2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
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Matic, Djurdje
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Djurdje Matic
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Major:
- Business
- Hometown:
- Belgrade, Serbia
- High School:
- Gimnazija Sveti Sava
- Club:
- SC Vracar
Bio
2023-24
CSCAA All-American…A-10 All-Conference First Team…NCAA Championships Participant…European Aquatics Championships participant for Serbia…Scored 54 points by winning two individual gold medals and four relay medals to help win another team title at A-10 Championships and qualify for second career NCAA Championship where he became just second GW men's S&D All-American…Finished in 6th in the B-final (14th overall) in 100-yard fly at NCAA Championships to break own school and conference record and earn All-American Status…Broke own school and conference record in 50-yard free at NCAA Championships and finished in 34th (19.42)...Earned individual gold medals in the 50-yard free (19.54) and 100-yard fly (45:14)...Earned relay gold medals at A-10 Championships in 200-yard medley (1:25.70) and free (1:18.54) relays, and 400-yard medley (3:05.78) and free (2:53.25 *A-10 and GW Record*) relays…Finished 5th in in 100-yard free (43.55)...Helped break school and conference record in the 400-yard medley relay (3:05.69) at Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet…Helped break school 200-yard medley relay record at Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet (1:24.79)...Broke personal-best time in 100-yard free at Princeton Big Al Invitational (43.29).
2022-23
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First and Second Team…Collected six medals to help lead GW to third-straight conference title…Broke A-10 and program record while taking gold in the 100 free (43.42 - *A-10 Record*)...Helped take gold and set program records in in the 200 medley relay (1:25.69 - *Program Record*) and 200 free relay (1:18.05)...Was a part of the silver-medal winning 400 free relay (2:55.72)...Won the gold medal in the 100 fly (45.76) after also taking first in the 100 fly prelims (46.17)...Finished in second place (19.81) in the 50 free after pacing the field in the 50 free prelims (19.71).
2021-22
A-10 All-Conference First Team...NCAA Championship participant...Made tremendous Buff & Blue debut, earning seven gold medals at the A-10 Championship to help GW claim another team title before advancing to the NCAA Championship...Helped GW set a program record in the 400 medley relay at midseason meet (3:09.40) and also smashed A-10 mark in 100 fly (:45.72)...Set a Lejeune Hall record in the 100 fly (:46.14) to break a mark that had been held by Olympic legend Michael Phelps on Dec. 10...Won individual A-10 gold with conference record swims in the 50 free (:19.56) and 200 fly (1:45.17)...Set a meet record en route to gold in the 100 fly (:45.79)...Part of winning swims at the conference meet in 200 free relay (1:19.36, A-10 record), 200 medley relay (1:25.78, A-10 record), 400 free relay (2:56.49) and 400 medley relay (3:10.45)...Lowered record time in the 100 fly at Georgia's Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet (:45.52) on Feb. 26 to ultimately clinch NCAA berth...Swam three events in NCAA debut at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, finishing tied for 22nd in the 100 fly while tying his A-10 record (:45.52) and also landing 37th in the 200 fly (1:48.58) and 49th in the 50 free (:19.79)...Named A-10 Performer of the Week three times on the season.
AT EAST CAROLINA (2020)
Joined Pirates for spring semester and proceeded to help them capture 2020 AAC title...Claimed bronze in the 100 fly (:47.52) and finished ninth in the 50 free (:20.33) and sixth in the 100 back (:48.83).
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
At 2024 European Auqatics Championships...Swam in three events for Serbia at the European Aquatics Championships and reached the semifinals in each event…highest finish came in the 4x100-meter medley relay as he and the serbia relay team finished in 7th place (Matic’s butterfly leg in :52.10)...Highest individual finish in the 50-meter butterfly with a 13th place finish (23.60)...Earned 16th place in the 100-meter butterfly (52.85)...Member of Serbian Swimming Federation...Posted Olympic B cut swim in 100 fly at Serbian Open in March 2021...Won 50 fly, 100 fly and 200 back at 2020 Serbian national championships...Competed at 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup - Budapest.
MATIC'S CAREER BESTS
CSCAA All-American…A-10 All-Conference First Team…NCAA Championships Participant…European Aquatics Championships participant for Serbia…Scored 54 points by winning two individual gold medals and four relay medals to help win another team title at A-10 Championships and qualify for second career NCAA Championship where he became just second GW men's S&D All-American…Finished in 6th in the B-final (14th overall) in 100-yard fly at NCAA Championships to break own school and conference record and earn All-American Status…Broke own school and conference record in 50-yard free at NCAA Championships and finished in 34th (19.42)...Earned individual gold medals in the 50-yard free (19.54) and 100-yard fly (45:14)...Earned relay gold medals at A-10 Championships in 200-yard medley (1:25.70) and free (1:18.54) relays, and 400-yard medley (3:05.78) and free (2:53.25 *A-10 and GW Record*) relays…Finished 5th in in 100-yard free (43.55)...Helped break school and conference record in the 400-yard medley relay (3:05.69) at Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet…Helped break school 200-yard medley relay record at Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet (1:24.79)...Broke personal-best time in 100-yard free at Princeton Big Al Invitational (43.29).
2022-23
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First and Second Team…Collected six medals to help lead GW to third-straight conference title…Broke A-10 and program record while taking gold in the 100 free (43.42 - *A-10 Record*)...Helped take gold and set program records in in the 200 medley relay (1:25.69 - *Program Record*) and 200 free relay (1:18.05)...Was a part of the silver-medal winning 400 free relay (2:55.72)...Won the gold medal in the 100 fly (45.76) after also taking first in the 100 fly prelims (46.17)...Finished in second place (19.81) in the 50 free after pacing the field in the 50 free prelims (19.71).
2021-22
A-10 All-Conference First Team...NCAA Championship participant...Made tremendous Buff & Blue debut, earning seven gold medals at the A-10 Championship to help GW claim another team title before advancing to the NCAA Championship...Helped GW set a program record in the 400 medley relay at midseason meet (3:09.40) and also smashed A-10 mark in 100 fly (:45.72)...Set a Lejeune Hall record in the 100 fly (:46.14) to break a mark that had been held by Olympic legend Michael Phelps on Dec. 10...Won individual A-10 gold with conference record swims in the 50 free (:19.56) and 200 fly (1:45.17)...Set a meet record en route to gold in the 100 fly (:45.79)...Part of winning swims at the conference meet in 200 free relay (1:19.36, A-10 record), 200 medley relay (1:25.78, A-10 record), 400 free relay (2:56.49) and 400 medley relay (3:10.45)...Lowered record time in the 100 fly at Georgia's Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet (:45.52) on Feb. 26 to ultimately clinch NCAA berth...Swam three events in NCAA debut at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, finishing tied for 22nd in the 100 fly while tying his A-10 record (:45.52) and also landing 37th in the 200 fly (1:48.58) and 49th in the 50 free (:19.79)...Named A-10 Performer of the Week three times on the season.
AT EAST CAROLINA (2020)
Joined Pirates for spring semester and proceeded to help them capture 2020 AAC title...Claimed bronze in the 100 fly (:47.52) and finished ninth in the 50 free (:20.33) and sixth in the 100 back (:48.83).
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
At 2024 European Auqatics Championships...Swam in three events for Serbia at the European Aquatics Championships and reached the semifinals in each event…highest finish came in the 4x100-meter medley relay as he and the serbia relay team finished in 7th place (Matic’s butterfly leg in :52.10)...Highest individual finish in the 50-meter butterfly with a 13th place finish (23.60)...Earned 16th place in the 100-meter butterfly (52.85)...Member of Serbian Swimming Federation...Posted Olympic B cut swim in 100 fly at Serbian Open in March 2021...Won 50 fly, 100 fly and 200 back at 2020 Serbian national championships...Competed at 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup - Budapest.
MATIC'S CAREER BESTS
No Bag Policy PSA
Tuesday, August 19
25-26 GW Basketball Sizzle Reel
Wednesday, June 18
2025 SAMH Campaign Video
Tuesday, May 20
2025 The Georgeys Recap Video
Wednesday, May 07
