Sofia Plaza – Women’s Swimming & Diving

Olympic Experience

2024 Olympic Trials

Date	Event	Result
6/17/24	Heat: 400 IM	eleventh – 4:47.76
6/21/24	Heat: 200 IM	fortieth – 2:19.92

Career Accolades at Florida:

• 2026 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
• 2024-25 CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-American

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2025-26 (Sophomore)

SEC Championships

• Member of the SEC Championships third-place staff
• Contributed 30 particular person factors to the staff complete
• Competed within the 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM
• Advanced to the 400 IM championship ultimate, inserting seventh with a season-best 4:11.64
• Recorded a season-best 2:11.62 within the 200 breast C Final, inserting nineteenth
• Recorded a 2:00.96 within the 200 IM C Final, inserting twenty fourth

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2024-25 (Freshman)

• Set one among Florida Women’s All-Time Top-10 Times
  • 200-yard Breaststroke | 9. – 2:10.17

NCAA Championships 

• Competed in three occasions: 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 Breaststroke
• Finished twenty fourth within the 400 IM after going 4:09.16
• Swam a 2:11.64 within the 200 breast to earn forty first total
• Went 1:59.62 within the 200 IM to say 56th total

SEC Championships 

• Member of the SEC Championships second-place staff
• Competed within the 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM
• Contributed 43 particular person factors
• Advanced to 1 A Final, one B Final and one C Final
• Placed eighth within the 400 IM (4:07.23)
• Finished fourth within the 200 breast B Final with a 2:10.17 time to earn twelfth total
• Went 1:57.41 to end third within the 400 IM C Final and nineteenth total

Regular Season

• Competed in 5 twin meets, one tri meet and one Invitational
• Tallied one first place and 16 top-10 particular person finishes in the course of the common season
• Raced in 21 occasions
• Won the 400y IM after clocking a 4:19.84 in Florida’s final common season twin meet in opposition to FSU (1/31)… Finished sixth within the 100y breast after touching the wall in 1:06.48
• Recorded three fifth-place finishes within the Gators highway win at Texas A&M (1/17)… Went 2:17.05 within the 200y breast and a couple of:06.12 within the 200y IM… Swam the second leg (30.21) for Florida’s 200y medley C Team who completed fifth in 1:44.76
• Claimed fifth within the 200y breast (2:16.29) and sixth within the 200y IM (2:05.74) in Florida’s residence win in opposition to Indiana (1/3)
• Competed in 4 occasions on the Georgia Fall Invitational (11/20-22)… Advanced to the finals session in all 4 particular person occasions… Placed sixth in each the 200y breast (2:12.49) and the 400y IM (4:12.07)… Finished sixth within the 200y IM B Final with a finals time of two:01.67 to earn 14th total… Swam a 1:04.68 within the 100y breast C Final to earn twenty fourth total
• Swam in 4 occasions in Florida’s highway win at Georgia (11/1)… Placed sixth in each the 200y breast (2:19.22) and the 400y IM (4:20.46)… Clocked a 1:06.70 within the 100y breast to earn eighth place… Swam the third leg (26.12) of Florida’s 200y medley C Team who completed sixth in 1:45.20
• Recorded 4 top-two finishes in Florida’s tri-meet in opposition to Rollins College and Tampa (10/25)… Placed second within the 200y IM (2:06.43)… Earned third in each the 200y fly (2:05.22) and within the 200y breast (2:19.74)… Swam the second leg (25.57) for Florida’s 200y free relay staff who positioned second in 1:36.78
• Made her Gator debut in Florida’s season opener at Virginia (10/18)… Finished sixth within the 200m IM (2:14.70)… Finished seventh within the 200m breast (2:28.35)

Best instances at Florida

200 Backstroke	2:03.18	vs. FSU	Jan. 30, 2026
100 Breaststroke	1:04.02	UGA Fall Inviational	Nov. 21, 2024
200 Breaststroke	2:10.17	SEC Championships	Feb. 22, 2025
200 Butterfly	2:03.32	vs. Virginia	Oct. 10, 2025
200 Freestyle	1:53.70	vs. Virginia	Oct. 10, 2025
200 IM	1:57.41	2025 SEC Championships	Feb. 19, 2025
400 IM	4:07.23	2025 SEC Championshps	Feb. 20, 2025

Prior to Florida:

• #1 total recruit in North Carolina, in response 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