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Itay Goldfaden

  • position Breaststroke/Sprint Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Bat Hefer, Israel
  • High school David Ben-Gurion Education Center
  • position Breaststroke/Sprint Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Bat Hefer, Israel
  • High school David Ben-Gurion Education Center

Itay Goldfaden Bio

GOLDFADEN’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 20.52p 2/20/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
100 Freestyle 47.44# 10/26/17 vs. North Carolina Columbia, S.C.
100 Breaststroke 51.35! 2/21/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
200 Breaststroke 1:57.88p 3/24/18 NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn.
100 Butterfly 51.27 10/14/17 vs. Missouri Columbia, Mo.
200 IM 1:57.26p 11/22/19 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta. Ga.


! = School Record  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split | p = Prelims

AWARDS/ HONORS

  • CSCAA All-American (100 Breaststroke 2020)
  • 2x NCAA All-American (100 breaststroke 2018, 2019)
  • 2x SEC Champion (100 Breaststroke 2019, 2020)
  • 2x First Team All-SEC (2019, 2020)
  • 2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019, 2020)
  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)


IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 1st — 100 breaststroke
  • 1st, 2nd, 6th — 200 medley relay
  • 1st, 2nd — 400 medley relay teams

 

2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Became the first back-to-back breaststroke champion in SEC since 2016-17 after defending his title in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a program-record 51.35
  • Named All-America in the 100 breaststroke for the second-straight season after swimming the fifth-fastest time in the nation
  • Swam the breaststroke leg in the program record-setting 400 medley relay team, which swam 3:06.88 at the SEC Championships in Auburn, Ala.

 

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Became the first male swimmer at South Carolina to win an individual conference championship in a breaststroke event, winning gold in the 100 breast at the SEC Championships with a career-best time of 51.72
  • Named All-America in the 100 breast for a second-straight season after making a B-final appearance in the event at the NCAA Championships
  • Was a part of two record-setting relay teams, swimming the breaststroke leg in the 200 and 400 medley relays
  • Part of school record-setting 200 medley team, which swam a 1:24.54 while the 400 medley team put up a 3:08.71 at the SEC Championships in Athens, Ga.

 

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Earned All-America honors for the first time in his career by finishing 11th in the 100 breast (52.36) at the NCAA Championships
  • Swam a 52.44 to finish fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships
  • Competed in five events during the season with 19 total top-10 finishes during the regular season
  • Had seven total top-five finishes in the 100 breaststroke during the regular season
  • Set personal records in both breaststroke events at the NCAA Championships with a 52.36 in the 100 and a 1:57.88 in the 200

2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in three events as a freshman (100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 50 freestyle)
  • Finished 14th at the SEC Championships in the 100 breaststroke (53.32), 26th in the 200 breaststroke (2:01.14) and 26th in the 50 freestyle (20.73)
  • Tallied five top-10 finishes throughout the regular season
  • Won the 100 breaststroke at the Bulldog Invitational
  • Finished second in the 50 freestyle in the dual meet with Tennessee (21.02)

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Won the silver medal in 2014 European Junior Championships in 100m breaststroke
  • Two-time Israeli National Champion in 50 breaststroke (LCM)
  • Member of Hapoel Emek Hefer