NEW COMMIT: The University of Southern California has gained a new commitment for the 2019-20 season from Ovideo, Fla. sprinter Jan Collazo. Collazo also represents the Puerto Rican Swimming Federation.
Torres does his club swimming with Trinity Prep Aquatics and owns a pair of Summer Juniors cuts with the U.S. Open standard in the 100m free. He most recently competed at the Southern Premier Invitational where he earned a pair of lifetime bests after placing 12th in the 100 free at Juniors East. Also competing for Trinity Prep, Collazo is a six-time Florida 1A State Championship finalist. He placed second in the 50 free and third in the 100 free as a senior after finishing second in both of events during his junior season.
He told Swimming World:
“I am so happy and grateful that I could commit to my dream college, it was a lot of work but it certainly paid off. I didn’t make it by myself obviously. I had so many people that helped and guided me along the way. Among those people, I would like to thank my coach Rocco Aceto, and my loving mom. First off, without Rocco, I wouldn’t even be close to where I am today in my swimming and I would not have been so lucky to have been able to go to my top university. Also, I can’t thank my amazing mother enough for raising me and caring for me, she is the best mom I could’ve ever asked for and I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her.”
His best times include:
- 50 free – 20.38
- 100 free – 44.75
- 200 free – 1:41.16
When he suits up for the Trojans as a member of the class of 2023, he’ll add his sprint talents to a group that’ll include Alexei Sancov, Thomas Finello, Nikola Miljeni, Joao Ama, Mario Koenigsperger and Thomas Reed.
Hope he followed the recently concluded PAC12 Championships as USC, for whatever reason, has been underperforming with the fine talents on their roster. Don’t know if Dr. Salo is still coaching them though I know he coached the USC women’s team this season. Have no idea how USC will fare at NCAA’s coming up soon. But I don’t think they have enough qualifiers to even be in the top 10 schools. Wish Collazo well.