2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Josh Liendo

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Scarborough, Canada
  • Highschool Bill Crothers Secondary School

Biography

Olympic Experience:
  • Two-time Olympian
  • Became the first Black Canadian to win an Olympic swimming medal
2024 Paris Olympic Games Results:
Date Event Result
7/27/24 Heat: 4x100m freestyle relay Advanced to Final - 3:12.77 (47.25)
7/27/24 Final: 4x100m freestyle relay 6th - 3:12.18 (47.93 split)
7/30/24 Heat: 100m Freestyle Advanced to Semifinals - 10th - 48.34
7/30/24 Semi: 100m Freestyle 11th - 48.06
8/1/24 Heat: 50m Freestyle Advanced to Semifinals - 15th - 21.92
8/1/24 Semi: 50m Freestyle Advanced to Final - 9th - 21.69
8/2/24 Final: 50m Freestyle 4th - 21.58
8/2/24 Heat: 100m Butterfly Advanced to Semifinals - 50.55
8/2/24 Semi: 100m Butterfly Advanced to Final - 50.42
8/3/24 Final: 100m Butterfly SILVER - 49.99
8/3/24 Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Advanced to Final, 5th - 3:41.41 (50.08 fly split)
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Results 
Date Event Result
7/25/21 4x100m Free Relay 4th - 3:10.82 (47.51 split)
7/27/21 Heat: 100m Free Advanced to semi - 48.34 (4th in heat)
7/27/21 Semi: 100m Free 14th - 48.19
7/29/21 Heat: 100m Fly Advanced to semi - 51.52 (3rd in heat)
7/29/21 Semi: 100m Fly 11th - 51.50
7/30/21 Heat: 50m Free 18th - 22.03
7/31/21 4x100 Medley Relay 7th - 3:32.42 (51.01 split)

Career Accolades at Florida:
  • 19-time All-American
  • 2025,2024,2023 NCAA Champion in the 100-yard Freestyle 
  • 2025,2024 NCAA Champion in the 100-yard Butterfly 
  • 2025,2023 NCAA Champion in the 400-yard Medley Relay
  • 2025,2024 SEC Champion in the 100-yard Freestyle 
  • 2025,2024 SEC Champion in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay 
  • 2025,2024,2023 SEC Champion in the 100-yard Butterfly 
  • 2025,2024,2023 SEC Champion in the 400-yard Medley Relay 
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-America First Team 
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
  • 2025, 2024,2023 All-SEC First Team
  • 2024-25 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American 
  • 2024-24 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024,2023 NCAA Champion in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay 
  • 2024,2023 SEC Champion in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay 
  • 2024 NCAA Champion in the 200-yard Medley Relay 
  • 2024 NCAA Champion in the 50-yard Freestyle 
  • 2023 NCAA Champion in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay 
  • 2024 SEC Male Swimmer of the Year
  • 2024 SEC Championships Men’s Commissioners Trophy
  • 2024 SEC Champion in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay 
  • 2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 SEC Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year
  • 2023 All-SEC Freshman Team
  • SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week (6x) (9/27/22, 10/17/23, 10/31/23, 11/21/23, 1/7/25, 1/21/25)
  • SEC Men's Freshman of the Week (2x) (10/25/22, 11/8/22)
  • Recipient of Florida’s Swimming & Diving 2025 Giovanni Linscheer Award, given to the individual who contributed the most to the overall success of the team and displayed dedication, leadership, good attitude & performance. 
  • Recipient of Florida’s Swimming & Diving 2024 Skip Foster Award, given to the team’s most valuable swimmer
2024-25 (Junior)
  • Set Florida’s 200-yard Butterfly School Record – 1:39.14
  • Improved two of his Florida Men’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 100-yard Freestyle | No. 2 - 39.99
    • 100-yard Butterfly | No. 2 - 43.06
  • Member of Florida’s 400-yard Medley Relay team who set the NCAA Record (2:55.66)
  • Member of the 200-yard Freestyle Relay, 400-yard Freestyle Relay, 800-yard Freestyle Relay and 400-yard Medley Relay teams who set school records in the 2024-25 season  
NCAA Championships
  • Earned six First-Team All-American Honors
  • Competed in the 50-yard Freestyle, 100-yard Freestyle, 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Medley Relay, 400-yard Medley Relay, 400-yard Freestyle Relay and 200-yard Freestyle Relay
  • Won three National Titles, contributing to 161 of Florida’s 315 points (57 individual and 104 relay)
  • Won his third-straight 100-yard Freestyle National Title with a personal-best time of 39.99 to become just the third person ever to go under 40 seconds in the event
  • Won his second-straight 100-yard Butterfly National Title after swimming a personal best 43.06
  • Member of the winning 400-yard medley relay who won the program’s third National Title in 2:56.10 for a new NCAA Meet record
  • Was the leadoff for Florida’s 200 free and 400 free relay teams who both placed third, swimming the fastest splits in both events going 18.24 in his 50-yard free split and 40.42 in his 100-yard free split
SEC Championships
  • Member of Florida’s SEC Championship Second-Place Team
  • Medaled in all seven of his events (four gold and three silver)
  • Set 15 different records (one NCAA, two SEC, four SEC Meet, four Program, four Georgia Pool)
  • Crowned the SEC Champion in the 100 fly, 100 free, 400 medley relay and 800 free relay, while earning silver in the 50 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay
  • Contributed 312 points to Florida’s 1,325 team points (92 individual and 240 relay)
  • Won his third-straight 100-yard butterfly title and set an SEC Meet record with his 43.23… Is the 22nd Gator to win the event, bringing home the program’s 33rd 100-yard fly title … Just the third swimmer in SEC history to win three-straight titles, joining Florida’s Jerry Livingston from 1962-64 and Caeleb Dressel from 2015-18
  • Defended his 100-yard freestyle title, tying with Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks after both touched the wall in 40.45 for an SEC Meet record… He is the 15th Gator to win the event and brought home Florida’s 22nd title… His back-to-back marks the first time a student-athlete has won two-straight since Caeleb Dressel won three-consecutive from 2016-18.  
  • Swam the fly leg of Florida’s 400 medley relay team who touched the wall in 2:55.66 for first place, setting a new NCAA, SEC, SEC Meet, program and Georgia pool record
  • Member of the Gators winning 800 free relay team who finished in 6:02.50 for a new SEC, SEC Meet, program and Georgia pool record
  • Was the leadoff in Florida’s 200 free relay (1:13.29) and 400 free relay teams (2:43.60) who both set school records and finished in second place
  • Earned silver in the 50 free (18.35)
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets and one Invitational 
  • Raced in 28 events and won 24 of them
  • Placed top-three in all four of his events in Florida’s last regular season dual meet against Florida State on Jan. 31… Won the 200y free event in 1:35.29 and split a 20.20 for Florida’s 200y free relay team who finished first in 1:18.69… Placed second in the 100y fly (46.42)… Swam the fly leg in the Gators 200y medley relay that finished third (1:25.70/19.96)
  • Tallied four first-place finishes in the Gators road win at Texas A&M on Jan. 17… Won both of his individual events, the 50 free (19.29) and the 100 fly (45.95)… Had the fastest split (42.49) for Florida’s winning 400y free relay team (2:53.98) and recorded a 20.46 fly split to help the Gators 400y free relay team finish first (1:25.53)
  • Won his four events in Florida’s home meet against Indiana on Jan. 3… Tallied individual wins in the 50y free (19.32), 100y free (43.40) and the 100y fly (46.31)… Member of the winning 200y medley relay team (1:25.40/ 20.11)
  • Won his three individual event and was a member in all five of Florida’s winning relay teams in the Gators first-place finish at the Georgia Invitational on Nov. 20-22… Went 1:39.14 in the 200y fly to claim first and set the program record, while also claiming individual event wins in the 50y free (18.80) and the 100y fly (44.60)
  • Part of both winning relay teams in Florida’s road win at Georgia on Nov. 1… Swam the fly leg in the Gators winning 200y medley relay (1:25.74/20.32) and was the third leg for Florida’s 400y free relay team who finished first (2:53.66/42.29)… Earned second in both of his individual events, going 46.31 in the 100y fly and 1:43.51 in the 200y fl
  • Swept his four events in Florida’s season opener at Virginia on Oct. 18… Won the 50m free (20.88) and the 100m fly (49.39)… Member of Florida’s 200m medley relay (1:31.31/21.43) and 400m free relay (3:08.53/46.53) teams that finished first 
2023-24 (Sophomore)
  • Member of the 200-Yard Medley Relay Team, 400-yard Medley Relay Team and 800-yard Freestyle Relay Team who set the school records in the 2023-24 season
  • Set three of Florida Men’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 50-Yard Freestyle | 2. – 18.07
    • 100-Yard Freestyle | 2. – 40.82
    • 100-Yard Butterfly | 2. – 43.07
NCAA Championships
  • Earned six All-American Honors
  • Contributed 154 of Florida's 378 points (60 individual and 94 relay)
  • Swept his individual events, winning the 50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Fly to become one of six in NCAA Men's Swimming Championships history – and first since 1996 - to win three individual titles and swim on at least two championship relays teams. He is the first to sweep the NCAA 50 and 100 free and 100 fly since Florida's Caleb Dressel in 2017 and 2018
  • Member of the 200 Medley Relay National Championship Team who broke the NCAA, Meet, U.S. Open and Pool Record with 1:20.15
  • Member of the National Championship 200 Free Relay Team and the 400 Free Relay Runner-Up Team
  • Swam a personal best 18.07 to earn his first NCAA 50 Free title and become the second Gator ever to win the event
  • Became the fourth Gator, first since 2018, to win the 100 Fly after recording the second-best time in program history of 43.07
  • Defended his 100 Free Title after clocking a personal-best 40.20
SEC Championships
  • Member of SEC Championship winning team
  • Earned seven Medals (six gold and one bronze)
  • Awarded the Men's Commissioner's Trophy with the meet's high point total of 91
  • Competed in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay
  • Claimed gold in the 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay
  • Part of four SEC Championship Meet records and five Auburn facility records
Regular Season
  • Swam in two Dual Meets, two Invitationals (Florida Invite & Georgia Fall Invite), one Tri-Meet and the U.S. Open
  • Participated in 21 events during the regular season
  • Claimed eight first-place finishes and nine top-three finishes
  • Competed in the U.S. Open (11/29 – 12/2) … Won the 100m Freestyle after going 48.60, placing second in the 50m Freestyle and third in the 100m Butterfly
  • Went eight-for-eight at the Georgia Invitational (11/16 – 11/18) … Winning his three individual events (50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Fly), while also being a member of the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay winning teams
  • Won the 100 Fly and was a member of the winning 200 Medley Relay Team in Tri-Meet win against Kentucky and Tennessee (11/3)
  • Won back-to-back 50 Free and 100 Fly events in dual-meet wins against Georgia (10/27) and Virginia (10/13)
2022-23 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned seven All-American honors
  • Won four National Championships, the most by any individual athlete, and was the only freshman to win an individual National Title
  • Clocked a 40.28 to win the 100 free, becoming both the second Gator in program history to win the event and the second-fastest swimmer ever in the event
  • Member of three NCAA record-breaking relays: 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and 400 medley relay
  • Opened up the 200 Free Relay record with a blistering personal-best 18.22, contributing to a record time of 1:13.35
  • Posted a fly split of 42.91 in the 400 Medley Relay en route to a NCAA record 2:58.32
  • Went 40.66 to leadoff the 400 Free Relay, providing a strong start to the 2:44.07 national record time
  • National runner-up in the 50 free and 100 fly
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Won seven medals (three gold, four silver)
  • Gold medal in the 100 fly, 200 free relay and 400 medley relay
  • Member of the SEC, Meet and Pool record setting 400 Medley Relay team – 2:59.48
  • Silver medal in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay
Regular Season
  • Won the 50 free against NOVA Southeastern, Virginia and Florida State
  • Claimed first in the 100 fly against NOVA Southeastern and Florida State
  • Was victorious in the 100 free against Tennessee
  • Won the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly at the Georgia Fall Invitational 
  • Posted a personal-best 1:34.23 in the 200 free at the Georgia Fall Invitational
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 18.07 NCAA Championships March 28, 2024
100 Free 39.99 NCAA Championships March 29, 2025
200 Free 1:32.96 Georgia Fall Invite Nov. 17, 2023
100 Fly 43.06 NCAA Championships March 28, 2024

International Competition Accolades:
  • Canadian long course national record holder in the 50m free (21.61), 100m fly (50.34) and member of the 4x100 free relay (3:10.82)
  • Canadian short course national record holder in the 50m free (20.76), 50m fly (22.52), and 100m fly (50.00)
  • First Black Canadian swimmer to win a gold medal and an individual medal at a major international championship after being part of Canada’s victory in the mixed 4x50m freestyle relay at the 2021 World Swimming Championships (25m), a short course meet. Additionally, He won bronze in the 50m and 100m freestyle.
  • World Aquatics Championships: 2023 – SILVER (100m butterfly), 8th in Semifinal (50m freestyle), 14th (100m freestyle), 15th (50m butterfly), 5th (4x100m freestyle relay), 4th (mixed 4x100m freestyle relay), 7th (4x100m medley relay); 2022 - BRONZE (100m freestyle), BRONZE (100m butterfly), SILVER (mixed 4x100m freestyle), 5th (50m freestyle), 6th (4x100m freestyle), 11th (4x100m medley); 2019 - 10th (men 4x100m medley), 44th (50m butterfly)
  • Gold medal in the 100m fly (51.24), bronze medal in the 4x100m free relay at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Free/Fly

  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Free/Fly

  • 2024-25Junior

    Fly/Free
    6'4"

  • 2025-26Senior

    Fly/Free
    6'4"

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