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Cal Women's Swimming & Diving
Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:48 AM |
What do you think for this swimmer?She so like me!
Sara Isakovic
Personal information
Full name Sara Isakovic
Nationality Slovenia
Stroke(s) Freestyle
Club Plavalni Klub Radovljica
College team University of California, Berkeley
Date of birth June 9, 1988 (1988-06-09) (age 21)
Place of birth Bled, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 60 kilograms (130 lb)
2008 OLYMPICS
• Took home a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle, finishing in 1:54.97, just 0.15 seconds behind winner Frederica Pellegrini of Italy (then-world record 1:54.82).
CAL SUCCESS
• A key member of Cal's 2009 NCAA team championship, Isakovic led off Cal's winning and record-breaking (NCAA, NCAA meet, U.S. Open and Cal) 800-yard freestyle relay (6:52.60), placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.79), sixth in the 200 free (1:43.30) and ninth in the 200 butterfly (1:54.61).
• Also at 2009 NCAAs, her 4:36.79 500-free prelim-time set a school record, surpassing Natalie Coughlin's 4:37.62 set in 2003.
• At the 2009 Pac-10 Championships, took second to teammate Dana Vollmer in the 200-yard free in a time of 1:43.00, which ranks third in Cal's all-time record books.
INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
• At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Isakovic reached the semifinal round of the 200-meter freestyle, competed in the 100-meter butterfly and led off Slovenia's 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
• A finalist in the 200 fly at the World Championships in Melbourne (2007) and a finalist in the 200 free at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal. Additionally in Montreal, she was the first Slovenian woman to reach the finals of the 200 free.
• Won the 2008 European Champion title in the 200m free, and set a new national record at the time of 1:57:52.
• A two-time European Junior Champion in 2004 in the 100 and 200 free events; still holds the European Junior record in the 200 free (1:59.80).
• Represented Slovenia in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
PERSONAL
• Undeclared major.
• Intends to major in communications at Cal.
• Lists Rafael Nadal as her favorite athlete.
WHY I CHOSE CAL
"Berkeley is not only famous in Europe, but all over the world. I am attending the best public university in the world. Having an education was my first priority, and it is an honor and a privilege to be able to attend Cal and swim with one of the best coaches in the world."
BEST CAL TIMES (IN YARDS)
50 free ...............23.96 (10/11/08 at Pacific)
100 free ..............50.25 (2008 at Art Adamson Inv.)
200 free ...............1:43.00 (2009 Pac-10s)
500 free ...............4:36.99 (2009 NCAAs)
1000 free .............10:03.46 (10/30/08 vs. Washington)
1650 free .............16:26.60 (2009 Pac-10s)
100 fly................54.63 (10/30/08 vs. Washington)
200 fly..............1:54.61 (2009 NCAAs)
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