Griffin O'Leary

Derek Zhang

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/ Men's Swimming & Diving

Photo by: Katie Chin/USC Athletics

Height:
6-2
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Barrington, Ill.
High School:
Barrington High School

2023-24 SEASON:

At the Pac-12 Championships, O’Leary finished 22nd in the 100y butterfly (47.72), 10th in the 100y backstroke (46.79 / 46.66), and 14th in the 200y backstroke (1:43.35 / 1:42.68)
Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 SEASON:

At Pac-12’s, O’Leary placed 20th in the 100y fly (47.20), 14th in the 100y backstroke (47.08) and 13th in the 200y backstroke (1:42.73).

HIGH SCHOOL: The 2021 Olympic Team Trials qualifier swam for Barrington High School and Barrington Swim Club, placing 26 out of 60 in the 100m backstroke with a qualifying time of 56.09 ... O’Leary was also a 2020 US Open qualifier in the 200m back (2:03.35) and the 200m fly (2:03.04), alongside being a Summer Juniors qualifier in the 100 fly (56.25) ... At the 2019 Speedo Junior Nationals, Griffin came in 11^th in the 100 back (56.98), 10^th in the 200 back and 16^th in the 200 fly ... O’Leary is a four-time individual Illinois State Championship finalist, and has earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors ... He was the 2022 IHSA State Champion in the 100 SCM backstroke and runner-up in the 100 SCM fly.

CLUB: Barrington Swim Club

PERSONAL: Born September 16, 2003 to parents Michael and Janine ... brother Colin swam at Boston College from 2017-2021 and sister Bridget swims at the University of Pennsylvania (2019-present) ... majoring in business administration.

O'LEARY'S PERSONAL RECORDS

Event	Time
50-yard free	20.57
100-yard back	46.66
100-yard fly	47.20
100 LCM back	56.09
100 LCM fly	54.95
200-yard back	1:42.68
200-yard IM	1:52.60
400-yard IM	4:03.53

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Cole Ballard

Andrew Brown

Junhao Chan

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Michal Chmielewski

Ronald Dalmacio

Ben Dillard

Diggory Dillingham

Nasim Elkassem

Anthony Fitzgerald

Laurent Gosselin-Paradis

Salvador Goya

Robert Gref

Luke Maurer

William Miller

Jack Moloney

Keller Morgan

Chris O'Grady

Pierce O'Grady

Griffin O'Leary

Sanberk Oktar

Thomas Olsen

Mateo Parker

Evan Pickles

Ian Pickles

Artem Selin

Oliver Sogaard-Andersen

Danny Syrkin

Shangfei Wang

Moritz Wesemann

Nathan Wu

Derek Zhang

Roster

Ryan Abdollahi

Diego Balbi

Cole Ballard

Andrew Brown

Junhao Chan

Krzysztof Chmielewski

Michal Chmielewski

Ronald Dalmacio

Ben Dillard

Diggory Dillingham

Nasim Elkassem

Anthony Fitzgerald

Laurent Gosselin-Paradis

Salvador Goya

Robert Gref

Luke Maurer

William Miller

Jack Moloney

Keller Morgan

Chris O'Grady

Pierce O'Grady

Griffin O'Leary

Sanberk Oktar

Thomas Olsen

Mateo Parker

Evan Pickles

Ian Pickles

Artem Selin

Oliver Sogaard-Andersen

Danny Syrkin

Shangfei Wang

Moritz Wesemann

Nathan Wu

Derek Zhang

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