Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Garrett Despres - Swim Cloud Profile

2022-23 at Gardner-Webb: Finished fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 15:46.83 at the CCSA Championships (2/15-18)...Also finished tenth in the 500-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 4:32.66 at the championship meet...Recorded 15 top-10 finishes with one event win across seven meets...Won the 1000-yard freestyle event championship with a time of 9:57.75 vs VMI (10/15)...Also finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:54.30 at the same event...Recorded a fourth place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:02.60 at the Bellarmine Invite (10/28-29)...Finished second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:55.62 vs Davidson & UNC Asheville (11/5)...Tallied a fifth place finish int he 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:01.03 at the Gamecock Invitational (11/16-18)...Finished second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.00) and fourth in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:40.10) vs Georgia Tech (1/28)

2021-22 at Gardner-Webb: Finished eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.65) and in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:58.54) at the CCSA Championships (2/16-19)...Recorded 13 top-10 finishes and two event wins across seven meets...Took home the event championships in the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.57) and in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:03.35) vs Bellarmine (10/16)...Finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:52.02 vs South Carolina (10/9)...Tallied a second place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:05.54 vs Campbell & ODU (10/29)

2020-21 at Gardner-Webb: Helped lead the GWU men's swim team to the CCSA Conference Championship...Earned Second Team All-Conference honors after finishing second in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:55.55 at the CCSA Championships...Also finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.17) and seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (4:38.58) at the event...Recorded twelve top-10 finishes across five meets...Finished second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:28.06 vs UNC Asheville & Lenior-Rhyne (10/31)...Finished fourth in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:04.91) and fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:55.42) vs Florida State (1/16)...Picked up a third place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:15.91 vs South Carolina (1/21)

Prior to Gardner-Webb: Competed at D.H. Conley High School in Greenville, N.C...Finished eighth in the 100-yard backstroke at the 2020 NCHSAA 3A State Championships