/ 23.90 back split)
  • Recorded four top-10 finishes in Florida's home meet against Indiana on Jan. 3... Placed seventh in the 200y back (1:48.09), the 200y IM (1:52.94) and was the lead off for the 200y medley relay team that finished seventh (1:30.34/ 23.16)... Went 49.44 in the 100y back for eighth 
  • Raced in six events in the Gators first-place finish at the Georgia Invitational on Nov. 20-22… Advanced to a final in all three of his individual events, earning sixth in the 200y back after going a 1:40.82 in the A Final... Recorded a 1:46.04 in the 200y IM to finish second in the B Final and earn 10th overall... Was third in the 100y back B Final after going a 46.72 to earn 11th overall... Lead off for two Florida's medley relay teams, recording a 47.13 split for the 400y medley relay team that placed ninth with a final time of 3:09.23 and split 22.59 for the 200y medley relay team that put together a final time of 1:28.68 for 15th... Swam the third leg of Florida's 400y free relay team that finished 15th (2:59.06/ 44.81) 
  • Saw action in three events in Florida's road win at Georgia on Nov. 1... Recorded a 22.96 lead-off split for the Gators 200y medley relay team that placed fifth (1:29.28)... Finished sixth in the 200y back (1:47.26) and eighth in the 100y back (49.18)
  • Swam in four events in the Gators tri-meet against Rollins and Tampa on Oct. 25... Finished second in both backstroke events, recording a 50.29 in the 100y back and a 1:48.16 in the 200y back... Went a 1:54.31 in the 200y IM for fifth... Clocked a 23.75 lead-off split for the 200y medley relay team that placed sixth with a 1:33.08 time
  • Earned three top-five finishes in Florida's season-opener win at Virginia on Oct. 18... Claimed fourth in the 200m back (1:55.53) and was fifth in the 100m back (52.51)... Led off the Gators 200m medley relay team that finished fifth (1:37.25/ 24.18)
2023-24 (Freshman)
Regular Season
  • Competed in three Dual Meets and two Invitationals
  • Participated in 15 events during the regular season
  • Claimed first in the 200 Back, while earning third in the 100 Back against FSU (1/26)
  • Won the 200 Back after touching the wall in 1:47.11 and finished fifth in the 100 Back in dual-meet win verse South Carolina (1/5)
  • Made collegiate debut against Virginia (10/13) and placed fifth in the 100 Back
Career-Best Times at Florida
100 Back 45.96 SEC Championships  Feb. 21, 2025
200 Back 1:40.05 SEC Championships  Feb. 22, 2025
200 IM 1:44.99 2024 Florida Invitational Feb. 1, 2024
Prior to Florida:
  • International Team Trials Qualfier
  • U.S. World Cup member
  • Two-time U.S. Open Finalist 
  • U.S. Nationals Finalist
  • 18U National Champion - 200 IM
  • Two-Time Scholastic All-American

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Backstroke/IM
    6'0"

  • 2025-26Junior

    Back/IM
    6'0"

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