Velasquez’s Top Times
50 free – 21.49 Art Adamson Invitational
100 back – 48.15 2019 SEC Championships
200 back – 1:48.19 2019 SEC Championships
50 fly – 23.30 Art Adamson Invitational
200 IM – 1:59.47 UCONN/Navy
FRESHMAN SEASON (2018-19)
Earned fifth place in his first meet against UCONN and Navy in the 200-Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:53.76 … Finished in seventh place in the 200-Yard Backstroke and eighth place in the 100-Yard Backstroke against Florida with times of 1:55.45 and 52.32 … Touched the wall in 1:55.91 and 52.28 in the 200 and 100-Yard Backstroke against Kentucky to finish in sixth and eighth place … Finished in fifth place against Loyola and SMU in the 100-Yard Backstroke with a time of 50.94 … Finished in 13th place at the Art Adamson Invitational in the 200-Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:48.66 … A fifth and sixth place finish against Incarnate Word and Delta State in the 200 and 100-Yard Backstroke with times of 1:53.09 and 50.78 … Swam the 200-Yard Backstroke in 1:52.91 against Texas A&M to place fifth and the 100-Yard Backstroke in 51.08 to finish in seventh place.
PRIOR TO LSU
Set his high school record in the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay and 100-yard backstroke … Helped team earn both district and regional championships in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 … Placed second and fifth in the 100 back and the 100-yard butterfly with times of 49.65 and 50.97, respectively, at the 2017 Texas UIL 6A Region Championships … Finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.51 at the 2017 Texas 6A State Championships … Touched the wall second and fourth in the 100 back and the 100 fly with times of 49.79 and 50.50, respectively, at the 2018 UIL 6A Region 3 Championship … Was named a 2018 NISCA All-America … Swam for Westlake High School and Nitro Swimming
PERSONAL
Born on August 18, 1999 … Parents are John Velasquez and Laurie Newton … Has three siblings – Nicco, Ava and Lauren … Majoring in business.