{"id":395838,"date":"2019-09-30T16:34:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T23:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=395838"},"modified":"2019-09-30T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T23:34:36","slug":"greek-national-teamer-evangelos-makrygiannis-delivers-verbal-to-usc-trojans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/greek-national-teamer-evangelos-makrygiannis-delivers-verbal-to-usc-trojans\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek National Teamer Evangelos Makrygiannis Delivers Verbal to USC Trojans"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Southern California has gained a new verbal commitment for the fall of 2020 from Evangelos “Vaggelis” <\/strong>Makrygiannis<\/strong> of Athens, Greece.<\/p>\n

Makrygiannis swims year-round with ANOA and has also represented the Greek Swimming Federation internationally. He most recently recorded four best times at the Greek National Open Championships this past summer after finaling in five events at that meet in 2018. Last winter, he finaled in four events and recorded five lifetime bests at the Greek Winter National Championships.<\/p>\n

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

“I am glad to announce my verbal commitment to the prestigious University of Southern California(USC)! It’s a great honor to become a member of one of the most succesfull Swimming programs in NCAA. I am looking forward to meet my future teammates and the legendary coaching staff of Trojan’s Swimming program in fall of 20\u2019! I can’s wait to move in Los Angeles to develop my swimming at the highest possible level while I am persuing my bachelor’s! #fighton<\/a>” [sic]<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In LCM, his best times include:<\/p>\n