March 15, 2018
AuburnTigers.com will post a short spotlight on each of our NCAA Championship participants leading up the the championships, which will be contested March 21-24 at the University of Minnesota's at Freeman Aquatic Center.
Name: Hugo Gonzalez
Class: Freshman
2018 NCAA Championship Events: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 back
Previous NCAA Appearances:
None
Auburn Rankings:
200 free - t-10th - 1:34.79 100 back - 9th - 46.24 200 back - 1st - 1:39.05 ... Time was swum at the Georgia Invitational in December ... Also swam a 1:40.82 at the SEC Championships, which is tied for the 19th-fastest performance in school history. 200 breast - 4th - 1:53.98 ... Was swam at the Auburn Invitational prior to SEC Championships in his first attempt at the event all season ...Is the 11th-fastest performance in school history 200 IM - 1st - 1:40.67 ... Swam at the SEC Championships ... Holds the three fastest performances in school history, first setting the school record at the Georgia Invitational in December and then breaking it twice at the SEC Championships ... Also swam a 1:43.67, the 16th-fastest performance, at the Georgia Invite. 400 IM - 1st - 3:39.28 ... Swam at the Georgia Invitational in December ... Also swam a 3:44.29, the 17th-fastest performance, at the same meet.
Notable: Goes into the NCAA Championships as the top seed in the 200 and 400 IMs and the third seed in the 200 back ... SEC Champion in the 400 IM, runner-up in the 200 IM and finished third in the 200 back ... Grabbed 16 individual wins heading into the NCAA Championships, including five in the 400 IM and four each in the 200 back and 200 IM ... Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 17, Nov. 7), one-time SEC Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 5) and two-time CollegeSwimming.com SEC Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 18, Dec. 5) ... Also held NCAA B cuts in the 200 free (1:34.79), 100 back (46.24), 200 breast (1:53.98) and 100 fly (47.12).