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COLLEGE STATION, TX - September 07, 2022 - Maximiliano Vega during Texas A&M Aggies Swimming & Diving photo day in College Station, TX. Photo By Ethan Mito/Texas A&M Athletics

Maximiliano Vega Cuevas Season 2022-23

PositionIM/BACK
ClassFreshman
HometownPlayas de Rosarito, Mexico

Top Times: 
200 Back: 1:47.89 - LSU (23-24)
200 Breast: 1:59.08 - Alabama (25-26)
200 Fly: 1:45.36 - Art Adamson Invite (23-24)
200 IM: 1:46.27 - Art Adamson Invitational (22-23)
400 IM: 3:43.19 - Art Adamson Invite (23-24)

2025-26 (Senior)

  • At the SEC Championships, Vega Cuevas won the bonus final in the 400 IM (season-best 3:46.71) and saw action in the 200 IM and 200 fly
  • Ranked in the top five for the Aggies in the 400 IM (3:46.71), 200 IM (1:46.60), 500 free (4:44.98), 1,000 free (9:19.77) and 200 breast (1:59.08)

2024-25 (Junior): 

  • Clocked a season-best time of 2:00.58 in the 200 breast at the Last Chance Meet. 
  • Advanced to the final in the 400 IM and lowered season-bests with times of 1:47.11 in the 200 fly, 1:47.58 in the 200 IM and 3:47.63 in the 400 IM at SEC Championships. 
  • Clocked a season-best 1:49.74 in the 200 IM against LSU. 
  • Went 1:48.66 in the 200 fly and 3:55.14 in the 400 IM to post season-bests at the Art Adamson Invite. 


2023-24 (Sophomore):

  • Added points for the Aggies in the 400 IM at SEC Championships. 
  • Lowered his career top time in the 200 back, going 1:47.89 at LSU. 
  • Clocked new personal-bests in the 200 fly (1:45.36) and 400 IM (3:43.19) at the Art Adamson Invite. 


2022-23 (Freshman):

  • Went 3:43.79 in the 400 IM at American Short Course Championships, shaving almost four seconds off his previous best.
  • Notched personal bests at the Art Adamson Invite in the 200 breast (2:00.10) and 200 IM (1:46.27).
  • Made his Aggie debut at the SMU Classic, swimming a career-best 1:49.27 in the 200 fly.
 

Before A&M: 

  • Competed for coach Erick Galvan at Instituto Bilingue Santillana del Mar
  • Set national age group records in ten events.
  • Competed at 2022 World Junior Open Water Competition.
  • Spent nine years swimming for Rosarito Nadadores and was honored as the most memorable medalist in junior national in 2018, 2019, and 2021.