Fifth-year and NCAA relay report holder Adam Chaney has entered the switch portal as a graduate switch. He competed for the College of Florida throughout his first 4 years of faculty and appeared on Florida’s roster as a graduate scholar at the beginning of the season. He remained on the roster all through the primary semester, although he didn’t compete. Nonetheless, as of this month, his identify is not listed.
Coming into the switch portal doesn’t imply a student-athlete has to switch, nor does it preclude them from returning to their prior college.
Chaney has been integral to the Gators’ roster all through his Gainesville profession. He scored 18 factors individually on the 2024 NCAA Championships, highlighted by a third-place end within the 100 backstroke as he broke 44 seconds for the primary time in his profession (43.99).
Greatest Instances (SCY):
- 50 freestyle: 18.71
- 50 freestyle cut up: 18.26
- 100 freestyle: 41.74
- 100 freestyle cut up: 40.80
- 100 backstroke: 43.99
Chaney’s most important contributions to the staff got here within the relays, the place he performed an important function in a number of NCAA record-setting performances. He first assisted Florida in breaking the NCAA report for the 200-medley relay on the 2022 NCAA Championships. Then, on the 2023 NCAA Championships, he was part of all three NCAA record-setting relays for Florida, together with the 200 freestyle relay, the place he, Josh Liendo, Eric Friese, and Macguire McDuff broke Auburn’s legendary super-suited report from 2009 with a 1:13.35. Chaney additionally contributed to Florida setting then-NCAA data within the 400 medley relay (2:58.32) and the 400 freestyle relay (2:44.07), because the staff gained three out of 5 relays on the championships.
Chaney, Julian Smith, Liendo, and McDuff prolonged Florida’s NCAA relay win streak to 4 after they opened the 2024 NCAA Championships by successful the opening 200 medley relay in an NCAA report time of 1:20.15.
On the convention degree, Chaney is a two-time SEC Champion within the 100 backstroke (2022, 2023) and took second in 2024 behind Florida’s Jonny Marshall. He’s contributed closely to the Florida males successful 12 straight SEC Championships.
That streak is now closely below risk, as are the Gators’ NCAA hopes. Chaney’s departure from the roster is the second blow the staff’s relays have taken this season, as McDuff didn’t return to the staff for his senior season and has since entered the switch portal, too. On the convention degree, this mixture, plus the arrival of the Texas Longhorns, means the title race simply bought that a lot tighter. On the NCAA degree, Florida will now actually be attempting to defend their third-place end from 2024 as an alternative of having the ability to become involved with the combat for the title.
Chaney final raced on the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, the place he gained the double swim-off between himself and Jonny Kulow for a spot within the closing of the lads’s 50 freestyle, the place he completed eighth.
