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Ridgefield Aquatic Membership’s Abby King of Ridgefield, Connecticut, will head south to swim for the College of Georgia within the fall of 2026. King is a Summer time Juniors qualifier that excels within the breaststrokes and IMs, and he or she is presently a junior on the College of the Holy Youngster Rye.
I’m completely excited and honored to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my educational and athletic profession on the College of Georgia!! I’d like to say thanks to my household, my buddies and my coaches at RAC, particularly Emmanuel for the fixed encouragement and help! Lastly, the most important thanks to all the coaches at UGA, Stef, Fernando and Jerry for this wonderful alternative! So excited to be a part of a group that already seems like dwelling!! Go Dawgs
Whereas a number of of King’s private bests come from 2022-2023, she wasn’t far off these instances this previous season. On the Connecticut Senior Championships in March of 2024, King was a 2x runner up. She positioned 2nd within the 100 breast, along with her 1:04.09 simply half a second off her private better of 1:03.55, and he or she was 2nd within the 200 IM, the place her time of two:04.88 was a brand new finest time. King did take dwelling a win, within the 200 breast, the place by swimming a 2:17.57, she was barely off her PB of two:14.50 from the 2022 Winter Junior Championships. There, she gained the C-final after qualifying in twenty fourth from prelims.
Extra not too long ago, King swam on the TYR 18&beneath Spring Cup in Fort Lauderdale in Could, the place she recorded 3 prime 5 finishes. She took fifth within the 100 breast in 1:13.19, third within the 200 IM in 2:22.00, and third within the 200 breast in 2:37.75. All three swims had been season bests.
Finest instances:
100 breast: 1:03.55
200 breast: 2:14.50
200 IM: 2:04.88
400 IM: 4:22.07
200 fly: 2:02.06
On the 2024 SECs Georgia got here in fifth, however the Bulldogs will lose their prime scorer, Zoie Hartman, who simply completed up her fifth 12 months at UGA. Abby McCulloh, the NCAA Champion within the 1650 free, is a senior, and also will have graduated as soon as King arrives on campus. To attain on the 2024 SECs, it took instances of 1:01.39/2:13.85 within the 100/200 breast and a 2:00.24 within the 200 IM.
King is the 4th verbal commit for UGA’s class of 2030, as SwimSwam’s #10 ranked recruit Virginia Hinds, ‘BOTR’ breastroker Grace Hunt, and ‘BOTR’ IM’er Brooke Bennett will be part of King in Athens within the fall of 2026. UGA is rapidly constructing a robust recruiting class, with Hinds being an Olympic Trials qualifier, Hunt a 2x YMCA Nationwide Champion, and Bennett a US Open qualifier.
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