Summer Juniors Qualifier Parker Knapp (2027) Verbally Commits to Texas A&M

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Parker Knapp from Virginia Seaside, Virginia, has introduced his intention to swim and examine at Texas A&M College starting within the 2027-28 faculty yr. He advised SwimSwam:

“I’m past excited and really blessed to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my educational and athletic profession at Texas A&M College! I need to thank Coach Blaire and your complete Texas A&M workers for this unimaginable alternative. I’m additionally extraordinarily grateful to my present coaches Richard, Danny, and Dorsey for guiding me and supporting me all through this journey. Thanks to my household, teammates, and buddies for all the time being by my aspect. I can’t wait to be a part of the Aggie family-Gig ‘Em!”

Knapp is a junior at First Colonial Excessive Faculty. On the 2025 VHSL Class 5 State Championships final season, he earned a pair of PBs together with his runner-up finishes within the 200 free (1:38.86) and 100 fly (49.39). He additionally swam splits of 21.04 and 46.01 on the FCHS freestyle relays.

Knapp trains year-round with the membership workforce TIDE Swimming. He’s a Summer season Juniors qualifier within the 200 again and a Winter Juniors qualifier within the 100 again, 100 fly, and 200 fly. He had an enormous meet in March on the ISCA Worldwide Senior Cup, the place he received the 200 again and 50 fly, was runner-up within the 200 free, 50 again, and 200 fly, and got here in 4th within the 100 free, ninth within the 50 free, and twenty seventh within the 50 breast. He left the meet with PBs within the 50 free (21.41), 100 free (46.20), 50 again (23.74), 200 again (1:46.84), 50 breast (28.53), 50 fly (22.59), and 200 fly (1:48.89).

This summer season, he improved his LCM occasions within the 100 free (53.37), 200 free (1:56.59), 50 again (27.90), 100 again (58.58), and 100 fly (56.34) at Virginia Swimming’s Lengthy Course Senior Championships. He wrapped up his 2025 long-course season at Summer season Junior Nationals, taking house PBs within the 50 fly (25.70) and 200 fly (2:04.09).

Greatest SCY occasions:

200 again – 1:46.84
100 again – 49.59
200 fly – 1:48.89
100 fly – 49.25
500 free – 4:36.14
200 free – 1:38.86
100 free – 46.20

Whereas Knapp is the primary public verbal dedication to the A&M males’s class of 2031, head coach Blaire Anderson has already secured pledges from “Better of the Relaxation” recruits Emma Liebler and Summer season Mudadu on the ladies’s aspect. Anderson began her second yr as head coach of the Aggies in August.

Knapp’s older sister Sophia Knapp is a senior on the UVA ladies’s swimming and diving workforce.

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