Xavier Ruiz

Position:
Breast, IM
Weight:
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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Career Best Times
100 Breast— 51.89 • 200 Breast — 1:52.74 • 200 IM — 1:46.58

No. 2 All-Time 200-Yard Breaststroke: 1:52.74 (2025)

No. 3 All-Time 100-Yard Breaststroke: 51.89 (2025)

As a Freshman (2024-25)
Competed in 10 meets • Secured 13 podium finishes • Opened his college career with two second-place finishes in the 100 and 200 breast against Auburn and South Carolina • Took second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast vs. Virginia • Claimed second in the 200 breast, third in the 100 breast and 12th in the 200 IM at the Gamecock Invitational • Took fourth in the 200 breast at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships • Finished second in both the 100 and 200 breast against Duke • Placed second in the 200 breast and third in the 100 breast at N.C. State • Took third in the 200 IM and eighth in the 400 IM at the UNC Invitational • Finished fifth in the 200 breast and 11th in the 100 breast at the ACC Championships • Set personal bests in both the 100 breast (51.89) and 200 breast (1:52.74) at the league meet • Competed in the 100 and 200 breast at the NCAA Championships.

High School/Club
Competed with the Ridgefield Aquatic Club in Connecticut when swimming in the U.S. and San Juan Cariba when in his native Puerto Rico • Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 breast • Is the Puerto Rico national record holder in the long course 50, 100 and 200 breast and the short course 50 breast • Won the 100 and 200 breast and the 400 IM at the Connecticut Senior LC Championship • Took both the 100 and 200 breast at the Campeonato Nacional Interligas Categoria and first in the 200 breast and second in the 100 breast at the Campeonato Nacional Interligas Abierto in Cartagena, Colombia • Claimed the 200 breast at the Puerto Rico Nationals • Won the 50, 100 and 200 breast at the Puerto Rico International Open • Competed in the 100 and 200 breast at the World Aquatics Championships • Placed fourth in the 200 breast and eighth in the 100 breast at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Personal
Birthday is June 22.