{"id":353533,"date":"2019-02-22T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T04:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=353533"},"modified":"2019-02-22T21:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T04:10:10","slug":"usc-trojans-collect-2020-verbal-from-cif-state-champion-ben-dillard-of-sierra-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usc-trojans-collect-2020-verbal-from-cif-state-champion-ben-dillard-of-sierra-marlins\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Trojans Collect 2020 Verbal from CIF State Champion Ben Dillard of Sierra Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Folsom, Calif. native and current high school junior\u00a0Ben Dillard\u00a0<\/strong>has recently announced his in-state verbal commitment to the University of Southern California for the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n

Dillard does his club swimming with Sierra Marlins Swim Team and owns six Winter Juniors (or faster) standards. He most recently finished fourth in the 200 breast and seventh in the 200 IM at Juniors West in December where he recorded a trio of lifetime bests. He achieved 100% personal best times at Junior Nationals this past summer en route to placing fourth in the 200m breast and fifth in the 100m breast.<\/p>\n

Also competing for Oak Ridge High School,\u00a0Dillard is a four-time CIF State Championship finalist.\u00a0He won the 100 breast and took third in the 200 IM as a sophomore after placing ninth and 12th, respectively, in those events during his junior season. He has also earned NISCA All-American honors twice in his career.<\/p>\n

He told\u00a0Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n

“Super hyped to announce my verbal commitment to continue my education and swimming at USC.\u00a0 Huge thanks to my family and friends!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His best times include:<\/p>\n