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2020-2021 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Parker Hymer-Costa

Parker Hymer-Costa

  • Position:
    Freestyle
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Monterey, Calif.

Summary

Biography

2019-20 (Junior): 
  • Awards and Honors: MPSF All-Academic Team, MPSF Second Team (1650 Free)
  • Came in at No. 8 of the MPSF Championships of the 1650 free event.
  • Wracked up finished at No. 4 in the 500 free and No. 5 of the 1000 free in head-to-head matchup with Minnesota (Jan. 11).
  • Placed No. 2 in the 500 free and No. 4 in the 1000 free in head-to-head with Drury (Jan. 9). 
  • Finished at No. 6 of the 1650 free in tri-match with Arizona and Denver (Oct. 25-26).
2018-19 (Sophomore):
  • vs. CSU Bakersfield (Oct. 18-20): competed in the 50 Y Back and the 50 Y Fly, finishing 21st (27.19) and 24th (25.17), respectively.
  • Roadrunner Invite (Oct. 20): swam to a ninth-place finish in the 1000 Y Free (10:29.10) and nabbed a 12th place finish in the 500 Y free (4:54.89).
  • Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 14-16): competed in four events (200 Y Free, 500 Y Free, 1000 Y Free and 1650 Y Free). Swam to an 18th place finish in the timed finals of the 1650 Y Free (16:46.10). Placed 24th in the 500 Y Free (4:45.34) and 32nd in the 200 Y Free (1:44.26). Finished the 1000 Y Free with a time of 10:04.16.
  • vs. Minnesota (Jan. 12): earned a pair of top 10 finishes in the 500 Y Free and the 1000 Y Free, placing seventh in the 500 Y Free (4:45.56) and sixth in the 1000 Y Free (10:07.93).

2017-18 (Freshman): 
  • Vs. Dury, Minnesota (Jan. 6): Finished 7th in 200 Y free (1:45.21), 10th in 100 Y Free (49.18), and 11th in 500 Y Free (4:55.36)
  • Vs. Purdue (Jan. 2): Finished 4th with a personal best in 1000 Y Free (10:04.63), and 7th in 500 Y Free (5:00.25)
  • Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 16-18): Finished 24th with a personal best in 500 Y Free (4:40.66) and 31st with a personal best in 200 Y Free (1:44.27)
  • Vs. UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 29): Finished 5th in 1000 Y Free (10:15.27) and 6th in 500 Y Free (4:48.22)
  • Vs. CSU Bakersfield, Idaho (Oct. 28): Finished 3rd in 500 Y Free (4:44.46) and 6th in 200 Y Free (1:45.67)
  • MPSF Championships (Feb. 15-17): Finished with all personal best times in 200 Y Free (1:41.23), 500 Y Free (4:34.00), and 1000 Y Free (9:55.61).
Prep:
  • A 2017 graduate of Monterey High School in Monterey Calif., where he lettered all four years
  • Earned first-team all-Montery Bay League-Gabilian honors and three-time Most Valuable Swimmer (2014-17)
  • A CAC CCA State qualifier in the 200 free
  • Owns two school records, in the 200 IM and 200 free
  • Swam for Seaside Aquatics Club for 14 years, twice aiding the team to Coast Valley Aquatic League (CVAL) Championships (2016-17), while he qualified for Sectionals and Futures
  • Lettered two years in water polo, garnering USA Water Polo Academic All-America honors
  • Playing for Legacy Water Polo, he appeared twice on the National Junior Olympic Team in 2013 (14u) and 2014 (16u)
  • Member of the Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science (MAOS) from 2013-17 with leadership in 2016-17
  • Competed in the Alcatraz Swim Challenge, winning the event in 2015
Personal:
  • Born in Monterey, Calif.
  • Majoring in Environmental Studies
  • Son of Julie Hymer and Adam Costa of Monterey, Calif.
  • Was a California State Parks junior lifeguard assistant

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-2018Freshman

    Freestyle
    6'1" 180 lbs

  • 2018-2019Sophomore

    Freestyle
    6'0" 175 lbs

  • 2019-2020Junior

    Freestyle
    6'0" 175 lbs

  • 2020-2021Senior

    Freestyle
    6'0" 175 lbs