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Caleb Tosh

  • position Butterfly
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • High school Homeschooled
  • position Butterfly
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • High school Homeschooled

Caleb Tosh Bio

Tosh’s Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 19.56#! 2/20/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
100 Freestyle 43.98 2/23/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
100 Backstroke 46.75t! 2/19/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
200 Backstroke 1:48.28p 2/21/15 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
100 Butterfly 46.97 2/21/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
200 Butterfly 1:44.91 2/17/17 SEC Championships Knoxville, Tenn.
200 IM 1:52.40 11/20/14 Virginia Tech Invitational Christiansburg, Va.

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2018 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2015 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2015 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 1st — 100 backstroke
  • 2nd — 50 freestyle
  • 5th — 100 freestyle
  • 7th — 200 butterfly
  • 4th — 100 butterfly
  • 1st, 2nd — 200 freestyle relay
  • 1st, 2nd, 5th — 200 medley relay
  • 1st, 7th — 400 medley relay

2018-19 (SENIOR)

  • Returned to competition for his final season at Carolina, competing in five individual events during his senior campaign.
  • Tosh set a program record in the 100 back on day one of the SEC Championships, clocking a 46.75 during the first set of time trials for the week.
  • Swam a personal-best 19.56 split in the 50 free at the SEC Championships, the second-fastest 50 split in program history.
  • Swam the anchor leg of the Gamecocks’ school record-setting 400 medley relay (3:08.72) team at the SEC Championships.
  • Was the leadoff leg in the Gamecocks’ 200 medley relay (1:24.54) school record-setting team at the SEC Championships.
  • Finished first in the 100 butterfly at 50.08 against East Carolina (1/12).

2017-18 (SENIOR)

  • Did not compete

2016-17 (JUNIOR)

  • Swam in six events as a junior (100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle)
  • Finished 21st in the 200 butterfly (1:44.91), 30th in the 100 butterfly (47.95) and 36th in the 50 freestyle (20.31) at the SEC Championships
  • Tallied 13 top-10 finishes throughout the regular season
  • Finished second, a season best, in the 200 butterfly at the Tennessee dual meet and the Duke dual meet

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Swam in five events, primarily in the backstroke and butterfly
  • Made his first career SEC final when he finished 19th in the 200 butterfly (1:45.69)
  • Placed 36th in the 200 backstroke (1:49.55) and 43rd in the 100 butterfly (49.04) at the SEC Championships
  • Swam a 100 backstroke time trial at the SEC Championships, posting the seventh-best swim in school history, a 48.92
  • Won the 100 backstroke (52.32) at the FGCU Invite
  • Also grabbed a victory in the 200 butterfly (1:51.57) at the ECU Tri-Meet
  • Finished the season with five podium results and eight top-five swims

2014-15 (FRESHMAN)

  • Primarily competed in the backstroke and butterfly
  • Narrowly missed finals in the 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships finishing 26th with a personal record and of 1:47.16
  • Finished 40th in the 200 backstroke (1:48.28) and 47th in the 100 butterfly (49.72) with personal records in both events at the SEC Championships
  • Placed 8th overall in the 200 butterfly at the Virginia Tech Invitational, also finished 12th in the 100 backstroke (50.43), 16th in the 200 backstroke (1:52.31), 14th in the 200 IM (1:52.40) and 19th in the 100 butterfly (51.22)
  • Turned in a second-place finish against Queens and Wingate in the 200 butterfly
  • Placed third in the 200 butterfly and fifth in the 100 butterfly to open the season at Kentucky

PRE COLLEGE

  • Swam for First Coast High School
  • Won team MVP all four years
  • Holds the school record in every event he competed in
  • Three time state finalist and All-First Coast team selection

PERSONAL

  • Full name is Caleb Joseph Tosh
  • Born June 6, 1996
  • Parents are James and Karen Tosh
  • Father played baseball at Jacksonville University
  • Has two sisters, Abby and Rachel
  • Majoring in chemical engineering