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2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Lovre Soric

  • Position Individual Medley/Backstroke
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Zagreb, Croatia
  • Highschool X. Gimnazija Ivan Supek

Biography

2017-18 (SENIOR): Qualified for U.S. Winter Nationals in the 200 back and 200 IM...finished 12th at WAC Championships in 200 IM (1:50.42) and 16th in 200 back (1:50.41)…contributed to fastest season relay times in the 200 free relay (1:22.11) and 800 free relay (6:33.48)....recorded seven first-place finishes throughout the season.
 
2016-17 (JUNIOR): Earned two bronze medals and one silver medal for three First Team All-Conference honors at WAC Championships…won silver in 400 IM while breaking school record with NCAA B cut time (3:49.40)…earned bronze in 200 IM with another school record and B cut time (1:46.40)…won bronze in 200 back with third school record and B cut time of meet (1:45.14)…helped 400 free relay team post fourth-best time in school history (2:59.23) in fifth-place finish at WAC Championships…Qualified for U.S. Open, US Nationals, and World Trials in multiple events…sits in CSUB Top 5 all-time in six different individual events…earned Academic All-WAC honors for third straight year…reset PRs in 100 back (49.42), 200 back, 100 fly (49.49), 200 IM, and 400 IM…competed in multiple events at U.S. Open in New York.

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE): Broke CSUB’s 11-year-old 100 free record with time of 44.32…broke 200 IM record, placing fourth at WAC Championships to earn Second Team All-Conference with NCAA B Cut time of 1:46.55…posted third-best 200 free time (1:37.05) in CSUB history in 800 free relay leadoff split, another NCAA B cut time…recorded second-best 50 free time (20.25) in split at WAC meet…scored points in 200 back at WAC meet with 14th-place finish, but posted season-best 1:47.26 at A3 Performance Invite…helped break CSUB 200 free (1:20.42) and 400 free (2:57.14) relay records…400 free record came in fourth-place finish at WAC meet, earning Second Team All-Conference…swam leg of 400 medley relay that posted fourth-best mark all-time for CSUB (3:16.79) as well as third-best mark (6:32.05) in 800 free relay…competed at US Winter Nationals, posted times of 24.10 in 50-meter free and 2:09.44 in 200-meter IM…won the 200 IM at Croatian Nationals with time of 2:04.88, good enough to make cut for US Open, US Nationals, and FINA cut, which could qualify him for World meets…earned Academic All-WAC and CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention honors.
 
2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Competed in six events for the Roadrunners…posted second-fastest time in CSUB history in 200 back with time of 1:46.43 in preliminary round at WAC Championships…went on to finish fourth in final of 200 back to earn Second Team All-WAC…now ranks second all-time for CSUB in the 200 IM after time of 1:48.05 in prelim at WAC meet while posting NCAA B cut time…finished fourth in 200 IM final also, earning Second Team All-WAC for second time at meet…posted season- best time of 1:40.93 in 200 free to place 20th in prelim at WAC meet...took a leg of three different relay squads which each posted second-best time in CSUB history: 200 medley (1:29.24), 200 free (1:21.08), and 800 free (6:30.09)…named Academic All-WAC.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2013 graduate of X. Gimnazija Ivan Supek in Zagreb.
 
PERSONAL: Born Mar. 16, 1995...son of Mirko and Matilda Soric...an engineering sciences major with an emphasis in petroleum engineering.
 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Freestyle
    6'2" 200 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Freestyle
    6'2" 200 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    Freestyle
    6'2" 200 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    Individual Medley/Backstroke
    6'2" 200 lbs
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