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Florida has picked up British Olympian and dash freestyler Alexander Cohoon.
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Cohoon is a 22-year-old sprinter out of Loughborough College, who has made a big enchancment within the final yr. He positioned 4th within the 50 and 100 freestyle occasions on the U23 European Championships in 2023, swimming 22.07 within the 50.
He made it beneath 22 seconds for the primary time on the British Swimming Trials in April, putting third at 21.90. He completed behind Matt Richards and Ben Proud, however, resulting from Richards not swimming the occasion, Cohoon was given the spot within the particular person 50 free for his first particular person Olympic occasion.
He was already on the crew at this level, resulting from his 4th place end within the 100 freestyle, he went 48.44 dropping six tenths from his earlier finest time, however as a relay solely swimmer.
On the Video games, Cohoon completed thirty third within the 50, coming in at 22.31. He additionally swam on the prelims model of the lads’s 4×100 freestyle relay, the place his 47.91 break up helped Nice Britain qualify third. They in the end completed fifth within the remaining.
Cohoon’s LCM/ (Transformed SCY) Greatest Occasions
- 50 free- 21.90/ 19.01
- 100 free- 48.44/ 42.02
Florida has a historical past of recruiting British swimmers, and Cohoon joins a males’s roster with 4 different British swimmers. Sophomore Tommy Marshall (from Ohio however has British citizenship), pair of freshman Matthew Cairns and Alexander Painter and sophistication of 2025 commit Charlie Hutchinson.
Florida competes within the SEC, and in 2024 they gained the convention title by over 400 factors. Their continued victories are going to get tougher, nonetheless, with the addition of Texas to the SEC and it’s important they add to their depth with swimmers like Cohoon.
Cohoon’s transformed instances would have certified seventh within the 50 and fifth within the 100 free finally yr’s meet. He additionally would have appeared on each the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.
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