The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
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Rooney, Maxime
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Maxime Rooney
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Livemore, Calif.
- High School:
- Granada
- Major:
- English
Bio
- Five-time All-American
- 2018 SEC Champion (400 FR, 800 FR)
- 2017 SEC Champion (200 free, 400 FR and 800 FR)
- 2018 All-SEC First Team
- 2017 All-SEC First Team
- 2017 SEC All-Freshman team
- 2017 SEC Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year
- Two-time SEC Male Freshman of the Week
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- UF Records Held:
- 800 FR - 6:09.30 - 2017 NCAA Championships
BEFORE TEXAS
2017-18 (Sophomore at Florida)
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships, competing in the 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 800 FR and 400 MR
- Earned All-America honors in the 800 FR, where the team finished fourth with a time of 6:09.52 (1:33.26 split)
- Also took home All-America honors for a fifth-place finish in the 400 MR (3:03.16, 42.02 freestyle split) in the 100 free (42.94)28th in the 200 free (1:34.39) and 21stPlaced
- Posted a career-best time of 1:45.12 in the 200 IM
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in all five of his events
- Earned gold in the 400 FR after the relay team finished with a time of 2:47.06 (41.98 split)
- Also earned gold in the 800 FR (6:12.06), swimming a split of 1:33.11
- Took home silver in the 200 free, posting a time of 1:32.97
- Placed fourth in the 100 free with a time of 42.51
- Won the 200 fly consolation final to place ninth overall in the 200 fly (1:43.11)
- Totaled five individual wins and eight relay victories over the course of the season
- Posted B-cuts in the 50 free (20.08), 100 free (42.51), 200 free (1:32.97), 200 back (1:43.17), 200 fly (1:43.11) and 200 IM (1:45.24)
2016-17 (Freshman at Florida)
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, finishing second in the 400 free relay (2:46.21), third in the 800 free relay (6:09.30), sixth in the 200 free championship final (1:32.79), 28th in the 100 free (43.01) and 48th in the 500 free (4:24.21)
- Member of the 2017 SEC championship-winning team, winning the 200 free title (1:32.18), the 400 free relay (2:47.09) and 800 free relay (6:12.18) and finishing seventh in the 500 free B-final (4:20.94) and seventh in the 200 back B-final (1:43.54)
- Won the 200 free national title at the 2016 AT&T Winter National Championships (U.S. Nationals
- Totaled seven individual and seven relay wins on the season.
- PRIOR TO COLLEGE
- Swam for the Pleasanton Seahawks
- 2016-17 USA Swimming Junior National Team member in the 100m free and 200m free
- Placed sixth in the 200 free and ninth in both the 100 fly and 100 free at the 2016 U.S. Open
- Qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 100 free, where he finished 14th overall, and the 200 free, where he finished ninth
- Won gold in the 200 free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
- Also helped break the 4x200 free relay junior world record
PERSONAL
Born April 16, 1998 to Kennan and Charlotte Rooney...his brother Adrien (20) plays tennis at Chapman...also has another younger brother Olivier (18).
