YMCA Nationals Finalist Kaliyah Hinson Commits to Howard University for Fall 2026

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YMCA Nationwide Championships finalist Kaliyah Hinson has introduced her verbal dedication to swim for Howard College in Washington, DC, starting within the fall of 2026.

“I’m proud to announce my educational and athletic dedication to Howard College! I need to thank my household, associates, and coaches for his or her assist, and a particular thanks to Coach Nic for believing in me and giving me this chance. Howard felt like the right match for me, each academically and athletically, and I’m thrilled to affix a program that’s not solely rising however making historical past. I can’t wait to contribute to the workforce and be a part of the Howard Swimming legacy. GO BISON!!!”

A senior at Spring Grove Excessive College, the Pennsylvania native has been a member of her faculty’s varsity swimming and diving workforce for the previous two years, beginning as a junior. She presently trains year-round with York YMCA, the place she primarily makes a speciality of free and again, in addition to some fly and IM.

Hinson turned in a collection of high performances on the 2024 YMCA Quick Course Nationwide Championships, incomes a second swim in two particular person races and logging new finest instances in two occasions. She positioned thirteenth within the 50 free (23.72) and twenty eighth within the 100 again (57.26 – PB). Hinson additionally helped her workforce to a Third-place end within the 200 free relay, Sixth-place end within the 200 medley relay and Ninth-place end within the 400 medley relay. She posted a lifetime finest time of 23.56 within the 50 free because the leadoff on the 200 free relay throughout prelims, and she or he additional improved her finest time within the 100 again because the leadoff on the 400 medley relay with a time of 57.08.

On the 2025 YMCA Quick Course Nationwide Championships, Hinson as soon as once more delivered high performances for her workforce on the relays. She helped York to a 4th-place end in each the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay, a Seventh-place end within the 200 medley relay and a Tenth-place end within the 200 free relay. She additionally contested the 50 free (24.15), 100 free (52.58), 100 again (58.12) and 200 again (2:04.85 – PB).

Hinson competed on the PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation) 3A State Championship in March, the place she earned a second swim in a single occasion. She positioned twelfth within the 50 free (24.21) and seventeenth within the 100 again (58.16).

Finest Occasions SCY

50 free – 23.56
100 free – 52.13
200 free – 1:53.70
100 again – 57.03
200 again – 2:04.85

A Division I Mid-Main program, Howard competes within the Northeast Convention towards the likes of Central Connecticut State, Saint Francis (PA )and Wagner. Howard’s girls’s workforce earned a second straight runner-up end ultimately season’s Northeast Convention Championships.

Primarily based on the outcomes from the 2025 convention championships, Hinson would have landed within the ‘A’ ultimate within the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 again and 200 again, setting her as much as be a key contributor for Howard proper from the beginning.

Hinson will probably be joined by fellow 2026 commits Victoria Williams and Amira Washington subsequent fall, who ought to make for robust coaching companions over the following 4 years.

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