US Nationals Qualifier Seth Collet Transferring to Virginia

Seth Collet has introduced he’ll switch to Virginia for the upcoming 2026-2027 season after spending his freshman 12 months at UC-Santa Barbara. Collet will probably be a sophomore academically however a freshman athletically as he took lessons however redshirted the 12 months.

“After much thought, I’m excited to announce that I will be continuing my academic and athletic careers at the University of Virginia! I’m incredibly grateful to Coaches Todd, Tyler, and Gary for this opportunity to compete at such a high level, as well as to @uvaswimdive for welcoming me into the Cavalier family.
I also want to thank the UC Santa Barbara swim team for their support throughout this process. I’m deeply appreciative of the friendships I’ve built and the experiences I’ll carry with me moving forward.
Go HOOS! ⚔️⚔️”

Collet graduated from Woodside High School in California final spring. He arrived at UCSB this fall however didn’t compete for the group this season as a result of harm.

Collet informed SwimSwam, “I took time off after nationals last summer in anticipation my first hard collegiate season, but I started off too hard when I first got back in the water after weeks of being out, and just had some aches and pains in my shoulder when I started. Ended up being normal tendinitis, but I was never injured before and didn’t know what to do, and along with adjusting to college and not knowing if it was the right fit, I talked with my coach and we agreed to redshirt pretty early on. I did some rehab in December and was back to form in January. Since then, I’ve been using the time to work on my technique a lot, which I think has translated into some good practices recently.”

His final meet was again in June 2025 when he completed fortieth at US Summer Nationals swimming to a lifetime finest 4:30.49 400 IM. He additionally time trialed the LCM 200 free (1:52.35) and 400 free (4:00.61), each of which had been finest occasions as nicely.

Collet spent his membership profession with Ladera Oaks out of Portola Valley CA. Ladera Oaks teammate Michael Powell is dedicated to Virginia for fall 2027.

Collet’s Best SCY Times Are:

• 400 IM: 3:48.05
• 200 IM: 1:48.06
• 200 again: 1:47.73
• 200 free: 1:36.05
• 500 free: 4:19.73

The Virginia males completed seventh on the 2026 ACC Championships and went on to complete ninth on the 2026 NCAA Championships. Freshman Maximus Williamson led the way in which with NCAA titles within the 200 free and 200 IM.

Based on his finest occasions, Collet would have made the ACC ‘C’ last within the 400 IM because it took a 3:48.98 to make it again. Virginia solely had one finalist within the occasion as Matthew Heilman was twenty second in a 3:46.86. It took a 1:44.99 200 IM and a 1:42.39 200 again to earn a 2nd swim.

Collet will arrive this fall alongside Micah Davis, Ian Heysen Ricci, Nathan Carr, Gerhardt Hoover, and Liam Mac Colla. Collet plans to check kinesiology.