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2014-15 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Gabriel Bertrand

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tibro, Sweden
  • Highschool Nykopingssimg Gymnasium

Biography

2014-15 (SENIOR): Lowered personal best in 500 free to 4:24.55 to finish fourth at WAC Championships, making the NCAA B cut, earning Second Team All-WAC honors, and posting the fifth-fastest time all-time for CSUB in the event…Is now a member of the fastest four CSUB 800 free relay teams in school history after recording the second-best time (6:30.09) in a fourth-place finish at WAC Championships…Won the 200 free at the Pacific dual with a time of 1:42.57…Posted season-low time of 1:38.97 in the 200 free to finish 15th at WAC Championships…Finished ninth in finals at A3 Performance Invite in Nov. with time of 45.82…Eared Second Team All-WAC in the mile with seventh-place finish (15:34.53).

2013-14 (JUNIOR): Finished in the top three in nine freestyle events…Placed tenth in the 200 free and ninth in the 500 free at the WAC Championship…Finished fifth in the 1650 free with a time of 15:29.79, earning All-Conference honors…The time was an NCAA “B” cut and brought him within five seconds of the Bakersfield Top 5 in the event…Swam a leg for the 400 free relay team that cracked the CSUB Top 5 en route to a sixth-place finish at the WAC Championship (2:59.69)…Anchored the 800 free relay team which lowered the Bakersfield school record set last year to 6:27.76, placing third in the WAC.

2012-13 (SOPHOMORE): Won six 200 freestyle events...Earned a victory in the 1000 free at the Fresno Pacific dual...A part of the 800 free relay that lowered the school record in the event to 6:32.06 while placing third in the 800 free relay at the MPSF Championships...A member of the 400 free relay that placed fourth at the MPSF’s in a season best time of 2:58.98...A part of the Roadrunner Aquatics Club 800 free relay team that reset the club record (7:35.67) at the US Open...The time was the 10th quickest in the competition.

2011-12 (FRESHMAN): Qualified for the Olympic Trials in his native Sweden...Broke the CSUB long course school record in the 800 before teammate Mitchell Huxhold pulled off an impressive swim and took it back at the US Olympic Trials...Named second team All-Conference in the 500 free and 1650 free...posted the fifth fastest 500 free time in school history (4:26.36) as he finished fifth in the event at the MPSF Championships...Was fourth in the 1650 free at the MPSF’s...A member of the 800 free relay that lowered the school record in the race in a time of 6:32.67 (a NCAA “B” cut time).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of Nykopingssimg Gymnasium...Coach was Jens Fridorff.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 22, 1992...Majoring in computer engineering and plans to get a Masters in embedded electrical systems engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Freestyle
    6'5" 185 lbs
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Freestyle
    6'5" 185 lbs
  • 2013-14Junior

    Freestyle
    6'5" 195 lbs
  • 2014-15Senior

    Freestyle
    6'5" 200 lbs
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