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At USC
Ivana Filipovic, a senior port enters her fourth year for the Women of Troy...In 2011, Filipovic was a fixture in the eighth seat for the Trojans earning both CRCA Pocock All-America and All-Pac-10 first team honors...She was a key factor in the teams third place finish at the Pac-10 Championships and fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships...Additionally, she helped power USC to the Jessop-Whittier Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic as well as wins over Clemson, Michigan State, Virginia and UCLA...Also excelled in the classroom earning CRCA Div. 1 All-West Region National Scholar-Athlete honors...In 2010, Filipovic was a key member of the First Varsity Eight in the stroke position...She contributed to the Trojans fourth place finish at the Pac-10 Championships as well as their eighth place finish at the NCAA Championships...She also contributed to wins at the Head of the American, over Notre Dame and Clemson at the SoCal Challenge and at the UCLA Dual... In 2009, Filipovic made an immediate impact on the varsity squad out of the No. 6 seat...Helping the team to victories over UCLA, Harvard and an 11th place finish at the NCAA Championships.
Rowing Highlights
Filipovic rowed four years for the Junior National Team and U23 National Team in Serbia and is now part of the Serbian National Team...Represented Serbia at the 2009 and 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships in single scull...Finished seventh in the single scull in Brest, Belarus...Finished ninth in the single scull at the U23 World Championships 2008 in Brandenburg, Germany...10th place in the double scull at the Junior World Championships 2007 in Beijing, China...Finished second in the junior double scull at the Balkan Rowing Championships 2007 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria...Second in the junior single scull at the Balkan Rowing Championships 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey...Filipovic rowed five years for VK Danubius 1885...Won seven gold and a silver in the single and double scull at the National Championships between 2005 and 2008.
Personal
Ivana Filipovic was born in Nova Sad, Serbia...2008 graduate of Svetozar Markovic High School in Novi Sad, Serbia...Mother, Dijana, played basketball and father, Vladamir, played volleyball...She is a psychology major...Hopes to be a sports psychologist.
