All-American Selection

 

Career Best Times

(Yards)

50 Free: 22.34sx        (LSU, 1/12/08)

200 Free: 1:41.09      (Purdue/Indian River CC, 1/5/08)

500 Free: 4:16.74      (2009 SEC Championships)

1,000 Free: 9:09.19   (Tennessee, 1/30/09)

1,650 Free: 15:00.33 (2009 SEC Championships)

100 Back: 51.72         (IRSC, 1/31/09)

200 Back: 1:47.80      (2008 Holiday Classic)

100 Breast: 58.61      (Florida Atlantic, 1/17/09)

200 Breast: 2:10.94    (IRSC, 1/31/09)

200 IM: 1:52.10          (2007 Junior Olympics)

400 IM: 3:48.94          (2009 SEC Championships)

 

(Meters)

400 Free: 3:54.86      (2008 U.S. Olympic Trials)

1,500 Free: 15:27.94 (2009 U.S. Nationals/World Trials)

200 Back: 2:08.76      (2007 Speedo Nationals)

100 Breast: 1:14.31x (Michigan, 10/19/07)

400 IM: 4:33.94          (2007 Alabama Invitational)

 

 

UF All-Time Rankings

(Yards)

500-yard free: Third (4:16.74)

1650-yard free: Ninth (15:00.33)

 

(Meters)

400-meter IM: 10^th (3:54.86)

800-meter free: 10^th (8:17.22

1500-meter free: Seventh (15:27.94)

 

National/International Competition

Swam at the 2009 U.S. Nationals/World Trials…Placed 10^th in the 1,500-meter free (15:27.94) with a career-best mark, 16^th overall in the 400-meter free (3:55.49) and 42^nd in the 200 IM (4:35.22) at World Trials…Recorded a career-best in the 400-meter free at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 19^th (3:54.86) and also recorded a 15:51.71 in the 1,500-meter free (48^th) at Olympic Trials … Placed eighth in the 1500-meter free and sixth in the 400 IM at the 2007 Spring Nationals.

 

At Florida

2008-09: A 2009 NCAA qualifier…Was honored as a 2009 CSCAA Scholar All-American for his work in both the pool and classroom…Helped the Gators to a second-place finish at the 2009 SEC Championship meet…Secured NCAA provisional qualifying marks in the 500 free, the mile and 400 IM…Swam eight career-best marks his sophomore campaign…Placed 20^th in the mile (15:02.44), 26^th in the 400 IM (3:50.44) and 34^th in the 500 free (4:21.44) while swimming for the Gators at the 2009 NCAA Championships…Collected a fifth-place finish in the mile (15:00.33), ninth-place finish in the 500 free at SECs (4:16.74) and also took ninth in the 400 IM (3:48.94) – all career-bests at the league meet…Dual meet highlights included a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard free against SEC foe Tennessee, a meet the Gators won…Also took second in the 1,000-yard free as UF’s highest finisher in the dual with Auburn…Placed third in the 1,000 free and fourth in the 500 free against Florida State in Tallahassee.

 

2007-08: Earned an All-America honor as part of the 11th-place 200 MR squad (1:27.53) at the NCAA Championships in Seattle, while competing individually in the 500 free, 1,650 free and 400 IM … Recorded an eighth-place finish in the 1,650 free with an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 15:11.98 at the SEC Championships on his way to ninth in the 500 (4:20.20), an NCAA provisional mark … Topped the field in the 500 free (4:29.19) in the tri-meet sweep of Purdue and Indian River CC … Earned the victory in the 1,000 free (9:11.94) to help the Gators defeat Purdue at home … Paced the field in both the 1,500-meter free (15:38.25) and the 400-meter IM (4:33.94) at the Alabama Invitational … Took third in the 1,650 free (15:38.12) and finished fourth in both the 500 free (4:31.33) and the 400 IM (4:01.06) at Purdue’s Boilermaker Invitational … Won the 1,000 free (9:18.21) in the road victory over Kentucky … Made his collegiate debut in the win over Virginia with a third-place finish in the 1,000 free (9:21.59).

 

High School

Named Swimmer of the Year twice during his high school career … Holds the Florida state record in the 500 free with a time of 4:23.48 … Was the state champion in the 200 IM his senior year and the 100 IM his junior year … Finished as the state runner-up his junior season in the 500 free.

 

Club

A member of the Davie Nadadores Swim Team, coached by Alex Pussieldi.

 

Personal

Born Yoelvis Pedraza on July 28, 1987, in Santa Clara, Cuba … Son of Luisa E. … Has one brother, Yoandy Pedraza (27) … Chose Florida for the fast swimming and excellent, hard work and excellent academics … Lists his interests outside the water as cars, shopping and hanging out with friends … His future ambition is to be a dentist.