Ricardo Vargas

Class:
Senior
Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Cuernavaca, Mexico
High School:
Tecnológico de Monterrey

At Michigan
• *Three-time CSCAA All-American in 2020 (500-yard Freestyle, 1,650-yard Freestyle, 400-yard IM)
• Three-time CSCAA All-American (2018-19: 500-yard Freestyle; 2018: 1,650-yard Freestyle)
• Two-time CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (2019: 400-yard IM; 2018: 800-yard Freestyle Relay)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2018)
• Three-time All-Big Ten (2018-20: Second Team)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-21)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2018-20)

Senior (2020-21)
• Academic All-Big Ten

Junior (2019-20)
• *Three-time CSCAA All-American (500-yard Freestyle, 1,650-yard Freestyle, 400-yard IM)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 25-28): Canceled due to COVID-19; had received invite in the 500-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM.
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26- 29): Finished 2nd in the 400-yard IM (3:42.68), 2nd in the 1650-yard Freestyle (14:39.48), and 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:11.80).
• Michigan State (Jan. 31): Finished 1st in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:49.16).
• Ohio State (Jan. 18): Finished 1st in the 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:10.97), 2nd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:24.89), and 4th in the 200-yard Butterfly (1:47.97)
• Indiana (Jan. 11): Finished 1st in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:21.85), 1st in the 1000-yard Freestyle (9:01.82), and 3rd in the 200-yard Butterfly (1:48.73).

* Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Championships because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CSCAA awarded All-America honors to: a.) individuals who were a part of a relay with an NCAA 'A' cut; b.) those who had individually qualified for the NCAA Championships; or c.) divers who had qualified for the NCAA Zone C Championships.

Sophomore (2018-19)
• CSCAA All-American (500-yard Freestyle)
• CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (400-yard IM)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 27-30): Finished 4th in 500-yard Freestyle (4:12.21), 10th in 400-yard IM (3:42.32) and 22nd in 1650-yard Freestyle (14:51.71).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27-March 2): Finished 2nd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:11.72) and 400-yard IM (3:40.24), and 3rd in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:31.76).
• Ohio State (Jan. 19): Finished 1st in 1,000-yard freestyle (9:00.06), 1st in 500-yard freestyle (4:22.12), and 4th in 200-yard breaststroke (1:48.30).
• Indiana (Jan. 17): Finished 1st in 500-yard freestyle (4:23.68) and 1st in 1000-yard freestyle (8:57.08).
• Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 5).
• UGA Fall Invite (Nov. 29-Dec. 1): Won the 500-yard Freestyle (4:11.45) and 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:35.04), finished 4th in the 400-yard IM (3:45.04) and 8th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:38.15).
• Big Ten/ACC Swimming & Diving Challenge (Nov. 10-11): Finished 1st in the 1000-yard freestyle (8:46.64), 3rd in the 500-yard freestyle (4:17.40) and 6th in the 400-yard IM (3:50.87).

Freshman (2017-18)
• Two-time CSCAA All-American (500-yard Freestyle, 1,650-yard Freestyle)
• CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (800-yard Freestyle Relay)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 21-24): Finished 7th in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:40.27), 8th in 500-yard Freestyle (4:17.23) and 29th in the 400-yard IM (3:45.64).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 21-24): Finished 2nd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:11.11) and in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (14:40.30) and 3rd in the 400-yard IM (3:43.73).
• Ohio State/Virginia Tech (Jan. 20): Finished 2nd in the 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:03.44), 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:22.52) and 9th in the 200-yard Butterfly (1:49.25).
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Oct. 25)
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Finished 2nd in both the 500-yard Freestyle (4:23.39) and 1,000-yard Freestyle (9:06.65).
• UGA Fall Invite (Dec. 1-3): Finished 5th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:16.50), 6th in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (15:05.96) and 21st in the 400-yard IM (3:51.58).
• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Penn State (Nov. 4-5): Won the 1000-yard freestyle (9:06.55), finished 2nd in the 500-yard Freestlye (4:26.82) and the 400-yard IM (3:55.49), and ranked 3rd in the 200-yard Butterfly (1:49.08).
• Louisville (Oct. 20-21): Won the 1,000-yard Freestyle (8:58.22) and took 3rd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:24.08), 5th in the 200-yard Butterfly (1:50.72) and swam in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:41.19).
• Made collegiate debut vs. Louisville (Oct. 20-21).

Prep
• High School: Tecnológico de Monterrey

Club/International
• Rio Olympics (2016)
• FINA World Championships (2017)
• Set Mexican records in the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter Freestyles at the Pan American Games (2015)
• FINA World Junior Championships (2015)
• Youth Olympic Games (2014)
• North American Challenge Cup (2011-12)

Personal
• Full Name: Ricardo Davis Vargas Jacobo
• Birthday: Nov. 21, 1997
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Major: Economics

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date
100-yard Freestyle	47.49	2/2/2018
200-yard Freestyle	1:37.13	12/2/2017
500-yard Freestyle	4:11.11	2/22/2018
1000-yard Freestyle	8:46.64	11/11/2018
1650-yard Freestyle	14:31.76	3/2/2019
100-yard Butterfly	51.68	2/2/2018
200-yard Butterfly	1:47.89	10/20/2018
400-yard IM	3:40.24	3/1/2019