Florida Adds Verbal Commitment from #16 Liam Smith to 2026 Recruiting Class

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Liam Smith, who hails from Kalamazoo, Michigan, has introduced his intention to swim and examine on the College of Florida starting within the 2026-27 college 12 months. He wrote on social media:

“I’m very excited to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my tutorial and swimming profession on the College of Florida. First I wish to thank God for placing me within the place to have the ability to accomplish my targets and goals. Subsequent I wish to thank all of the coaches on the College of Florida for giving me this superb alternative. I additionally wish to thank my dad and mom and my brother, together with my superb coaches (Coach Parker and Coach Belton) for supporting me by this entire course of. Go Gators!!!🐊🐊🐊”

Smith is a junior at Otsego Excessive Faculty. He swims year-round with the Better Kalamazoo Crocs and was our #16 choose on the Means Too Early record of prime recruits from the highschool class of 2026.

In March, Smith received the 200 IM (1:48.64) and 100 fly (48.02) on the MHSAA Boys Division 3 State Championships. It was his second consecutive Michigan D3 state title within the fly; as a freshman, he received with 49.74 and positioned third within the 200 IM (1:54.11).

Smith kicked off brief course season final fall with a slew of finest occasions. He started with PBs within the 200 free (1:43.95), 100 breast, and 100 IM in October, then added the five hundred free and 200 breast a couple of weeks later. In November, he clocked finest occasions within the 100/200 again and 200 IM (1:52.24) on the Holland Fall Invite, and he scored new occasions in all 4 50s on the Better Kalamazoo Enviornment Problem.

At Winter Juniors East, he went 48.89 within the 100 fly and 1:46.60 within the 200 fly, inserting eleventh within the latter. Each occasions had been PBs, as was his 3:56.06 within the 400 IM. He was simply off his Holland Invite time within the 200 IM.

Equally, Smith swam new occasions in all his occasions throughout the 2024 lengthy course season. Notably, he threw down PBs within the 200 again (2:08.38) and 100 fly (55.59) at Indy Sectionals in March, and within the 200 fly (2:02.73), 200 IM (2:08.25), and 400 IM (4:31.08) at Minneapolis Futures in July.

Finest SCY occasions:

100 fly – 48.02
200 fly – 1:46.60
200 IM – 1:48.64

Smith will be a part of Santi Alzate in Gainesville in 2026. The Gators had 5 swimmers break 48 seconds within the 100 fly final season, together with NCAA champion Josh Liendo (43.07), Scotty Buff (44.38), Billy Jones (46.57), Jace Crawford (47.41), and Julian Smith (47.97). Smith would have ranked fifth amongst Florida’s 200 flyers final 12 months, behind Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero (1:41.33), Mason Laur (1:42.15), Billy Jones (1:43.94), and Sean Sullivan (1:44.51).

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