By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Cale Martter will join the Georgia Bulldogs for the upcoming 2025-2026 season. Martter arrives after spending the last three seasons at Arizona State. This past season, he won the Big 12 200 IM conference title.
Martter finished his freshman season at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships with three lifetime bests. He swam to a 9th place finish in the 200 breast (1:53.55) and 400 IM (3:43.71). He also was 18th in the 200 IM (1:44.38).
He made his first NCAA Championships as a sophomore after finishing 3rd in the 200 breast (1:52.19) and 5th in the 200 IM (1:42.28) and 400 IM (3:40.53) at 2024 Pac-12s. At 2024 NCAAs, he helped Arizona State to an NCAA team title as he was 13th in the 200 breast with a 1:52.42 and 13th in the 400 IM with a 3:40.83. He also finished 26th in the 200 IM (1:43.14).
This past season, Martter was slightly off his best times but swam to a Big 12 title in the 200 IM with a season best 1:42.93. He also was 3rd in the 400 IM and 5th in the 200 breast to help Arizona State to the conference title. He just missed NCAAs this past season as he fell on line 31 in the 400 IM.
Martter’s Best SCY Times:
- 200 breast: 1:52.19 (2024 Pac-12s)
- 200 IM: 1:42.28 (2024 Pac-12s)
- 400 IM: 3:40.53 (2024 Pac-12s)
The Georgia men finished 4th out of 11 teams at the 2025 SEC Championships and went on to finish 7th at the 2025 NCAA Championships. Luca Urlando led the way with an NCAA title in the 200 butterfly.
Based on his best times, Martter is a big pick up for the Bulldogs. His best time in the 200 breast would have been 4th at 2025 SECs, an event Georgia had no ‘A’ finalists in as Arie Voloschin was the team’s highest finisher at 16th in a 1:55.59. Martter’s best time in the 200 IM would have been 8th while his 400 IM would have been 7th.
Martter is originally from Atlanta, Georgia so he travels much closer to home for his senior season. Atlanta is about an hour and a half drive from Athens.
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