Emil Perez has introduced he’ll switch to South Carolina for the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Perez simply completed his sophomore season at UNLV.
Perez concluded his season on the 2026 MPSF Championships and scored 35 particular person factors. He ‘A’ finaled in all three of his particular person swims and was sixth within the 50 free in a 19.91, eighth within the 100 free in a 44.06, and eighth within the 100 fly in a 47.75. He additionally helped UNLV to 2 relay titles as a member of the 200 free and 200 medley relays. Perez notably swam a lifetime finest 19.76 50 free in prelims.
He scored 32 factors on the 2025 Western Athletic Championships as a freshman and was fifth within the 100 free, eighth within the 100 fly, and tenth within the 50 free.
Perez’s Greatest SCY Instances Are:
50 free: 19.76
100 free: 43.54
100 fly: 47.07
The South Carolina males completed eleventh out of 11 groups on the 2026 SEC Championships with 349 factors. Missouri was tenth with 427 factors. Pierre Largeron led the staff with 52 particular person factors together with a sixth place end within the 500 free (4:11.88).
Primarily based on his finest occasions, Perez would have led the South Carolina males within the 50 free, been 2nd within the 100 free, and third within the 100 fly this previous season. It took a 19.57 50 free, 42.95 100 free, and a 46.48 100 fly to attain on the 2026 SEC Championships. South Carolina solely had one different swimmer sub-20 within the 50 free as Bexon Harrison swam a 19.84 main off the staff’s 200 free relay at SECs. That relay completed ninth out of 9 groups at Georgia and Missouri had been DQed.
Bauer turns into no less than the seventh publicly introduced switch to affix the Gamecock males this fall. Additionally arriving will probably be Grayson Nye (Tennessee), Brayden Franklin (West Virginia), Tyler Bardak (McKendree), Alex Baurer (Pitt), Sam Empey (Auburn), and Joey Stebbins (West Virginia).
