2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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BryceMitchell
BryceMitchell
BryceMitchell

Sofia Plaza

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Myers Park High School.
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C
  • Instagram sofiamplaza

Biography

Olympic Experience
2024 Olympic Trials
Date Event Result
6/17/24 Heat: 400 IM 11th - 4:47.76
6/21/24 Heat: 200 IM 40th - 2:19.92

Career Accolades at Florida:
  • 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team
  • 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll 
  • 2024-25 CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-American 
2024-25 (Freshman)
  • Set one of Florida Women's All-Time Top-10 Times 
    • 200-yard Breaststroke | 9. - 2:10.17
NCAA Championships 
  • Competed in three events: 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 Breaststroke 
  • Finished 24th in the 400 IM after going 4:09.16
  • Swam a 2:11.64 in the 200 breast to earn 41st overall 
  • Went 1:59.62 in the 200 IM to claim 56th overall 
SEC Championships 
  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
  • Competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM
  • Contributed 43 individual points 
  • Advanced to one A Final, one B Final and one C Final 
  • Placed eighth in the 400 IM (4:07.23)
  • Finished fourth in the 200 breast B Final with a 2:10.17 time to earn 12th overall 
  • Went 1:57.41 to finish third in the 400 IM C Final and 19th overall 
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets, one tri meet and one Invitational 
  • Tallied one first place and 16 top-10 individual finishes during the regular season
  • Raced in 21 events 
  • Won the 400y IM after clocking a 4:19.84 in Florida's last regular season dual meet against FSU (1/31)... Finished sixth in the 100y breast after touching the wall in 1:06.48
  • Recorded three fifth-place finishes in the Gators road win at Texas A&M (1/17)... Went 2:17.05 in the 200y breast and 2:06.12 in the 200y IM... Swam the second leg (30.21) for Florida's 200y medley C Team who finished fifth in 1:44.76
  • Claimed fifth in the 200y breast (2:16.29) and sixth in the 200y IM (2:05.74) in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)
  • Competed in four events at the Georgia Fall Invitational (11/20-22)... Advanced to the finals session in all four individual events... Placed sixth in both the 200y breast (2:12.49) and the 400y IM (4:12.07)... Finished sixth in the 200y IM B Final with a finals time of 2:01.67 to earn 14th overall... Swam a 1:04.68 in the 100y breast C Final to earn 24th overall
  • Swam in four events in Florida's road win at Georgia (11/1)... Placed sixth in both the 200y breast (2:19.22) and the 400y IM (4:20.46)... Clocked a 1:06.70 in the 100y breast to earn eighth place... Swam the third leg (26.12) of Florida's 200y medley C Team who finished sixth in 1:45.20
  • Recorded four top-two finishes in Florida's tri-meet against Rollins College and Tampa (10/25)... Placed second in the 200y IM (2:06.43)... Earned third in both the 200y fly (2:05.22) and in the 200y breast (2:19.74)... Swam the second leg (25.57) for Florida's 200y free relay team who placed second in 1:36.78
  • Made her Gator debut in Florida's season opener at Virginia (10/18)... Finished sixth in the 200m IM (2:14.70)... Finished seventh in the 200m breast (2:28.35)
Career-best times at Florida
200y IM 1:57.41 SEC Championships Feb. 19, 2025
400y IM 4:07.23 SEC Championships Feb. 20, 2025
100y Breaststroke 1:04.02 UGA Fal Inviational  Nov. 21, 2024
200y Breaststroke 2:10.17 SEC Championships Feb. 22, 2025

Prior to Florida:
  • #1 overall recruit in North Carolina, according to SwimCloud
  • USA Swimming Olympic Trials qualifier (2024)
  • 2022 Summer National Championships 18+U 200 Breaststroke champion
  • Consolation Finalist at Phillips 66 USA World Championship Team Trials
  • 3x Academic All-American
  • 8x All-American Swimming

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Breast/IM
    5'10"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Breast
    5'10"