The Mission Viejo Nadadores have revealed that the US Center for Safesport case against Trenton Julian has been “administratively closed” and that all temporary measures against the swimmer have been lifted.
The Mission Viejo Nadadores have received notice from the Center for SafeSport which has completed its inquiry into the allegations made against Mission Viejo swimmer, Trenton Julian.
His case has been administratively closed and all temporary measures regarding this matter have been lifted.
We wish him the best of luck in his upcoming competitions and his quest for the Paris Olympics.
Julian no longer appears in the US Center for SafeSport database.
Julian, a member of the US National Team, was added to the US Center for SafeSport database in May with temporary restrictions on his activities under “Allegations of Misconduct.”
The restrictions listed by SafeSport were: “Coaching / Training Restriction(s), Electronic Device Restriction(s), No Unsupervised Coaching / Training, Contact / Communication Limitation(s).”
According to US Center for SafeSport documentation, the Center can administratively close a case for several reason. That inculdes if investigators decide there was insufficient basis or information for continuing with a formal investigation, if the alleged victim declines to participate, or if the reported concerns are not a Code or policy violation. Administrative closure does not prevent the US Center for SafeSport from reopening a case if new information becomes available. The exact text from the US Center for SafeSport documentation:
Additionally, the Center may choose to close a case for administrative reasons. This most often occurs when we determine there is insufficient basis or information for continuing with a formal investigation. The Center may also close a case if you, or other similarly impacted parties, decline to participate, for any reason, or if the reported concerns—even if true—do not rise to the level of a Code or policy violation. If a case is administratively closed, it can be reopened at any time if additional relevant information becomes available, as the Center imposes no statute of limitations in addressing past misconduct.
US Center for SafeSport processes are closed, so no more information will be officially released on the matter.
Julian, 24, swam for five seasons collegiately at Cal. There, he won 19 CSCAA All-America awards, an NCAA title in the 400 medley relay, and two NCAA team championships, in 2019 and 2022. He is also a seven-time Pac-12 Champion, including three individual wins.
Julian is also a four-time member of the US National Team:
- 2022-23: 200 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM
- 2021-22: 200 fly, 200 IM
- 2020-21: 200 fly
- 2019-20: 200 fly
Julian was a member of the AMerican team at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, where he won a gold medal in the 800 free relay, swimming both a prelims and finals leg of the relay. He also won a silver medal by swimming the prelims butterfly leg on the 400 medley relay – a spot that became available after team captain Caeleb Dressel left the meet early.
Julian has a few other Team USA caps on his resume as well. That includes at the 2021 and 2022 World Short Course Championships, where he amassed 7 total medals, including 4 golds, in relays; and as a member of the winning 800 free relay at the 2019 World University Games.
Trenton Julian‘s dad Jeff Julian is the coach of the professional group at Mission Viejo, a group that includes World Champion backstroker Justin Ress.
What restrictions did he have until now then? He was competing all over and went to FINA world. Anything different now?
We should all know in this day and age not to send suit-less picture to other people’s phones.
and make sure they are 18!!!
Anyone care to spill tea?
Nothin to see here
Andrew reportedly inconsolable
Case closed. He has been exonerated.
No he hasn’t. Administrative closure certainly doesn’t mean he did nothing wrong.
However, it does mean that nothing was ever proven so he’ll be a regular swimmer again. I don’t see the point of continuing comments about him (but no doubt they will continue)
Seems like this comment section isn’t too fond of the phrase “innocent until proven guilty”.
A legal standard that doesn’t apply to awful behavior that isn’t illegal
Doesn’t make me feel much better
That alone was enough to sorta make my stomach drop.
Pumped we’ll never know what the hell happened.
Yeah, the restrictions on him were too big to dismiss anything in my mind.
I had the same thought. Also you post a lot of great takes on here Steve.
Well, at least the comments now ought to stop
hey! is this your first time on the internet? welcome!
sorry I know this was a bit snarky, couldn’t help myself
Ought to not will
I think Mission Viejo would not allow him to swim for them if its true since they had a coach once get in trouble for sexual harassment about 8 years ago, I
ya i can’t think of a single example of an organization continuing to turn a blind eye to abuse again and again and again
Where his father is the pro group coach? That’s unfortunately unlikely….
As long as we’re talking about his father having a position of authority within the group that released this statement that the case was administratively closed: there’s no evidence that the statement is accurate. If the investigation concluded that Julien sent inappropriate pictures and his sanction was six months of probation and taking a SafeSport education module on appropriate social media use – which is a sanction that has been given to multiple athletes previously – Julien would also have been removed from the public database and there would be no public indication that the Center for SafeSport found he violated the SafeSport code and he was sanctioned for it.
The Center for SafeSport frequently issues sanctions that aren’t public.… Read more »
Oh cmon! This is the internet where people are guilty until proven innocent (and even then, you’re still guilty).