#20 Alyssa Sagle Hands UVA Their First Verbal Commitment for Fall 2026

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Alyssa Sagle from Gainesville, Virginia, has introduced her intention to stay in-state to swim and examine on the College of Virginia starting within the 2026-27 college 12 months.

“I’m extraordinarily excited to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my tutorial and athletic profession on the College of Virginia! Thanks to my household, mates, coaches and everybody who has helped me alongside the way in which. I additionally need to thank all of the coaches at UVA for giving me this chance. Go hoos! ⚔️💙🧡”

A junior at Battlefield Excessive Faculty, she received the 50 free (23.43) and 100 again (53.17, a PB) on the 2024 VHSL Class 6 State Championships. In March, she clocked new lifetime bests within the 500 free (4:55.11), 200 again (1:56.04), and 200 IM (2:04.25) on the Potomac Valley Brief Course Senior Championships. Two weeks later she was in Florida competing on the NCSA Spring Championships, the place she positioned 4th within the 50 again, third within the 100 again, and sixteenth within the 200 again. She additionally competed within the 50/200 free and the 50 fly. She left the meet with new PBs within the SCY 50 again (24.95) and 50 fly (25.45) and the LCM 50 again (29.44), 100 again (1:01.16), 200 again (2:17.56), and 50 fly (28.72). She certified for the 2024 Olympic Workforce Trials together with her 1:01.16 backstroke.

Sagle continued to shine all through lengthy course season, culminating with PBs within the 200 free (2:07.28), 200 again (2:13.11), and 100 fly (1:03.24) at Richmond Futures. She was runner-up within the 200 again and got here in third within the 100 again, twelfth within the 100 fly, and twenty seventh within the 200 free.

Sagle swims year-round with Nation’s Capital Swim Membership. We ranked her twentieth on our Method Too Early listing of high recruits from the highschool class of 2026. Past Gretchen Walsh’s otherworldly 48.10 within the 100 again at NCAAs, the Cavaliers had 5 backstrokers beneath 53 and 1:55 final season: Alex Walsh (52.01/1:50.18), Reilly Tiltmann (51.29/1:50.64), Tess Howley (51.99/1:53.47), Ella Bathurst (1:54.08), Carly Novelline (51.69/1:54.36), and Izzy Bradley (52.11/1:54.99). Sagle would have ranked seventh on the depth chart within the 100 again and eighth within the 200 again.

Greatest Occasions:

200 again – 1:56.04
100 again – 53.17
50 again – 24.95
100 fly – 55.73
50 free – 23.39

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