Alberto Mestre Season 2017-18
PositionFREE
Weight205 lbs
Height6-8
ClassFreshman
HometownDorado, Puerto Rico
Career Honors
- 2x All-American: 200 free relay (2018- sixth), 400 free relay (2018- 10th)
As a Freshman (2019-20)
- Top Times
- 50 free: 20.08
- 100 free: 44.72
As a Freshman (2017-18)
- Top Times
- 50 free: 19.51
- 100 free: 43.51
- 200 free: 1:37.63
- Pac-12 Championships
- Eighth place in the 50 free (19.61)
- Third place in the 200 free relay (1:16.69)
- NCAA Championships
- Sixth place in the 200 free relay (1:16.23)
- 10th place in the 400 free relay (2:49.80)
Prior to Stanford
- Prepped at The Hill School in Pottstown, Penn.
- Captained the team his junior and senior year (2016-2017)
- Two-time team MVP (2016-2017)
- Four-time All-American (2016-2017)
- Seven-time record holder (2016-2017)
- Broke seven high school and pool records, four of which were previously held by his father
- Also competed in water polo, captaining the team his senior year and twice being named league player of the year
- Swam for Caparra Country Club (2014-2017)
- Named the club’s 2014 Swimmer of the Year
Personal
- Son of Alberto Mestre and Adriana Vivas de Mestre
- Father, Alberto, swam at Florida and for Venezuela in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics
- Has one younger brother, Alfonso, and one older sister, Dariana
- Contemplating majoring in economics and a career in entrepreneurship
- Avid golfer
- Born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Full name is Alberto Abel Mestre Vivas
Men's Swimming & Diving
2018-19 Season Arrives
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Season in Review
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Thirteen Named All-America
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Season Comes to a Close
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Cardinal Climbs to Sixth
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Cardinal Finishes Second
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Two Wins on Day 2
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Pac-12 Meet Underway
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Cardinal Remains Unbeaten
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Weekend Sweep
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Cardinal Quiets Cats
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Off the Blocks
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Two Winners on Day Two
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Rivalry Renewed
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Fall Season Continues
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Off to a Fast Start
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