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Diego Balbi, from Lake Value, Florida, has dedicated to swim and examine on the College of Southern California starting within the 2024-25 faculty yr.
“I’m completely satisfied to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my athletic and tutorial profession on the College of Southern California. I’d prefer to thank my household, coaches, and associates for serving to me get to the place I’m now. Battle on ✌️”
Balbi is a senior at Saint Andrew’s College in Boca Raton. He swims year-round with Saint Andrew’s Aquatics and represents Peru internationally. A fly/again specialist, we named him to the “Better of the Relaxation” part of our record of prime boys recruits from the highschool class of 2024.
Balbi wrapped up his ultimate Florida highschool season with a pair of silver medals and three lifetime-best instances on the 2023 FHSAA Class 1A State Championships. He was runner-up within the fly (47.09) and the again (48.67) and he led off the 400 free relay (third place) with a PB of 45.31. He additionally cut up 21.21 on the fly leg of the Saint Andrew’s 2nd-place medley relay. A yr in the past, he positioned 2nd within the fly (47.36) and 4th within the again (50.32) on the FHSAA Class 1A state meet. Each instances have been PBs on the time.
He had an enormous meet final March on the 2023 NCSA Spring Championships, the place he got here in 4th within the 100 fly (47.21) and fifth within the 200 fly (1:45.36), and earned lifetime bests within the 50 again (twenty eighth with 23.04), 100 again (twenty fourth, 49.56 in prelims), 200 again (1:48.97 in prelims), and 50 fly (seventeenth with 21.95).
Balbi represented Peru at World Junior Championships in September, competing within the 50/100/200 fly. He completed twenty first within the 50, ninth within the 100, and thirteenth within the 200 and picked up new PBs within the 50 (24.87) and 200 (2:00.92). His finest 100 fly time, which is a 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials minimize, is 53.49 from final spring’s PSS Ft. Lauderdale.
Greatest SCY instances:
- 200 fly – 1:45.36
- 100 fly – 47.09
- 100 again – 48.67
Outdoors of swimming, Balbi enjoys engaged on vehicles, enjoying water polo, and spending time together with his household. His older brother, Joshua Balbi, swam at Tufts, and his youthful brother, Julian Balbi, is a pupil at Saint Andrew’s.
He’ll be a part of Pierce O’Grady, Nathan Wu, Sanberk Oktar, and Thomas Olsen on the Trojans’ roster subsequent fall.
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