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Ridgefield Aquatic Membership’s Abby King of Ridgefield, Connecticut, will head south to swim for the College of Georgia within the fall of 2026. King is a Summer season Juniors qualifier that excels within the breaststrokes and IMs, and he or she is at present a junior on the Faculty of the Holy Youngster Rye.
I’m completely excited and honored to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my educational and athletic profession on the College of Georgia!! I might like to say thanks to my household, my associates and my coaches at RAC, particularly Emmanuel for the fixed encouragement and assist! Lastly, the largest thanks to the entire coaches at UGA, Stef, Fernando and Jerry for this superb alternative! So excited to be a part of a crew that already appears like residence!! Go Dawgs
Whereas a number of of King’s private bests come from 2022-2023, she wasn’t far off these occasions this previous season. On the Connecticut Senior Championships in March of 2024, King was a 2x runner up. She positioned 2nd within the 100 breast, along with her 1:04.09 simply half a second off her private better of 1:03.55, and he or she was 2nd within the 200 IM, the place her time of two:04.88 was a brand new greatest time. King did take residence a win, within the 200 breast, the place by swimming a 2:17.57, she was barely off her PB of two:14.50 from the 2022 Winter Junior Championships. There, she received the C-final after qualifying in twenty fourth from prelims.
Extra just lately, King swam on the TYR 18&underneath Spring Cup in Fort Lauderdale in Could, the place she recorded 3 high 5 finishes. She took fifth within the 100 breast in 1:13.19, third within the 200 IM in 2:22.00, and third within the 200 breast in 2:37.75. All three swims had been season bests.
Greatest occasions:
- 100 breast: 1:03.55
- 200 breast: 2:14.50
- 200 IM: 2:04.88
- 400 IM: 4:22.07
- 200 fly: 2:02.06
On the 2024 SECs Georgia got here in fifth, however the Bulldogs will lose their high scorer, Zoie Hartman, who simply completed up her fifth 12 months at UGA. Abby McCulloh, the NCAA Champion within the 1650 free, is a senior, and also will have graduated as soon as King arrives on campus. To attain on the 2024 SECs, it took occasions of 1:01.39/2:13.85 within the 100/200 breast and a 2:00.24 within the 200 IM.
King is the 4th verbal commit for UGA’s class of 2030, as SwimSwam’s #10 ranked recruit Virginia Hinds, ‘BOTR’ breastroker Grace Hunt, and ‘BOTR’ IM’er Brooke Bennett will be part of King in Athens within the fall of 2026. UGA is rapidly constructing a powerful recruiting class, with Hinds being an Olympic Trials qualifier, Hunt a 2x YMCA Nationwide Champion, and Bennett a US Open qualifier.
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