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Dora Molnar, who hails from Budapest, Hungary, has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Southern California’s class of 2029. She will arrive in Los Angeles next fall and join up with fellow commits Bella Brito, Kaitlyn Nguyen, Addie Gish, Jasmine Mojdeh, and Sage Miller.
“I’m so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Southern California!! Can’t wait to be a Trojan!!❤️💛 #fighton✌️”
Molnar is a backstroke and freestyle specialist. She made semi-finals in the 200 back at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, ultimately placing 12th with 2:09.83, just off her personal best of 2:09.02 which she achieved at the 2024 European Championships. In Belgrade, she topped the field in the semis with a PB of 2:09.67, then finished 2nd in the final with 2:09.02. She also placed 8th in the 100 back, going 1:01.46. Her best performance in that event dates to the 2022 Hungarian Championship, when, at 15, she swam the top time of 1:00.83.
At Hungarian Nationals in April 2024, she won the 100 back and was runner-up in the 100/200 free and 200 back. She clocked PBs in the 100 free (55.07) and 200 free (1:58.95).
Best LCM times (converted):
- 200 back – 2:09.02 (1:54.07)
- 100 back – 1:00.83 (53.72)
- 200 free – 1:58.95 (1:44.27)
- 100 free – 55.07 (48.17)
Molnar’s converted times would have ranked her 2nd in the 200 back, 3rd in the 100 back, 3rd in the 200 free, and 3rd in the 100 free on the Trojans’ roster last season. She would have made the NCAA Invite Standard in the 100 free and 200 free and she would have been .06 shy in the 200 back.
She follows a storied tradition of Hungarian Olympians who have swum for USC, including Katinka Hosszu (who was co-captain as a senior in 2012 and won 5 NCAA titles) and current sophomore Minna Abraham (who earned All-American honors in the 200 free and as a member of 4 relays last season).
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how many hungarians are in the ncaa now!? seems like a lot more than in the past
Kos, Sarkany, Betlehem, Minna Abraham currently and Molnár and Padar going next year. The best of Hungary’s younger generation of swimmers
There are some others too but these are the most prominent.
Joining Minna I see. Looks like Padar’s gonna be the odd one out going to Texas.
Those backstroke conversions just don’t work. There’s a pretty big population of women in the ncaa hitting under 1.54 but nowhere near as many of those have been or look likely to hit 2.09 in LCM.
The 100 back conversion is super conservative as well. If you look at 100 backs in the US there are very few women who have been 1:00 that aren’t at least going 52, and way more women going 51 than those going 53 low. You can’t find anyone who has been 1:00 on and only 53.7 in yards.
Jadah Hanna swim for USC 59.6 long course can only manage swim 52.66 once , she swam 53-54 range before decide transfer and quit. ASU and CAL foreign athlete they dropped impressively better than other program
Was she Canadian?
Agree with this. With the world’s worst underwaters, I was 1:00.0 LCM and 52.2 SCY. 1:00 is certainly closer to 51 for anyone with decent walls.
It depend on the program so far foreigner 200 butterflier and backstroker under USC only manage -12 to -14 from long course example : chmielewski and. Markygianiss other program dropped -14 to -17 example : kos and marchand
Those backstroke conversions are insulting.