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THIS SEASON: A talented backstroker with international experience, 2009 junior Dina Hegazy from Egypt hopes to make a jump to become a major point-scorer for the Trojans at the Pac-10 level and beyond. 2008: As a 2008 sophomore, Hegazy was 25th in the 200y back (2:03.81), 28th in the 100y back (57.91) and 46th in the 200y free (1:53.55) at the Pac-10 Championships ... She earned 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honors ... Hegazy was among 14 Trojan student-athletes whose work was selected for the Louis Galen Annual Artletics Exhibition that was on display in the spring at the Galen Center Arena. The third-annual exhibition included artwork in painting, drawing, design, ceramics, film and digital photography by intercollegiate student-athletes in USC Roski School of Fine Arts courses. Her work was also selected for an NCAA Champions Magazine online story that featured art by NCAA student-athletes throughout the country. 2007: Hegazy was 13th in the 200y back (2:00.32), 19th in the 100y back (56.13) and 39th in the 500y free (5:02.94) as a freshman at the 2007 Pac-10 Championships. Both of the aforementioned backstroke times were personal bests. She began competing for USC in January of 2007 as a spring semester enrollee and quickly earned a role as a dual-meet contributor. HIGH SCHOOL: Hegazy graduated from American City College High in Cairo. She also attended Sunny Hills High in Rolling Hills for one year. EGYPT: A national and Arab record holder in the 50m, 100m and 200m back, Hegazy joined the Egyptian National swimming team in 2002 and has competed internationally for Egypt since 2003 ... Most recently, she raced for Egypt at the African Swimming Championships in September of 2006, winning silver medals in the 50m and 100m back and bronze medals in the 200m back and 400y medley relay ... At the 2005 Mediterranean Games, she was ninth in the 100m back and 10th in the 200m back ... At the 2004 Arab Olympic Games, she won gold medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m back and the 400m medley relay ... At the 2003 Junior African Championships, she won gold medals in the 50m and 100m back. PERSONAL: She was born March 21, 1989 ... She is a fine arts major. CLUB: Irvine Novaquatics. HEGAZY'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
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