2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Koenigsperger, Mario
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Mario Koenigsperger
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Sacred Heart College
Bio
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NEW ZEALAND: Koenigsperger prepped at Sacred Heart College in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was a part of New Zealand's Youth team. He holds the New Zealand national age group records for the 50m breast (28.68) and the 100m breast (1:01.80). He won the 50m, 100m and 200m breast events at the 2015 New Zealand Age Group Championships ... That same year, Koenigsperger competed for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in the 100m breast ... He qualified for the 2016 New Zealand Olympic Trials, taking home silver in the 100m breast and bronze in the 50.
CLUB: Howick Pakuranga.
PERSONAL: Born in Bern, Switzerland, on May 9, 1997, his family moved to New Zealand in Koenigsperger's youth, which is when he learned to swim at age 13 at a local YMCA. He is majoring in business administration.
KOENIGSPERGER'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
- At Pac-12’s, finished 14th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (53.31/53.29) and 48th in the 50-yard Freestyle (20.84)
- Scholar All-American CSCAA Second Team
2021:
- Koenigsperger led the Trojans in the breastroke events, scoring twice at the conference championships.
- At Pac-12’s Koenigsperger was eighth in the 100y breast (53.33 / 53.54) and 11th in the 200y breast (1:57.57 / 1:57.35). He also swam the breastroke leg in two USC relays that finished 4th at Pac-12’s (200y medley, 400y medley).
- Koenigsperger won the 200y breast against Utah (Feb. 13), touching first in 1:57.82.
- Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
- Second-Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
2020:
- Koenigsperger redshirted his 2020 true senior season while focusing on training for New Zealand’s Olympic trials.
2019:
- Koenigsperger scored his first NCAA Championships points as a 2019 junior, finishing 13th in the 100y breast in a personal-best 52.12. He was also 21st in the 200y breast (1:54.39).
- He repeated as a finalist in the 100y back at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships, touching fourth in 52.22, then a PR and his highest conference finish. He won the B final of the 200y breast (1:53.72, PR) and was 35th in the 50y free (20.53).
- He was a two-time finalist at the Texas Invitational, finishing fourth in the 100y breast (52.98) and seventh in the 200y breast (1:56.36).
- He earned CSCAA Scholar-All-American first team honors after two years as an honorable mention pick and repeated as a 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic second team selection
2018:
- Koenigsperger was a 2018 Pac-12 finalist as a sophomore, finishing eighth in the 100y breast in 53.21 after a 52.95 in prelims. He was also 16th in the 200y breast (2:23.69) and 39th in the 50y free (20.48).
- Two-time finalist at the 2017 Texas Invitational, finishing seventh in both the 100y (53.65) and 200y breast (1:56.66).
- He was 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic second team selection and a CSCAA Scholar-All-American honorable mention pick for the second year in a row.
- Set a new USC record in the 100m long course breastroke (1:00.83) ...
2017:
- Koenigsperger raced in three events at the 2017 Pac-12 Championships as a freshman, winning the B final of the 100y breast (53.15, 53.06 in prelims), taking 12th in the 200y breast (1:56.18) and 24th in the 50y free.
- His 53.06 and 1:56.18 breast times were season bests. He won one dual meet event as a freshman, the 200y breast against UC Santa Barbara.
- Earned CSCAA Scholar-All-American honorable mention honors.
NEW ZEALAND: Koenigsperger prepped at Sacred Heart College in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was a part of New Zealand's Youth team. He holds the New Zealand national age group records for the 50m breast (28.68) and the 100m breast (1:01.80). He won the 50m, 100m and 200m breast events at the 2015 New Zealand Age Group Championships ... That same year, Koenigsperger competed for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in the 100m breast ... He qualified for the 2016 New Zealand Olympic Trials, taking home silver in the 100m breast and bronze in the 50.
CLUB: Howick Pakuranga.
PERSONAL: Born in Bern, Switzerland, on May 9, 1997, his family moved to New Zealand in Koenigsperger's youth, which is when he learned to swim at age 13 at a local YMCA. He is majoring in business administration.
KOENIGSPERGER'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
| Event | Time |
| 100-yard breast | 52.12 |
| 200-yard breast | 1:53.72 |
| 100 LCM breast | 1:00.83 |
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