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Career Honors

  • Member of the 2017 Pac-12 Championship team
  • Four-time All-American: 500 free (2017- 16th), 1650 free (2017- 12th; 2018- eighth; 2019- seventh)
  • 2017 Pac-12 Champion in the 1650 free
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
  • Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2017-19)
  • 2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2018, 2019)
  • CollegeSwimming.com Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 23, 2017)
  • School record holder in the 1000 free (8:49.69)
  • Ranks second on the program record book in the 1650 free (14:35.03)
  • Ranks third on the program record book in the 500 free (4:12.97)

International Experience

  • Member of Team USA for the 2018-19 season
  • 1,500-meter freestyle champion at the 2017 Phillips 66 Nationals
  • Member of Team U.S.A. for the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
  • 2016 Olympic Trials finalist in the 400-meter freestyle
  • Runner-up in the 1500 freestyle at the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships
  • Runner-up in the 800 and 1500 freestyles at the 2016 U.S. Open, third fastest American in 2016

Lifetime Bests

  • 500 Free- 4:12.97
  • 1000 Free- 8:49.69
  • 1650 Free- 14:35.03

As a Redshirt Senior (2020-21)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • NCAA Postgraduate scholarship recipient
  • Swam at the NCAA Championships in the 1650 (17th, 14:55.39) and the 500 free (39th, 4:19.82), finishing one spot off All-America honors in the 1650 free
  • Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 1650 free (fourth, 14:53.08), the 500 free (eighth, 4:23.77) and the 400 IM (3:54.43)

As a Senior (2019-20)

  • Redshirt season

As a Junior (2018-19)

  • All-American in the 1650 free (seventh, 14:30.07)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Pac-12 First Team All-Academic
  • Was also 31st in the 500 free at the NCAA Championships (4:17.12)
  • Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 1650 free (fourth, 14:49.41), the 500 free (11th, 4:17.50) and the 400 IM (3:50.21)

As a Sophomore (2017-18)

  • All-American in the 1650 free (eighth, 14:40.48)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Pac-12 First Team All-Academic
  • Was also 21st in the 500 free at the NCAA Championships (4:16.38)
  • Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 500 free (4:24.57)

As a Freshman (2016-17) Pac-12 Champions

  • Two-time All-American: 1650 free (12th, 14:40.72) and 500 free (16th (4:20.31)
  • Pac-12 Champion in the 1650 free (14:35.93)
  • CollegeSwimming.com Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 23, 2017)
  • Was second at the Pac-12 Championships in the 500 free (4:14.11)
  • Set the school record in the 1000 free (8:49.69)
  • Moved to second on the program record book in the 1650 free (14:35.03)
  • Moved to third on the program record book in the 500 free (4:12.97)

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Fla.
  • Swam for the Central Florida Marlins (2012-13) and Gator Swim Club (2013-16)
  • USA Swimming Gold Medal Club (2015, 2016)
  • U.S. National Junior Team (2014-15)
  • U.S National Team (2015-Present)
  • Eight-time top eight finisher at the U.S. Nationals
  • Seven-time U-18 National Champion (2014-16)
  • Seven-time Florida LSC record holder in the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle (2014-16)
  • Five-time top three finisher at the U.S. Nationals (2014-16)
  • Two-time Florida Swimmer of the Year (2014-15)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials finalist in the 400 free
  • Runner-up in the 1500 freestyle at the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships
  • Runner-up in the 800 and 1500 freestyles at the 2016 U.S. Open, third fastest American in 2016
  • Holds the 12th-fastest time in the world in the 800 free in 2016
  • All-time Florida record holder in the 800 and 1500 freestyles
  • First place in the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships in Singapore
  • Competed in the 2015 FINA World Cup Series
  • Qualified for the 2014 Junior Pan-Pacific Championships in Hawaii

Personal

  • Full name is Nicholas True Sweetser
  • Son of Matthew and Christine Sweester
  • Has five older siblings, Luke, Seth, Jessica, Christian, and Marisa
  • Brother, Luke, swam at Harvard
  • Siblings, Marisa, Seth and Christian, swam at Cornell where Marisa held team records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke
  • Raised in Gainesville, Fla.
  • Full name is Nicholas True Sweester
True_Sweetser_SP_09122016_028
2016-17
Free
6-3 / 185 lbs
Abrahm_DeVine_DB_10042017_169
2017-18
Free
6-3 / 185 lbs
True_Sweetser_BD_091918_102
2018-19
Free
6-3 / 185 lbs