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Leonel Cerda, a rising highschool senior from Norwalk, California, has introduced his verbal dedication to the appliance course of* at Cornell College for 2025-26.
“I’m excited and honored to announce my verbal dedication to the admissions course of at Cornell College to additional my tutorial and athletic profession. I wish to thank God for guiding me each step of the way in which, main me to the place I’m now. I need to give an enormous thanks my coaches, household, and buddies for supporting me on this journey, particularly Coach Nathan who constructed me into the swimmer I’m right this moment. Lastly, I wish to thank Coach Wes and Coach Jake for believing in me and giving me this chance. Sko Large Purple‼️🐻”
Cerda swims for Mater Dei Excessive College in Santa Ana and Irvine Novaquatics. He makes a speciality of butterfly and freestyle and is a U.S. Open qualifier within the 200 fly. On the 2024 CIF Southern Part Division 1 Championships on the finish of April, he positioned eighth within the 100 fly (49.41) and twelfth within the 200 free (1:39.98). Per week earlier, he had notched a PB within the 100 fly (49.00) at Trinity League Championships; he additionally dropped 1 second to hit a then-lifetime better of 1:40.29 within the 200 free. Cerda certified for the California State Meet, the place he got here in fifteenth within the fly (49.61) and twenty sixth in prelims of the free (1:40.50).
In December 2023, Cerda accomplished the 100 fly/200 free mixture with finest occasions within the 200 fly/100 free. First, at Winter Juniors West, he earned lifetime bests within the 500 free (4:35.14), 100 fly (49.09), and 200 fly (1:47.12, prelims), inserting seventh within the 200 fly (1:48.00 closing). Then, at CA/NV Sectionals, he went 46.12 to complete twenty first within the 100 free.
Cerda kicked off the 2024 lengthy course season final month with PBs within the 100 fly (57.10) at Mission Viejo’s SMOC (he positioned twelfth) and within the 400 free (4:16.81) at Irvine’s Grand Problem. Final summer time he clocked a 2:08.16 within the 200 fly at Sacramento Futures.
Greatest SCY occasions:
- 200 fly – 1:47.12
- 100 fly – 49.00
- 200 free – 1:39.98
- 100 free – 46.12
Cerda will arrive in Ithaca simply as Large Purple Ivy champion Joseph Gurski graduates. Gurski gained the 100 fly (46.24) and positioned third within the 200 fly (1:43.64) as a junior at this 12 months’s Ivy League Males’s Championships. Cerda’s finest occasions would have scored within the B closing of the 200 fly and C closing of the 100 fly.
*Observe: A verbal dedication between an Ivy League coach and a potential student-athlete just isn’t a proposal of admission, as solely the Admission Workplace has that authority. The coach can solely commit his or her help within the admission course of. Ivy League Admission Places of work don’t concern “Doubtless Letters” earlier than October 1 of the possible student-athlete’s senior 12 months of highschool. The Doubtless Letter, whereas issued after an preliminary learn of the coed’s utility, just isn’t a proposal of admission to the college.
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