By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Eduardo Moraes will join the Cal Golden Bears for the upcoming 2025-2026 season. Moraes spent one season at Penn State before transferring to Michigan for two seasons. He did not swim during the 2023-2024 NCAA season.
Moraes finished this past season at the 2025 NCAA Championships. There he was 17th in the 500 free in a 4:13.41, just 0.26 seconds off of making the ‘B’ final. He also was 40th in the 200 free and helped Michigan to an 11th place finish in the 800 free relay as he split a 1:32.97.
At the 2025 Big Ten Championships, Moraes swam to a 2nd place finish in the 500 free as he posted a lifetime best 4:12.72. He also was 12th in the 200 free and 21st in the 1650 free. The Michigan men finished 3rd in the 800 free relay as he split a 1:32.78.
Moraes represents Brazil at the international level and swam in prelims of the 400 free as well as on the country’s 4×200 free relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In July 2025, he finished 5th in the 400 free at the World University Games.
Moraes’s Lifetime Best SCY Times Are:
- 200 free: 1:33.97
- 500 free: 4:12.72
- 1650 free: 15:14.39
The Cal men captured the 2025 ACC title in their first season in the new conference. The team went on to finish 2nd at 2025 NCAAs, just 19 points behind Texas. Cal was led by Destin Lasco and Lucas Henveaux as both scored 48 individual points.
Based on his best times, Moraes is a huge addition to the Cal roster that graduated its top six individual scorers from NCAAs this past season. The team’s 800 free relay of Lasco, Henveaux, Jack Alexy, and Gabe Jett have all graduated. That relay swam to a new NCAA record. Moraes will most likely fill one of the slots on the team’s relay. Moraes would have made the ACC ‘A’ final of the 500 free, the ‘B’ final of the 200 free, and been in the top 16 of the 1650 free.
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