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Billie Blu Mondonedo, a member of the Philippine National Junior Team, has flipped her commitment to Arizona after previously being committed to Indiana. She arrived this fall.
“I am incredibly blessed to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Arizona! I’d like to thank my friends and teammates from all over the world who are the reason I love this sport and continue to do it. Thank you to my family for having my back and to every single one of my coaches, from Sandpipers to the Philippines, for shaping me into the athlete I am today. And forever grateful to Coach Ben & Coach Pete for this opportunity. God’s plan is far better than ours, so let go & let God. WILDCAT”
(@billie.mondo)Mondonedo trains with the Sandpipers of Nevada and will stay a lot closer to home as Tucson is about a six and a half hour drive to Tucson. Last winter, she swam to numerous lifetime bests at the CA/NV Winter Sectionals. Her best times including a 1:47.93 for 3rd, a 50.44 in the 100 free for 7th, a 4:55.34 in the 500 free for 10th, a 23.81 in the 50 free for 15th, and a 57.75 in the 100 fly for 30th.
She most recently competed at the 55th Singapore National Age Group Championships. She most notably finished 6th in the 100 free in a 58.06. She also was 8th in the 200 free in a 2:09.13.
Mondonedo’s Best SCY Times Are:
- 50 free – 23.81
- 100 free – 50.44
- 200 free – 1:47.93
- 500 free – 4:55.34
The Arizona women finished 2nd at the 2025 Big 12 Championships with 1240 points, 455 points behind conference champions Arizona State. Kayman Neal was the highest individual scorer at Big 12s with 78 points. The Arizona women went on to finish 29th at 2025 NCAAs with 20 total points. That was a huge improvement from 2024 when they scored 0 points at 2024 NCAAs. The team just finished its first season under head coach Ben Loorz.
Based on her best times, Mondonedo would already make the Big 12 ‘A’ final of the 200 free while her best times in the 100 free and 500 free would make the conference ‘C’ final. Neal led the team this past season in the 200 free as she was 2nd at Big 12s in a 1:45.85. She was joined by Malia Rusch in the ‘A’ final as Rusch swam a 1:47.07 for 7th.
Mondonedo brings relay potential as her best time in the 200 free would have been 3rd on the team this past season only behind Neal and Rusch. The team’s 800 free relay was 2nd at Big 12s, finishing only behind ASU.
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