Pace University Athletics

2018-19: NE10 Winter Academic All-Conference Team... Selected to CoSIDA's Academic All-District Team... Named a nominee for NE10's Man of the Year award... Tabbed NE10 Swimmer of the Week twice during the season (Nov. 14, Dec. 12)… Won gold medal at NE10 championships in 500-free, finishing in 4:36.15… Recorded a third-place finish as part of 800-free relay team at NE10 Championships… Also took home a bronze in the 1650-free with time of 16:17.29… Posted season-best time of 9:44.53 in the 1,000-free against St. Peter’s... Earned recognition on the NE10's Academic Honor Roll for the fall and spring.

2017-18: CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention... Northeast-10 Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Sport Excellence Award winner...Named NE10 Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Dec. 12 and Jan. 30… Two-time recipient of CollegeSwimming.com’s NE10 Men’s Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 16 & Jan. 30)… Member of the NE10 Men’s Relay of the Week twice… Selected to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll on four occasions… Set new program record in 500-free at Conference Championships with time of 4:36.68, earning a silver medal… Also broke team record in 1650-free at same event, finishing in 16:02.69 and placing first… Ended season by setting new program best time in the 1,000-free at the Metro Championships, clocking in at 9:30.92… Accumulated 17 first-place finishes in the season.

2016-17: Named CollegeSwimming’s Men’s Swimmer of the Week on a pair of occasions… Won bronze medal in the 1650-free at the NE10 Championships with time of 16:22.12… Placed fifth at the conference championships in the 400 IM, finishing in 4:10.06… Recorded the conference’s top time in the 500-free with a 4:40.65 first-place finish at the ECAC Winter Championships… Also won the 1,650-free at ECAC's (16:14.65)… Victorious in the 1,000-free against Adelphi, Southern Connecticut State, St. Peters, Bentley, and Vassar.

2015-16: Swam a season-best time in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle at 4:40.47 at Metro Championships. Earned a second place finish in the mile swim at the NE-10 Championships shattering the program record with a time of 16:13.08.

High School: New Jersey 4-year Letter Swimmer...3-year YMCA National Qualifier...Captain of the swimming and cross country teams...New Jersey 3-year Letter cross country runner..Honor Roll Student

Personal: Parents: Fausto and Svettana Galarza...Major: Public Accounting...School: Lubin School of Business