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Stepan Goncharov Season 2024-25

Position
Freestyle/Backstroke
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Tosno, Russia
High School
Olympic Reserve School
Previous School
Pittsburgh
Experience
TR

Goncharov’s Top Times – Freestyle/Backstroke
100-Back: 45.44 2024 ACC Championships
100-Free: 43.15 Minnesota Invite
50-Free: 19.62 2024 NCAA Championships
200-IM: 1:49.06 Minnesota Invite

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (at Pittsburgh)

2024 NCAA Qualifier (100 Back)
2x School Record Holder (100 Back, 400 Free Relay)

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023-24 at Pittsburgh)
Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 100 Back (26th – 45.73), 50 Free (47th – 19.62), and the 100 Free (61st – 43.39)… Crushed the 100 back school record at ACC Championships and placed fourth overall with a time of 45.44… Won the 50 Free (20.28) and placed second in the 100 Free (44.07) against Minnesota… Finished in fourth place in the 100 Back at the Minnesota Invite with a season-best time of 46.94… Finished in fifth place in the 100 Free with a personal best time of 43.15… Swam two personal best times at the Minnesota Invite in the 100 Free (5th – 43.15) and in the 200 IM (14th – 1:49.06)… Recorded two season-best times at the Minnesota Invite in the 100 Back (4th – 46.94) and in the 50 Free (17th – 19.87)… Picked up two second place finishes overall against Notre Dame and Penn State in the 100 Free (43.42) and in the 50 Free (20.12)… Finished in second place in the 100 Free (44.31) and in the 100 Back (48.05) against California… Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 50 Free (20.41) and a sixth-place finish in the 100 Free (46.92) at Stanford

FRESHMAN SEASON (2022-23 at Pittsburgh)
Fourth in the 100 free (44.82) and fifth in the 50 free (20.52) against Michigan/Wisconsin… Sixth in the 50 free against West Virginia… Placed 20th in the 100 back (46.80), 19th in the 100 free (43.22), and got seventh and broke a school record in the 400 free relay (2:51.81) at the ACC Championship… A part of the men’s NCAA Championship team.

PERSONAL
Born July 7, 2003… Son of Andrei and Ksenia… Majoring in Film and Media

 

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