Asi Maman
Ron Polonsky with a degree (Stanford University)
Israeli Olympic swimmer Ron Polonsky recorded a marvelous achievement last night (Thursday-Friday) when he won a bronze medal at the PAC12 Championship in the U.S. College League in the 200m individual medley. Polonsky of Stanford University did it in a time of 1: 40.71 minutes, Fast from Criterion A to the College Championship, and became the third freshman (first year) swimmer in the history of the College League thanks to his result.
The winner of the ointment was another Olympian, Arizona State’s Frenchman Leon Marshan, with 1: 39.65, and he climbed to first place among the first-year swimmers in history. Grant House won the money, just five hundredths ahead of Polonsky. By the way, in the same historical ranking of first-year swimmers is another Israeli, Gal Cohen Gromi, who is in fifth place with his result in the last Big 10 championship.
Another night at PAC12: Daniel Namir was a partner in the University of Arizona bronze medal in the 4×50 freestyle. The Israeli Olympic locked the quartet with a great time of 18.98 seconds, for the first time in his career under 19 seconds and the fastest of his team’s swimmers.
