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2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Leonardo Pelaez

  • Event Freestyle
  • Class JR
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 168
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Previous School Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas

Biography

2025-26 (Junior): Competed at eight meets in his first season with the Mustangs … qualified for the C finals in the 500 free … earned seventh on SMU’s All-Time Top Performers List for the 500 free after recording a time of 4:18.92 at the Last Chance Meet on Mar. 5 … posted a time of 9:05.80 in the 1000 free at the ACC Championships, placing fifth on SMU’s All-Time Top Performers List … touched the wall in 15:07.09 in the 1650 free to earn sixth on SMU’s All-Time Top Performers List.

At Indiana: He finished his freshman season at the IU Men’s Last Chance meet, posting lifetime bests in the 500m free (4:23.07) and 1650m free (15:07.62) … also finished his sophomore season at the Indiana Last Chance meet where he swam a 4:20.24 500m free and a 15:02.53 1650m free … was third for the Indiana men in the 1650m free in the 2024-25 season.
 
Prep: All-American in the 400m free relay … varsity letter all four years of high school … was a member of National Honors Society … honor roll for three years … competed at the 2022 Winter Juniors Championships, the TYR pro series (2023, 2023) and the 2025 Toyota National Championships.
 
Personal: Born on December 19, 2004 … son of Sang-Hee and Joaquin Pelaez.