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Highschool senior Franziska Djatej has dedicated to swim at Fresno State subsequent fall. Djatej hails from Spokane, Washington the place she swims with the Spokane Waves Aquatic Group.
She attends Mead Senior Excessive Faculty in Spokane, which doesn’t sponsor a swimming program however that has a number of college students who swim for the Spokane Waves. Whereas she doesn’t take part in the highschool season, she has scored large finals at a number of membership meets – together with the 2024 Western Zone Senior Championships and the 2023 Boise Sectionals.
At Zones in April, she completed Third within the 200 IM in 2:03.84 and fifth within the 100 fly in 56.19. These swims, alongside along with her eleventh place end within the 100 free (51.95), had been all finest instances, and that was her final meet of report.
Finest Occasions in Yards:
- 50 free – 23.75
- 100 free – 51.95
- 200 free – 1:56.62
- 100 fly – 56.19
- 200 IM – 2:03.84
Djatej has had large drops since first asserting her dedication within the fall. For instance, her 200 IM has gone from 2:06.22 to 2:03.84. Whereas she dedicated as a top-tier sprinter, that 200 IM is arguably her finest occasion as she heads off to California.
Her finest time within the 200 IM would have positioned her sixth on the Fresno State final season and within the C Remaining on the Mountain West Convention Championships.
She additionally would have scored a few factors within the 100 fly.
The Bulldogs return most of their dash core, together with 49.93 100 freestyler Wiktoria Dabrowska and 22.90 50 freestyler Mackenzie Hutler, who contributed to a Third-place end within the 200 free relay finally 12 months’s Mountain West Championships. That can make it robust for Djatej to interrupt into the dash relays as a freshman.
Her addition is essential for the group’s long-term depth, although; of their high 4 returning 100 freestylers subsequent season, three are both seniors or grad college students.
She joins a freshman class that features Makaela Perea, Ryley Clark, and Sienna Cheng-Lucey, and British backstroker Ella Turner. Whereas it’s a decent class, it’s a flexible one, with many of the group in a position to contribute in a number of occasions instantly – together with fellow Western Zone finalist Sienna Cheng-Lucey, who would have made the B-Remaining finally 12 months’s convention championship meet within the 100 again.
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