2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Catie Choate

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • High School Norcross
  • Hometown Norcross, Ga.
  • Instagram catie_choate

Biography

Olympic Experience 
2024 Olympic Trials
Date Event Result
6/17/24 Heat: 100 back 21st - 1:01.12
6/20/24 Heat: 200 back Advanced to semi - 2:11.18 (5th in heat)
6/20/24 Semi: 200 back 15th - 2:11.57

Career Accolades
  • Two-time All-American
  • 2025 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024-25 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American 
  • 2024 SEC All-Freshman Team
2024-25 (Sophomore)
  • Set four of Florida Women's All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 100-yard Backstroke | 7. 51.54
    • 200-yard Backstroke | 7. 1:51.25
    • 200-yard Medley Relay | 4. 1:34.34 & 6. 1:35.16 
NCAA Championships 
  • Competed in three events: 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 free relay
  • Earned one All-American honor in the 200 back
  • Placed second in the 200 Back Consolation Final to place 10th overall and improve to No. 7 in the program's top-10 times (1:51.25)
  • Tied for 24th in the 100 backstroke, going 51.70
  • Swam the second leg (22.50) of Florida's 200 free relay team who placed 23rd after clocking a 1:28.88 time
SEC Championships 
  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team 
  • Competed in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 200 medley relay
  • Contributed to 103 points 
  • Won one bronze medal 
  • Finished fourth in the 200 back after touching the wall in 1:51.95
  • Advanced to the 100 back A Final and finished seventh in 51.58
  • Was the lead off for Florida's 200 medley relay team that took home third place (1:34.34)... Recorded a 24.36 back split
  • Placed 33rd in the 200 IM after posting a time of 1:59.92
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets and one Invitational 
  • Tallied three first place and 11 top-five finishes 
  • Raced in 25 events during the regular season
  • Won the 200y back in 1:55.47 in Florida's last regular season dual meet against FSU (1/31)...Led off the Gators 200y medley relay A team with a 25.04 back split as the squad finished second in 1:38.68...Clocked a 53.50 in the 100y back to finish third
  • Part of both of the Gators winning relay teams in Florida's road win at Texas A&M (1/17)... Leading off both the 200y medley relay and 400y free relays, recording a 25.20 back split en route to a 1:39.13 first-place team finish in the 200y medley relay while splitting a 51.11 for the 400y free relay team who finished with a winning time of 3:20.80...Came in fourth in the 50y free after clocking a 23.65
  • Tallied two top-two finishes in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)... Earned second in the 100y back (53.40)... Was the lead off for Florida's winning 200y medley relay team that clocked a first place time of 1:38.84, had a 25.09 back split... Finished fifth in the 200y back after touching the wall in 1:59.28
  • Competed in six events and advanced to three individual A Finals at the Georgia Fall Invitational (11/20-22)... Earned third place in the 100y back after touching the wall in 51.69... Went 1:58.88 in the 200y IM A Final for fifth overall... Clocked a 1:54.52 in the 200y back A Final to earn seventh overall... Had a back split of 24.31 in Florida's 200y medley relay that finished second in 1:35.16... Had a 51.60 back split as the lead off for Florida's 400y medley relay B team that came in fifth after putting together a time of 3:33.09... Swam the third leg (48.70) for Florida's 400y free relay B team that earned seventh with a final time of 3:18.49...
  • Won three of her four events in Florida's road win at Georgia (11/1)... Sweeping the backstroke events after going 52.82 in the 100y back and 1:54.86 in the 200y back...Was the lead off for Florida's winning 200y medley relay team that recorded a first-place time of 1:38.44, recorded a 27.72 back split... Swam the third leg in 49.78 for the Gators 400y free relay A Team that earned third (3:23.32)
  • Tallied two second-place finishes in her individual events in Florida's season opener at Virginia (10/18)... Clocked a 57.23 in the 100m back and a 2:03.67 in the 200m back... Was the lead off for Florida's 200m medley relay B Team that finished sixth in 1:50.67, recorded a 31.14 back split... Swam a 56.05 free split as the lead off for the Gators 400m free relay D Team that placed seventh (3:48.72)
2023-24 (Freshman)
  • Set three of Florida Women’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 100-yard Back | 8. 52.13
    • 200-yard Back | 8. 1:51.94
    • 200-yard Medley Relay Member | 7. 1:36.52
NCAA Championships
  • Competed in 200 IM, 100 Back and 200 Back
  • Earned her first All-American honor after finishing eighth in the 200 Back (1:53.54)
  • Placed 35th in the 100 Back after finishing in 52.49
  • Recorded a 2:01.70 in the 200 IM for 65th
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Placed eighth in the 200 Back after swimming a1:54.76  
  • Tallied 10th place in the 100 Back with a 52.13 time
  • Swam a career-best 1:59.56 in the 200 IM for 21st, fifth in the C-Final
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets, two Invitationals (Georgia Invite & Florida Invite) and one tri-meet (Tennessee, Kentucky)
  • Swam in 32 events
  • Recorded four individual first place finishes
    • 200 Back at Vanderbilt (1:55.86)
    • 200 Back vs. Georgia (1:55.71)
    • 200 Back at Georgia Invitational (1:51.94)
    • 200 Back vs. FSU (1:55.63)
  • Finished 2nd or 3rd seven times
  • Was a member of at least one relay team in the 200-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Free Relay, 400-yard Medley Relay, 400-yard Free Relay, 800-yard Free Relay
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Freestyle 23.30 UGA Fall Invitational  Nov. 16, 2023
100 Backstroke 51.54 SEC Championships Feb. 21, 2025
200 Backstroke 1:51.25 NCAA Championships March 22, 2025
100 Butterfly 54.30 2024 Florida Invitational  Feb. 1, 2024
200 IM 1:58.88 UGA Fall Invitational  Nov. 20, 2024

Prior to Florida:
  • Georgia High School State Record Holder - 100 back
  • Four-time Georgia High School State Champion
  • Three-time Scholastic All-American
  • Two-time A finalist at Summer Juniors

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

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  • 2025-26Junior

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