Eddie Sears
Eddie Sears
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Boca Raton, Fla.
  • High School:
    Spanish River
  • Major:
    Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Event:
    Free
  • Club Team:
    Fort Lauderdale Aquatics

Bio

Career Best Times

EventTimeMeetYear
50-yard Freestyle
20.90UAA Championships
2012-13
100-yard Freestyle
45.82UAA Championships
2012-13
200-yard Freestyle1:41.92UAA Championships
2012-13
100-yard Backstroke
54.79Total Performance Invitational
2011-12
200-yard Backstroke2:01.21Total Performance Invitational2010-11

 

2012-13

Eddie became a UAA Champion and school record holder at the same meet when he won the 100-yard freestyle in a career-best time of 45.82 and sprinted to a school record in the 50-yard freestyle in 20.90 at the UAA Championships. With his career-best times, Eddie provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in both freestyle events as well as the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard medley relay. The 200-yard freestyle relay earned third place the UAA Championships in a time of 1:23.72. Another career-best time for Eddie happened at the UAA Championships in the 200-yard freestyle when he finished in 1:41.92.

2011-12

Eddie finished first on the team in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle when he recorded season-best times of 21.39 and 46.68, respectively, at the Total Performance Invitational hosted by Kenyon College. At that same meet, Eddie recorded a season-best time of 54.79 in the 100-yard backstroke.

2010-11

Eddie opened his collegiate career with an All-UAA third-team finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. He transitioned from backstroke to freestyle during the year and finished third on the team in the 50-yard freestyle (21.74) and 100-yard freestyle (47.40). He also recorded best times of 54.89 in the 100-yard backstroke and 2:01.21 in the 200-yard backstroke.