Destin Lasco

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2024-25 NCAA Season Takes Flight With Friday Kickoff At Cal Poly

Full Name:	Destin Richard Lasco
Born:	August 07th, 2001
	Galloway, New Jersey
Nationality:	United States
Status:	Active

Destin Lasco is an American swimmer who swims for the University of California, Berkeley. He is a multi-time NCAA Champion and All-American. High School During his high school campaign, Lasco was a 3-time New Jersey Swim Athlete of the Year. He was a 23-time high school All-American and 8-time national high school record holder (scm). He was a member of the USA National Jr Team and competed at the 2018 Jr Pan Pacific Championships, where he placed 1st in the 100 back and 4x100 free relay and 9th in the 50 and 100 free. Lasco was ranked #3 in SwimSwam's Top 20 NCAA Ranks for the class of 2020 and #5 in the Re-rank of that class. On January 19, 2019, Lasco announced his verbal commitment to swim for Cal. College (California) 2020-2021 At his first Pac-12 championships, Lasco made his presence in the NCAA known. He swam the 200 free-100 back double on day 3 of the meet, placing 6th in the 200 free (1:33.73) and winning the 100 back (45.30) just minutes later. He really turned heads when led a historic 1-2-3-4-5-6 finish for Cal in the 200 back in the final night, taking the win in 1:38.13. Lasco also swam on the winning …

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