2014-15 Swimming and Diving
Roster
Itai De La Vega
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Zichroon Yackov, Israel
Junior (2016-17): First place at Miami (OH) in 100 Breast with a time of 56.09... First in 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:33.06 against Niagara... First against Bonaventure in 400 Medley Relay (3:24.14), 50 Free (21.49), and 400 Free Relay (3:06.64)... First place against Cleveland State in 10 0Breast and 50 Breast with times of 56.33 and 25.83, respectively... MAC Scholar Athelte of the Week... First at MAC Championships in 100 Breast with a time of 53.61 and the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:26.88 (new school record)... All-MAC First Team... Academic All-MAC
Sophomore (2015-16): Placed 1st (100 Breast) and 3rd (200 Medley Relay) at the Florida Gulf Coast Classic, clocking in at 55.29 and 1:31.72 respectively… 2nd in 100 fly against Ball State… Placed 1st in two different events at Bucknell Invitational: 200 Free Relay (1:22.17) and 100 Breast (54.99)… 1st place in 100 Fly against Niagara, finishing the race in 51.75… 1st place in 100 Breast and 200 Medley Relay against Miami… 3rd place in 100 Breast at Ohio, clocking in at 55.25… Placed 1st in three different events against St. Bonaventure – 50 Free (21.60), 100 Breast (57.29), and 200 Medley Relay… Broke school and pool record at MAC Championships in 200 Medley Relay, finishing with a time of 1:27.47… Broke school, MAC, MAC Championship, pool, and tied for 61st in all of Division I in 100 Breast, clocking in at 53.69… Academic All-MAC… All-MAC 1st Team.
Freshma (2014-15): CSCAA Scholar All-America team honorable mention... Broke the school record in the 100 breast with a time of 54.20 at the MAC Championships... The time was good enough to hit a NCAA “B” Cut and finish second in the event at MAC Championships... In the 200 breaststroke De La Vega registered a season-best time of 2:01.27... While swimming freestyle, he posted times of 20.79 in the 50 free and 50.97 in the 100 free, respectively.
High School: Finished second in the 50 breaststroke and third in 100 breaststoke at the Israeli Nationals... Competed at the Junior European Championships.
Personal: Son of Fernando and Michal... Chose UB because of the great combination of academic and swimming programs.
