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Max Edwards

Free/Back/Fly
Position
Senior
Class
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Hometown
Ronald Wilson Reagan
High School
Max Edwards - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

All-America
2023: 200 medley relay
2021:
200 medley relay, 400 medley relay

Virginia Career Bests 
50 Free: 20.06
100 Free: 44.14
100 Back: 46.28 (5th all-time at UVA)
200 Back: 1:42.65 (10th all-time at UVA)
100 Fly: 46.29 (4th all-time at UVA)
200 Fly: 1:50.01

2022-23
• Swam on 200 medley relay that was eighth at NCAAs
• Finished fifth in the 100 back at ACC Championships
• Won the 100 fly at the Cavalier Invite
• Placed fourth in the 100 back against NC State and North Carolina
• Finished third in the 100 back against Virginia Tech
• Placed seventh in the 100 back at the Tennessee Invitational
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22
• Finished 13th with fifth fastest time in UVA history in 100 back, was 16th in 200 back and 22nd in 100 fly with season-best swims at ACC Championships
• Part of first-place 200 medley relay, and was third in the 100 fly at Cal
• Placed first in the 200 medley relay and second in the 200 fly against Army
• Second in the 200 and 400 medley relay against Texas
• Second in the 400 medley relay at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 400 medley relay and the 100 fly against North Carolina
• CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Earned All-America honors with the 200-yard medley relay (8th) and 400-yard medley relay (9th) at NCAA Championships, helping set school records in both relay events
• Finished 24th in the 100-yard butterfly at NCAA Championships
• Placed 16th in the 100-yard backstroke and 17th in the 100-yard butterfly at the ACC Championships
• Finished third in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly in the team’s double dual meet against Tennessee and Alabama
• Placed second in the 200-yard butterfly against Navy
• Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

2019-20
• NCAA Championships cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Helped the 200-yard medley relay to a fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships
• Placed 13th at the ACC Championships in the 100-yard backstroke with a career-best time of 46.97
• Finished 17th in the 100-yard butterfly at the ACC Championships with a career-best time of 46.45
• Placed 12th in the 100-yard butterfly and 14th in the 100-yard backstroke at the USC Trojan Invite
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background
• Named the 2019 Most Outstanding Male Performer at North Carolina 4A State Championships
• 2019 state champion in the 50 free and 100 fly
• Holds the North Carolina state record in the 50 free and 100 fly
• Earned a silver medal in the 200 medley relay and a bronze medal in the 100 fly at the 2018 Winter Junior National Championships

Personal
• Undeclared
• Son of Angela and Matthew Edwards
• Has a sister, Madison
• Mother, Angela, swam for UVA