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CIF-SS D3’s Nate Biondi: “I was verbally committed to Cal since I was 3” (video)

CIF Southern Section Division 3 Championships

  • Prelims- Wednesday, May 10th
  • Finals- Thursday, May 11th
  • Riverside Aquatic Complex (Riverside, California)
  • Meet Info
  • Results

After winning the 50 and 100 free sprint double at the 2017 CIF-SS Division III Championships, Sierra Canyon senior Nate Biondi had a chat with SwimSwam to fill us in on what he’s been up to over the past year. Biondi changed clubs, got his first long course times, and committed to swim for the University of California, Berkeley next fall. The latter wasn’t much of a suprise, though, given that, as he confided, “I was verbally committed to Berkeley since I was 3.”

See the interview with the double-sprint champion below:

 

 

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ERVINFORTHEWIN
7 years ago

He looks and sounds like a great young guy – talented – even with such a Famous name – he will get to the elite level – no doubt .

Bakstroke
7 years ago

Interesting fun fact Nate Bionde Cy Jager and Cale Berkoff are all Srs in high school and swimming in college

Adam
7 years ago

Point on the doll…..

M Palota
7 years ago

My spidey-swim-sense is tingling… This kid could be a rocket.

Swim-mom4
7 years ago

Congrats to this young man! No matter who his parents are HE achieved his goal to swim at Cal. Keep on swimming!

Jonny Newsom
7 years ago

This begs the obvious question: why did he wait until he was 3 to verbally commit to Cal? Best of luck to this young man and Go Bears!

Swimdad
7 years ago

Actually, as a swim parent looking at college options with my kids, this is very relative. There’s MUCH more to the college experience than just the swimming.

bobo gigi
7 years ago

😆
Well, white nationalists and neo-nazis on one side, Bernie Sanders on the other side. Ok…. 🙄
And what does this have to do with swimming at Cal?

Bill B.
Reply to  bobo gigi
7 years ago

Cal, the formerly great flagship University of the California University system has a wonderful aquatics and academic tradition, however – as an academic institution it has made itself evermore irrelevant over the years. Cal has become a looney bin – communist indoctrination center.

Lane Four
Reply to  Bill B.
7 years ago

Cal has ALWAYS been known as an activist school starting back in the 60s. Nothing new here.

TINY HANDS
Reply to  Bill B.
7 years ago

Cal-Berkeley has been, and continues to be, one of the best academic institutions on the planet. One might make the argument that there is a strong political bias, but their contributions to academia are top-notch.

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