NCAA Swimmer Spotlight: Santiago Grassi

NCAA Swimmer Spotlight: Santiago GrassiNCAA Swimmer Spotlight: Santiago Grassi

March 16, 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: Santiago Grassi

Class: Sophomore

2018 NCAA Championship Events: 100 fly, 100 free

Previous NCAA Appearances:
2017 (50 free/46th; 200 fly/34th)

Auburn Rankings:
100 fly - 8th - 45.73 ... Time was set at 2018 SEC Championships ... It is the 11th-fastest performance in school history

Notable: Also held NCAA B cuts in the 50 free (19.67) and the 200 fly (1:47.93) ... Finished fourth in the 100 fly (45.73), 11th in the 50 free (19.67) and 14th in the 100 free (43.97) at SECs ... Won the 100 fly at the South Carolina dual meet ... Was also on the winning 400 MR against the Gamecocks.