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A senior at Saint Charles East Excessive Faculty in Saint Charles, Illinois, Kyle Algrim has introduced his dedication for this fall, deciding to review and swim at Virginia Tech College.
“I’m extraordinarily excited to announce my verbal dedication to additional my educational and athletic careers at Virginia Tech! Thanks to my household, associates, teammates, and coaches for all of their help all through this course of. I’d additionally prefer to thank Coach Sergio and Coach Subirats for blessing me with this chance.”
Final February, as a junior, Algrim was a finalist in each of his occasions on the 2023 IHSA Boys Swimming and Diving State Championships. His prime end on the meet got here within the 500 free, together with his time of 4:31.57 being quick sufficient to earn him eighth place within the A-final of the occasion. He additionally added an eleventh-place end within the 200 free, hitting a private better of 1:40.96 throughout prelims of the occasion.
Throughout Algrim’s sophomore 12 months, he was a finalist within the 500 free as nicely. He completed eighth within the occasion at that meet as nicely, touching at a then-best time of 4:33.31.
In December, Algrim completed as a finalist within the 400 IM on the Winter Junior Championships – West meet. He took twenty-second within the occasion, touching in 3:56.94. He was barely sooner within the occasion throughout prelims, qualifying for finals with a private greatest of three:56.83.
High SCY Occasions
200 free – 1:40.84
500 free – 4:29.60
1650 free – 15:30.73
200 IM – 1:51.16
400 IM – 3:56.83
Algrim is a strong addition to the Hokies program, particularly within the distance freestyle occasions. Final season, he would have led the group within the 1650 free by practically 5 seconds and would have been the group’s seventh-fastest performer within the 500 free.
On the 2023 Atlantic Coast Convention (ACC) Swimming and Diving Convention Championships, the Virginia Tech males completed because the runner-ups, falling to solely NC State. The  Hokies didn’t rating any factors within the 1650, with the group’s prime efficiency coming from Lee Naber. Naber is barely a sophomore this season, that means Algrim can have two years of overlap with him in Blacksburg.
Algrim will likely be joined at Virginia Tech this fall by Danny Bishop, Jakub Poliacik, Pablo Silva, Hayden Sunman, Jerry Gordon, and H. T. Tragle.
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