Club Natación Sitges · ESP
Eric is a swimmer from Spain, a collegiate competitor and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 10 seasons, 3 countries and 68 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2013 in Igualada, where he raced the 400 freestyle in 5:51.05. He started out alongside C.N. SITGES.
His signature event is the 200 freestyle, his reference distance in freestyle, ahead of the 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 54 meets and 73 recorded swims.
In short course (25 m), he went from 2:44.44 in 2013 to a best of 2:15.13 in 2018 (Sitges): 29.31 seconds gained in the 200 freestyle.
His record includes collegiate championships, between 2019 and 2022 (Mid-South Conference Championships and NAIA Championships). A representative mark at that level is 18:11.86 in the 1650 freestyle, recorded in short course yards (25 yd). His standout long course mark is 25.02 in the 50 freestyle, set in 2017 at Mataró in long course (50 m).
The record runs unbroken from 2013 to 2022: 10 consecutive seasons without a single missing year.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (the United States, Spain and UNK), including 36 of 68 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 34 different venues (Sitges, Troy, Oneonta and St. Louis…). He has raced for Lindenwood University (Belleville), College of Saint Rose, The and C.N. SITGES.
Latest competition: Northeast-10 Conference Championships, on February 20, 2022. He closes this record with 37 current event personal bests and 110 all-time PB improvements, across 158 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN, NCAA and NAIA.