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Lakeside Aquatic Membership’s Chloe Corbin, a senior at Keller Excessive Faculty, has signed to proceed her athletic and educational profession for SMU. Whereas she initially despatched a verbal dedication to swim on the Ohio State College this previous Might, she introduced her flip just a few weeks previous to nationwide signing day. With this signing, SMU will hold the Keller, Texas native, in state.
I’m thrilled to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my educational and athletic profession at Southern Methodist College! I wish to give an enormous thanks to my household, mates, Coach Jason, Coach Dan, and Coach Shana for making this potential. I’d additionally like to offer a giant thanks to Coach Ozzie for this unimaginable alternative. PONY UP!!!! 🐎❤️💙
On the UIL 6A* State Championships this previous February, Corbin helped Keller to a third place end out of 105 groups. She was a 2x championship finalist, ending fifth within the 50 free (23.35) and sixth within the 100 free (50.94). Whereas her 50 was a brand new private greatest, her 100 free was simply off her PB of fifty.87 that she had established in prelims. Each, nonetheless, had been underneath her PB heading into the meet, which was a 51.19. Corbin was additionally essential to Keller’s relays, splitting a 23.10 of their title profitable 200 free relay and a 51.01 of their third place 400 free relay. Keller is considered one of Texas’ quickest rising Excessive Faculty applications; simply 3 years in the past in 2021, Keller completed thirty fourth at these Championships. Nevertheless, following the rent of head coach Jamie Shults, Keller improved to thirteenth in 2022 then sixth in 2023.
Months later, Corbin kicked off her lengthy course season on the MAC senior invite (LCM), the place she set a number of private bests throughout her major occasions. Within the 50 free, she set a PB of 26.91 in prelims earlier than hitting a 27.06 in finals for 2nd. Within the 100 free, she set one other better of 59.59 for fifth general, whereas within the 200 free, she swam a 2:11.48 for tenth. Corbin additionally swam some ‘off-events,’ clocking a2:28.25 within the 200 IM for 4th and a 1:05.76 within the 100 fly for sixth. All of her swims had been new private bests.
Greatest instances SCY:
- 50 free – 23.35
- 100 free – 50.87
- 200 free – 1:52.12
- 400 IM – 4:28.75
This season marks SMU’s first as a member of the ACC; previous to the tip of the PAC-12 and consequential rearrangement of the Energy 5 colleges into the Energy 4, the SMU Girls’s swim group was a member of the American Athletic Convention (AAC). The boys had been members of the Atlantic Solar Convention (ASUN). On the 2024 AAC Championships, SMU completed 2nd in a subject of seven groups, with solely Florida Worldwide outdueling the Ponys.
The group was led by Lucrezia Napoletano’s 50 factors; nonetheless, she, together with 27 different swimmers, partook within the mass exodus from SMU this April that left simply 7 ladies within the roster. Simply months later, SMU introduced the addition of 9 newcomers, which incorporates 4 transfers, for the 2024-2025 season. Presently, the group’s roster has 19 swimmers.
The ACC, which additionally welcomed Stanford and Cal this season, has grow to be arguably probably the most aggressive convention within the nation. In 2024, it took instances of twenty-two.71/49.77/1:47.31 to qualify for a scoring swim within the 50/100/200 frees. To date this season, Corbin would rank fifth, sixth, and 4th on SMU’s roster in these respective dash free occasions, making her a possible asset for SMU’s dash relays come fall of 2025.
Corbin will be a part of AnneMarie Vlaic (fly/free), Karly Boles (again/free), and Cassidy Allison (free/fly) in SMU’s class of 2029. Boles, one other dash freestyler with bests of 23.43/51.67/1:50.49, together with Allison (23.75/51.62/1:50.91), might probably function sturdy coaching companions for Corbin.
*Texas’ 6A division consists of the biggest colleges within the state, with a minimal enrollment of two,275 college students.
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