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Indiana College earned an enormous dedication right this moment, as 16-year-old Kayla Han handed her verbal dedication to the Hoosiers freshman class of 2026. Han is a Junior Pan Pacs champion and Nationwide Age Group Report holder. With the dedication, Han can be making her return to state of Indiana, as she spent the final yr coaching at Carmel Swim Membership within the Higher Indianapolis space earlier than returning to her dwelling membership of La Mirada Armada in direction of the tip of the summer season.
“I’m so grateful and excited to announce my verbal dedication to pursue my targets at Indiana College! Thanks to my mother and father, Coach Shipherd, and my Armada household for his or her unwavering help. Thanks to Coach Looze for giving me the chance to grow to be part of the IU custom. GO HOOSIERS ❤️🤍” – Kayla Han
Han is a large pickup for the Hoosiers, as she excels in various occasions. She gained gold within the 800 free on the Junior Pan Pacs final month in Australia, successful the occasion in 8:36.77. Han truly earned a silver medal again on the 2022 Junior Pan Pacs as properly, when she was solely 14 years previous.
On the finish of July, Han gained the ladies’s 400 IM on the Speedo Summer time Championships, swimming a 4:43.09. She additionally positioned 4th within the 800 free (8:35.57) and 400 free (4:12.51). On the US Olympic Trials again in June, Han had her highest end within the 400 free, the place she got here in 4th place with a profession better of 4:08.21. She additionally completed tenth in prelims of the 400 IM, narrowly lacking out on advancing to the ultimate.
Private Bests, SCY
- 100 free – 50.54
- 200 free – 1:47.00
- 500 free – 4:38.12
- 1000 free – 9:40.05
- 1650 free – 16:00.74
- 100 fly – 54.16
- 200 fly – 1:57.68
- 200 IM – 1:58.03
- 400 IM – 4:06.20
Private Bests, LCM
- 100 free – 57.23
- 200 free – 1:59.95
- 400 free – 4:08.21
- 800 free – 8:29.66
- 1500 free – 16:16.94
- 100 fly – 1:02.36
- 200 fly – 2:14.59
- 200 IM – 2:16.19
- 400 IM – 4:42.32
Han is primarily a middle-distance and distance freestyler, in addition to IM’er, nevertheless, she has sufficient pace within the 100 and 200 free to be a useful contributor in relays for Indiana as properly. Although she was solely a sophomore in highschool this previous season, Han’s time within the 400 IM would have been the quickest on Indiana’s roster final season by over 2 seconds. She additionally would have had the highest time for the Hoosiers within the 200 IM. Han’s profession bests would have been 2nd within the 500 free and third within the 1650 free as properly.
So far as how Han’s occasions already mission into the NCAA as a complete, her private finest within the 400 IM would have put her ninth in prelims of the occasion at NCAAs this previous season, whereas her 500 free would have been 14th in prelims and her 1650 free would have been 14th general. On condition that, with 2 years of highschool left, Han is already boasting NCAA-scoring occasions in a trio of occasions.
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