2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Mendolicchio, Manuela

Manuela Mendolicchio
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini
- Hometown:
- Bari, Italy
Bio
FRESNO STATE ACCOLADES
• 2018-19 All-Mountain West - 200 Breast (Bronze)
• 2018-19 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
• 2018-19 Academic All-MW
• 2017-18 All-Mountain West (2) - 200 Breast (Gold), 100 Breast
• 2017-18 Academic All-MW
• 2016-17 Academic All-MW
2019-20 (SENIOR): earned Academic All-MW honors ... named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
2018-19 (JUNIOR): Earned her second consecutive medal and All-MW honor in the 200 Breaststroke ... placed third in the 200 Breast at the MW Championship with a team season-best and NCAA B cut time of 2:11.31, just .10 off her program record time ... qualified for the B Final in the 100 Breast at the MW Championship, finishing 12th overall in 1:02.13 ... also made the B Final in the 200 IM and placed 13th overall with a career-best time of 2:02.63, the third fastest time in program history ... swam the second leg in Fresno State's program-record breaking 200 Medley Relay (1:39.91) and 400 Medley Relay (3:41.29) at the MW Championship ... broke the program record in the 100 IM with a career-best time of 57.80 at the UNLV Invitational ... recorded a team season-best in the 100 Breast (1:02.08) at the UNLV Invitational, just .06 off her program record time ... named MW Swimmer of the Week three times (Dec. 4, Jan. 15, Jan. 22), the most weekly honors among all MW swimmers ... had career-best times in the 400 IM (4:26.08) vs. UC Davis, 50 Free (26.01) in the Chick-Fil-A Invitational, and 200 Free (1:58.16) vs. Pacific ... won the 200 Breast seven times, the 100 Breast five times, and the 200 IM twice during the regular season ... swept the 100 and 200 Breast in three dual meets ... won the 200 Breast in a field of 38 at the UNLV Invitational ... tallied five second-place finishes and four third-place finishes ... had multiple top-three finishes in eight different meets with three top-three finishes in four meets
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE): Won the MW title and broke the program record in the 200 Breast with an NCAA B cut time of 2:11.21 in the MW Championship ... had the top prelim time of 2:12.44 and went more than a second under that in the final ... also broke the program record in the 100 Breast with an NCAA B time of 1:02.02 in the MW Championship ... placed 7th in the prelims of the 100 Breast and finished in 6th place in the 'A' final to earn All-MW honors ... helped Fresno Sate break program records in both the 200 and 400 Medley Relays at the MW Championships, swimming the second leg in both ... qualified for the 'C' Final in the 200 IM in the MW Championships with a prelim time of 2:04.39, the fourth fastest 200 IM time in program history ... was one of three Bulldogs to break the 100 IM program record at the TYR Invitational and stands second all-time with a time of 59.31 ... Won the 200 Breast seven times during the regular season while winning the 100 Breast four times ... Swept the Breaststroke events in four meets, against UC Davis/CS East Bay, CSU Bakersfield, San Diego, and San Jose State.
2016-17 (FRESHMAN): Swam personal-bests in the 100 Breaststroke (1:02.62) and the 200 IM (2:05.88) at the A3 Performance Invitational, breaking the Fresno State record for the 100 Breaststroke … swam a personal-best in the 100 Freestyle (55.93) at the Chick-fil-A Invitational … set a personal-best time in the 200 Freestyle (2:01.21) … swam personal-bests in the 200 Breaststroke (2:15.24) and the 100 IM (1:00.50) in Fresno State’s quad-meet against Pacific, Fresno Pacific and UC Santa Cruz on Nov. 12 … throughout the season the Freshman had nine first place finished in the 100 Breaststroke and eight first place finishes in the 200 Breaststroke.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini in Bari, Italy.
PERSONAL: Parents are Francesco Mendilicchio and Giuseppina Nardulli … has one sister, Erica … favorite athlete is Katinka Hosszu, Hungarian Olympian, because of her versatile skills and her sunny character … biggest athletic thrill is coming to Fresno with the hopes of competing in an NCAA championship … chose Fresno State because she was impressed by what head coach Jeanne Fleck is doing with the Bulldogs ... majoring in business
FRESNO STATE CAREER BESTS
* Program Record
• 2018-19 All-Mountain West - 200 Breast (Bronze)
• 2018-19 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
• 2018-19 Academic All-MW
• 2017-18 All-Mountain West (2) - 200 Breast (Gold), 100 Breast
• 2017-18 Academic All-MW
• 2016-17 Academic All-MW
2019-20 (SENIOR): earned Academic All-MW honors ... named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
2018-19 (JUNIOR): Earned her second consecutive medal and All-MW honor in the 200 Breaststroke ... placed third in the 200 Breast at the MW Championship with a team season-best and NCAA B cut time of 2:11.31, just .10 off her program record time ... qualified for the B Final in the 100 Breast at the MW Championship, finishing 12th overall in 1:02.13 ... also made the B Final in the 200 IM and placed 13th overall with a career-best time of 2:02.63, the third fastest time in program history ... swam the second leg in Fresno State's program-record breaking 200 Medley Relay (1:39.91) and 400 Medley Relay (3:41.29) at the MW Championship ... broke the program record in the 100 IM with a career-best time of 57.80 at the UNLV Invitational ... recorded a team season-best in the 100 Breast (1:02.08) at the UNLV Invitational, just .06 off her program record time ... named MW Swimmer of the Week three times (Dec. 4, Jan. 15, Jan. 22), the most weekly honors among all MW swimmers ... had career-best times in the 400 IM (4:26.08) vs. UC Davis, 50 Free (26.01) in the Chick-Fil-A Invitational, and 200 Free (1:58.16) vs. Pacific ... won the 200 Breast seven times, the 100 Breast five times, and the 200 IM twice during the regular season ... swept the 100 and 200 Breast in three dual meets ... won the 200 Breast in a field of 38 at the UNLV Invitational ... tallied five second-place finishes and four third-place finishes ... had multiple top-three finishes in eight different meets with three top-three finishes in four meets
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE): Won the MW title and broke the program record in the 200 Breast with an NCAA B cut time of 2:11.21 in the MW Championship ... had the top prelim time of 2:12.44 and went more than a second under that in the final ... also broke the program record in the 100 Breast with an NCAA B time of 1:02.02 in the MW Championship ... placed 7th in the prelims of the 100 Breast and finished in 6th place in the 'A' final to earn All-MW honors ... helped Fresno Sate break program records in both the 200 and 400 Medley Relays at the MW Championships, swimming the second leg in both ... qualified for the 'C' Final in the 200 IM in the MW Championships with a prelim time of 2:04.39, the fourth fastest 200 IM time in program history ... was one of three Bulldogs to break the 100 IM program record at the TYR Invitational and stands second all-time with a time of 59.31 ... Won the 200 Breast seven times during the regular season while winning the 100 Breast four times ... Swept the Breaststroke events in four meets, against UC Davis/CS East Bay, CSU Bakersfield, San Diego, and San Jose State.
2016-17 (FRESHMAN): Swam personal-bests in the 100 Breaststroke (1:02.62) and the 200 IM (2:05.88) at the A3 Performance Invitational, breaking the Fresno State record for the 100 Breaststroke … swam a personal-best in the 100 Freestyle (55.93) at the Chick-fil-A Invitational … set a personal-best time in the 200 Freestyle (2:01.21) … swam personal-bests in the 200 Breaststroke (2:15.24) and the 100 IM (1:00.50) in Fresno State’s quad-meet against Pacific, Fresno Pacific and UC Santa Cruz on Nov. 12 … throughout the season the Freshman had nine first place finished in the 100 Breaststroke and eight first place finishes in the 200 Breaststroke.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini in Bari, Italy.
PERSONAL: Parents are Francesco Mendilicchio and Giuseppina Nardulli … has one sister, Erica … favorite athlete is Katinka Hosszu, Hungarian Olympian, because of her versatile skills and her sunny character … biggest athletic thrill is coming to Fresno with the hopes of competing in an NCAA championship … chose Fresno State because she was impressed by what head coach Jeanne Fleck is doing with the Bulldogs ... majoring in business
FRESNO STATE CAREER BESTS
100 Breaststroke | ||
1:02.02* | 2-16-18 | at MW Championship |
200 Breaststroke | ||
2:11.21* | 2-17-18 | at MW Championship |
100 IM | ||
57.80* | 12-1-18 | at UNLV Invitational |
200 IM | ||
2:02.63 | 2-21-19 | at MW Championship |
400 IM | ||
4:26.08 | 1-19-19 | vs. UC Davis |
50 Freestyle | ||
26.01 | 10-5-18 | Chick-Fil-A Invitational |
100 Freestyle | ||
55.93 | 10-7-16 | Chick-Fil-A Invitational |
200 Freestyle | ||
1:58.16 | 11-17-18 | vs. Pacific |
* Program Record
Pre S&D UOP & FPU Hype
Thursday, October 20
Chick-fil-A Invitational
Thursday, October 06
S&D Senior Day
Saturday, January 22
'Dogs top Pepperdine
Friday, January 14