Angel Martinez Season 2015-16

International

• Represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
• Competed in the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Collegiate

• Four-time All-American
• School record holder in the 400 medley relay

2018-19 (Senior):

• Broke three school records (200 fly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay)
• Finished second in the 200-yard butterfly against No. 17 Alabama (1:48.67)
• Finished second in the 200-yard medley relay with Shaine Casas, Benjamin Walker, and Adam Koster against No. 5 Texas
• Posted a nation-leading 1:42.07 to win the 200-yard butterfly at the Art Adamson Invitational
• Took gold in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.70) against Incarnate Word
• Won the 100-yard butterfly (48.18) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.85) against LSU
• Took down the school record in the 200-yard medley relay with Shaine Casas, Benjamin Walker, and Adam Koster at the SEC Championships
• Second-Team All-SEC (400 Medley Relay)

 
2017-18 (Junior):

• Named team's Most Improved Award winner at annual banquet
• Honorable Mention All-American (400 medley relay)
• Second-Team All-SEC (100 fly, 200 fly, 400 medley relay)
• Team finished 14^th in 400 medley relay at NCAA Championships with a time of 3:06.00
• Member of NCAA Championship 200 free relay team that posted a season-best time of 1.17.78 (finished 19th)
• Swam a school-record time of 1:41.56 in the 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships, finishing 2^nd
• Placed 3^rd at SECs in the 100 butterfly with a lifetime-best mark of 46.69
• Member of 400 medley relay team that finished 2^nd at SECs with a school-record time of 3:05.13
• Finished 4^th as member of 200 medley relay team at SEC Championships (1:24.19), posting second-fastest time in school history
• 200 free relay team finished 4^th at SECs with time of 1:18.30
• 8^th-place showing at SECs as member of 800 free relay team, which posted a season-best mark of 6:25.60
• Set a school record in the 200 butterfly at the Art Adamson Invitational with a time of 1:42.08
• Represented Mexico over the summer of 2018 at the Central American and Caribbean Games (Barranquilla, Colombia)
• Won silver medal in the 4x2 free relay (8:12.30)
  
   

2016-17 (Sophomore):

• At the 2017 U.S. Open, Martinez placed 16th in the 100 fly and 18th in the 200 fly
• Won the consolation final of the 200 fly at the SEC Championships with a school record time of 1:43.25. Also competed in the 400 IM and 500 free and swam a leg on the Aggies’ 800 free relay
• Had team-best times in the 500 free (4:25.60) and 200 fly (1:43.25) and also ranked in the top five on the team in the 200 free (1:37.19), 1,000 free (9:41.37), 100 back (47.33), 200 back (1:47.36), 200 breast (2:00.07), 100 fly (47.38) and 400 IM (3:51.32)
• Posted NCAA B cuts in 100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM

 
2015-2016 (Freshman):

• Ranked in the top five on the team in seven events – 200/500/1,000 free, 100/200 butterfly and 200/400 IM
• Had NCAA B cuts in the 200 free (1:37.75), 200 fly (1:45.75), 200 IM (1:47.35) and the 400 IM (3:53.56)
• Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after posting three top four finishes in the double dual against Missouri State and Georgia, including a victory in the 500 free against MSU
• Placed first in both the 200 fly and 400 IM at the FAU dual meet.

 
High School/Club:

• 2014 graduate of Prepatoria 9 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
• Also swam for the Tigres Swim Club under coach Rita Monzon
• Fastest time in the 200 fly is 2:01.26 and 2:02.95 in the 200 IM.

 
Personal:

• Jose Angel Martinez Gomez is the son of Raul and Imelda Martinez of Balcones de Anhuac, Mexico
• Born on June 3, 1997 in Nuevo, Laredo, Mexico
• Intends to major in health and education
• Chose A&M because “this school gave me the opportunity to overcome.”