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Gabriel Tortola from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is headed north to Morgantown to swim and study mechanical engineering at West Virginia Univeristy.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I am incredibly excited to announce my verbal commitment to @wvuswimdive. I need to thank God for answering my prayers and giving me challenges to make me stronger. I also need to thank all of my family for supporting me and helping me get through a very difficult time filled with uncertainty. I also need to thank all of my teammates and coaches that have pushed me to reach this point in my career. Last but not least, I need to thank all of the coaching staff, but I especially want to thank coach Brent and coach Michael for giving me such an incredible opportunity. GO MOUNTAINEERS!!
Tortola swam for St. Thomas Aquinas High School and specialized in free and fly. In his senior season, he was an individual finalist in the 100 fly (5th) and 200 free (8th) at the 2024 FHSAA Class 3A State Swimming and Diving Championships. He also swam legs on the 200 free relay (21.25) and 400 free (45.18) relays.
He does his year-round swimming at Plantation Swim Team, training under coaches Terrel Woods and Franco Lupoli. Furthermore, he represents Venezuelan internationally and is a national champion. He medaled at the South American Junior Championships and won the 800 free at the 2022 CCCAN Championships. His older brother, Cristian Tortola, swam at the University of Indianapolis.
After high school states, where he achieved a lifetime best in the 100 fly (49.45), Tortola competed at the SOFLO Last Chance and Holiday Classic in November and the Florida Gold Coast 34th Annual Winter Championships in December. At the former, he picked up new PBs in the 100 back and 200/400 IM; at the latter, he clocked new times in the 100 IM and 200 fly (1:52.93). He wrapped up his SCY season at the Florida Gold Coast Senior Championships in March, earning lifetime bests in the 500 free (4:29.39) and 1650 free (15:52.27) and placing 3rd in the 500 free, 5th in the mile, 9th in the 200 free, 14th in the 200 fly, and 19th in the 100 free.
In his first LCM meet of the season, at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont, he swam PBs of 1:53.70 in the 200 free and 4:04.11 in the 400 free. Two months later he lowered his 400 time to 4:02.85 at PSS Fort Lauderdale. Tortola wrapped up the summer at Ocala Futures, where he finished 16th in the 200 free, 18th in the 400 free, and 22nd in the 800 free (PB of 8:32.14).
Best SCY times:
200 free – 1:38.92 500 free – 4:29.39 1000 free – 9:43.17 1650 free – 15:52.27Tortola will join the Mountaineers in the class of 2029 with Brayden Franklin, Caden Oprandy, Dragos Ghile, Felix Vicknair, Jake Salcedo, Liam Aleman, Oliver Stull, and Rafael Mimoso,
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