Mario Koenigsperger

How Have Olympic Redshirts and Deferrals Worked Out in the Past?

With Torri Huske and Claire Curzan announcing that they will be taking redshirts next year, let’s see how redshirts and deferrals have worked out in the past.

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Speedo Grand Challenge Day 1: Isabelle Odgers Hits Personal Best 2:14.98 200 IM

USC swimmer Isabelle Odgers cracked a new personal best en route to winning the women’s 200 IM.

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USC’s Alexei Sancov Hits Lifetime Best 46.4 100 Fly in Dual with Utah

The swim was huge for Sancov, marking his first personal best performance since November of 2019. 

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Returning Conference Points: Elite Stanford Frosh Chasing Cal in Men’s Pac-12

Cal’s class of rising seniors – led by sprinter Ryan Hoffer – is an elite group. But so are Stanford’s incoming freshmen, including flyer Andrei Minakov.

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Breaststroker Mario Koenigsperger To Return To USC After Gap Year

52.1-breaststroker Mario Koenigsperger will rejoin the USC Trojans for the upcoming NCAA swimming & diving season after an Olympic gap year.

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Men’s Recruiting Class Ranks Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

Looking back at four years, three NCAA meets and one set of NCAA psych sheets, we re-score the 2016 recruiting classes by school.

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Redshirt Rewind: The 2020 NCAA Gap Years & Where They Go From Here

In Olympic anticipation, the 2020 NCAA season was loaded with top talent taking gap years. But Olympic postponement will throw a wrench into those plans.

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Helena Gasson Cracks Over-Decade-Old NZL Record In Women’s 200 IM

Day 2 of the 2019 New Zealand Short Course Championships brought another National Record, this time courtesy of Helena Gasson. 

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Zac Reid Among Double Winners On Night 1 Of New Zealand SC C’ships

The 2019 New Zealand Open Championships kicked off in Auckland tonight, with several double winners breaking out of the field.

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NCAA Scorer Mario Koenigsperger to Take Olympic Redshirt Season

At 1:00.83, Koenigsperger is close to the FINA ‘A’ cut (and NZ qualifying standard) for the 2020 Olympics in the 100 breast, which is a 59.93. 

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47-Year-Old Steve West Pops 1:04.99 100 BR LCM at NOVA Grand Challenge

47-year-old Steve West of Irvine Novaquatics broke his year-old Masters world record for the 45-49 age group in the 100 breast with a 1:04.99.

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2019 Pac-12 Men’s Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

ASU’s Grant House is one of the top medal threats in the 200 free tonight, but he’ll be competing with the likes of Cal’s Andrew Seliskar and Stanford’s Jack LeVant.

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2019 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The Biggest news coming into this morning is that Andrew Seliskar will not be swimming the 400 IM, and rather is opting for the 200 free today.

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USC Men Set for Road Tests at Cal, Stanford

USC’s men’s swimming and diving team hits the road this weekend with road tests at California at 2 p.m. on Friday and at Stanford at noon on Saturday.

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2018 Texas Invite Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The USC Trojans will be trying to build momentum on their strong morning on the final night of the 2018 Texas Hall of Fame Invite.

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