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Candace Weiman
  • Junior (TR)
  • Butterfly
  • Castro Valley, Calif. (Castro Valley)
  • 11-Time All-American
  • Six-time All-SEC
Career Best Times
(Yards)
Event Time Date Opponent
100 fly 52.75 2005 NCAA Championships
200 fly 1:57.19 2005 NCAA Championships
200 IM 2:00.02 2003 NCAA Championships
100 breast 1:03.31    
50 free 23.58 1.21.2005 Auburn
100 free 50.86 1.28.2005 Virginia
200 free 1:49.21    
(Long Course Meters)
Event Time Date Opponent
100 fly 1:01.59 2005 World Championship Trials

UF All-Time Ranking: First in the 100 fly (52.75) … Fifth in the 200 fly (1:57.19) … Tenth in the 200 IM (2:00.23) … Member of the second-ranked 400 FR (3:16.54) and 200 MR (1:39.37) teams … Also ninth in the 400 FR (3:18.18) … First in the 400 MR 3:34.73 … Also tenth in the 400 MR with 3:39.65.

National/International Competition: Competed in the 2005 World Championship Trials … Swam 1:01.68 in the 100-meter fly prelims to qualify for the finals, where she clocked a 1:01.59 for 15th-place … 2004 Olympic Trials Qualifier … 1999 U.S. Junior National 100 butterfly champion … Led the Seahawks to the 2000 U.S. Junior National Women's Championship … 2000 Olympic Trials Qualifier.

At Florida:
2004-05: Transfer who became eligible to compete in January … Four-time All-American (200 and 400 FR events, 200 and 400 MR events, as well as 100 and 200 fly) … Honorable-mention All-American in the 200 IM … Six-time All-SEC performer (200 and 400 MR events, 200 and 400 FR, as well as the 100 and 200 fly) … Academic All-SEC honoree … Named to the Knoxville News-Sentinel All-SEC first team … Swam five automatic NCAA qualifying times and 15 provisional clockings … Set or bettered four career marks … Had 27 top-five finishes … Earned third-place in the 100 fly with a career-best 52.75 in the finals at the NCAA Championships … Recorded an eighth-place finish in the 200 fly with a career-best 1:57.19 performance in the finals of the NCAA Championships … Swam the third leg of the runner-up 400 MR team at the NCAA Championships … Anchored the eighth-place 200 FR team and swam the third leg on the fifth-place 400 FR unit at the NCAA Championships … Swam the third leg of the UF 200 MR team which placed sixth at the NCAA Championships … Posted a top-15 finish in the 200 IM with a season-best time (2:00.23) in the finals at the NCAA Championships … Swam the third leg of the champion 400 MR team, and also swam on the third-place 200 and 400 FR teams as well as the 200 MR at the SEC Championships … Recorded automatic NCAA times in the prelims (53.46) and finals (52.97) of the 100 fly en route to a runner-up finish at the SEC Championships … Placed eighth in the 200 fly with provisional times in the prelims (1:59.66) and finals (1:59.37) at the SEC Championships, also posted a provisional time in the prelims (2:01.96) and another in the finals (2:01.55) while to earn 10th-place in the 200 IM … Anchored the 400 MR team which earned first-place honors and swam a provisional time (54.21) in the 100 fly against IRCC (2/5) … Led-off the champion 200 MR team and placed third in the 200 IM with a provisional time (2:02.89) against Tennessee (1/29) … Swam the third leg of the first-place 400 MR team and earned second-place with a provisional time (50.86) in the 100 free against Virginia (1/28) … Swam on the first-place 200 MR team and placed third in the 200 IM against Alabama (1/22) … Swam the third leg of the champion 400 MR team, earned third-place in the 200 fly with a provisional time (1:59.66) and placed fifth in the 50 free against Auburn (1/21) … Claimed a first-place finish with a provisional time (2:02.82) in the 200 IM, also posted top honors as the third leg of the winning 200 MR team against Miami (1/8) … Won the 100 fly and swam on champion relay teams in the 400 MR, as well as the 400 and 800 FR events at the Miami Invitational (1/7), also earned a second-place finish on the 200 MR team and took third in the 100 breast and the 100 free.


2003-04:
Enrolled at UF in January 2004, after transferring from Alabama … Sat out the season due to transfer rules.

At Alabama:
2002-03:
Earned four All-America honors … Alabama school record holder in the 200 IM … Posted Alabama's top time of the season in the 100 fly (53.13) and 200 IM (2:00.02) at the NCAA Championships … Finished 10th in the 100 fly and 16th in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships … Fourth in the 100 fly and fifth in the 200 IM at the SEC Championships.

High School: Six-time All-American … Eight-time all-league selection for Castro Valley High School … Fifteen-time high school league champion … Three-time Castro Valley High School MVP … Six league records … Twelve Castro Valley High School records.

Club: Member of the Pleasanton Seahawks Swim Club coached by Steve Morsilli.


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  • IMG
  • SEC on ESPN

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