Top Collegiate Times
50-Yard Freestyle: 20.14 (12/5/24)
50-Yard Backstroke: 22.31 (1/30/22)
100-Yard Backstroke: 46.07 (2/28/25)
200-Yard Backstroke: 1:40.60 (3/1/25)
100-Yard Butterfly: 46.89 (3/1/24)
Senior - 2024-25
Appeared at the 2024 Paris Olympics, representing Colombia ... Served as team co-captain ... CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team... Named a CSC Academic All-America First-Team selection ... Landed on the CSC Academic All-District Team ... Earned a spot on the All-Ivy League Second Team (200 back, 200 medley relay) ... Swam the third-fastest 100 back (46.07) in school history ... Part of the fourth-fastest 200 medley relay (1:24.20) and sixth-fastest 400 medley relay (3:07.78) in school history ... Set personal records in the 50 free (20.14 - at Minnesota Invitational), 100 back (46.07 - at Ivy) and 200 back (1:40.60 - at Ivy) ... Ranked first on the team in the 100 back and 200 back ... Part of the team's best 200 medley relay (1:24.20) and 400 medley relay, both at Ivies ... Also swam on the 200 free relay and 400 free relay during the season.
Junior - 2023-24
CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team ... All-Ivy League First Team – 200 Medley Relay … All-Ivy League First Team – 400 Medley Relay … All-Ivy League Second Team – 100 Back … All-Ivy League Second Team – 200 Back … Swam the second fastest 100 back (46.48 at Ivy Championships) and 200 back (1:40.64 at Princeton Last Chance Meet) on the team … 100 back time was good for third in program while 200 back time was good for fourth … Recorded a 46.89 in the 100 butterfly at the Ivy Championships … Swam on the second fastest 200 free relay team as the third leg at HYP (1:18.29) … Was on the 400 free relay team that had the second best time, and was top-10 in program (2:50.97 at Princeton Last Chance Meet) … Swam the first leg of the fastest 200 medley relay of the season (1:24.86 at Ivy Championships) … Swam on the fastest 400 medley relay team as the first leg and produced a time (3:06.74 at Ivy Championships) that was good for third in program history … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.
Sophomore - 2022-23
All-Ivy League First Team in 200 medley relay ... All-Ivy League Second Team in 100 back and 200 back ... Established a personal record in the 100 back (47.03) at the Minnesota Invitational; effort ranked second on the team ... Posted a personal-best 1:41.81 in the 200 back at the Ivy League Championships, which also ranked second on the team ... Swam a PR in the 100 fly (47.67) at the Ivy Championships ... Competed in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.
First-Year - 2021-22
Placed third in both the 100 back and 200 back at the Ivy League Championships … Posted season-best times of 20.32 in the 50 free, 22.31 in the 50 back, 47.28 in the 100 back, 1:42.42 in the 200 back, and 50.40 in the 100 fly … Notched NCAA B cut times in the 100 back and 200 back … Ranked as the team’s second-fastest swimmer in the 200 back on the year … Won the 100 back vs. Columbia and 200 back vs. Brown during the dual season … Also competed in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight season … Earned Second Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.
2020-21
Earned three gold medals and two new personal best marks representing Colombia at the 21st South American Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in March 2021; clocked 55.62 and 2:01.51 in the 100 and 200 LCM backstrokes, respectively; helped 4x100 medley relay team claim gold ... Collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19.
Before Harvard
Colombian National Champion in 50, 100, 200-meter backstroke … New Jersey state record holder in 100 and 200-yard backstroke … Colombian National record holder in 50-meter backstroke … Youth Olympic Games Qualifier … Qualified for the Pan-American Games in 200-meter backstroke … Junior South American Championships record holder in 100-meter backstroke … Member of the National Honor Society … AP Scholar with Distinction … Volunteer at Overlook Medical Center … Assistant youth swim instructor … Son of Elizabeth Velasco and Luis Rincon.
