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Dominique Lendjel

  • position Im/backstroke
  • class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Sindelfingen, Germany
  • High school Gottleib-Daimler-Schule
  • position Im/backstroke
  • class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Sindelfingen, Germany
  • High school Gottleib-Daimler-Schule

Dominique Lendjel Bio

2008-09 – Redshirted after suffering injury in preseason.

2007-08 – Competed in the NCAA Championships in the 100 and 200 backstroke and 200 IM…Scored two points for Carolina at the SEC Championships with a 15th-place finish in the 200 IM…Set personal bests in two of three events, swimming a 49.41 in the 100 back and a 1:47.07 in the 200 IM, the second-fastest time in school history…His time of 1:47.00 in the 200 back was a season-best…Had the top Carolina time in both the 100 free (45.97, personal best) and 200 free (1:41.07) and the second-best in the 100 fly (49.01)…Part of the 800 FR team that earned a `B[apos] cut with a 6:33.45 at the Alabama Classic.

2006-07 – Honorable mention All-American … Competed in the 800 free relay event at the NCAA Championships where the team finished 11th with a season-best mark of 6:28.65, en route to honorable mention All-America honors … South Carolina[apos]s highest finisher in the 200 IM at NCAAs (1:36.13, 33rd), posting a season-low mark in the event … Also competed in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships, finishing 29th (1:45.57) … Competed in several events at SECs, including the 200 back (1:46.88, 8th), the 400 medley relay (3:16.50,6th) and the 200 IM (1:48.71, 11th) … Turned in USC[apos]s top time of the year in the 100 back (50.40), 200 back (1:45.57) and 200 IM (1:48.13).

PRE-COLLEGE – Attended Gottleib-Daimler-Schule for high school … 2005 and 2006 200 IM German National Champion and member of the National ‘B’ Team.

PERSONAL – Nickname is Dom … Mother, Andrea Lendjel, was a Hungarian Swimming Champion … Two siblings, Patrick, 23, and Marcel, 20 … Born May 21, 1985 … Major is HRTM.

LENDJEL[apos]S TOP TIMES

100 Free 45.97
200 Free 1:41.07
100 Back 49.41
200 Back 1:45.57
100 Fly 49.01
200 IM 1:47.07
400 IM 4:03.27