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Olivia Vecchio has signed with Florida Gulf Coast College’s class of 2029. Vecchio isn’t a year-round swimmer; as a substitute, she’s a multi-sport athlete, taking part in water polo within the fall and swimming within the winter for Wilson Excessive Faculty in West Garden, Penn. She earned First Group All-State honors for her water polo abilities.
I’m so excited to announce my verbal dedication to Florida Gulf Coast College to proceed my tutorial and athletic profession on the d1 stage! I can’t thank my household, associates, and coaches sufficient for all of their assist this complete time. I wish to particularly thank Coach Houck and @wilsonaquadawgs & @wilson.waterpolo for all the time believing in me and pushing me continuously to be a greater individual. Thanks Coach Dave for giving me this wonderful alternative! That is an absolute dream come true💙💚Wings up 🤙🦅
Vecchio is in the midst of her senior season for Wilson and just lately logged season-bests within the 200 freestyle (1:56.08) and 100 backstroke (57.36) at Wilson’s New 12 months’s Problem Meet. She swam her present lifetime bests within the 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and 100 butterfly throughout her junior season.
She was the 100 backstroke runner-up on the PIAA District 3 Ladies 3A Championships, clocking a lifetime better of 56.57. Her 57.26 within the 100 butterfly, good for fourth place, marked a brand new lifetime greatest as effectively. She closed out her season on the PIAA 3A State Championship by ending twelfth within the 100 backstroke and twentieth within the 100 butterfly.
Greatest Occasions (SCY):
- 100 backstroke: 56.57
- 100 butterfly: 57.26
- 100 freestyle: 53.16
- 200 freestyle: 1:54.20
With out specializing in swimming year-round, Vecchio will arrive on campus with convention scoring instances. Her 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly lifetime bests each would’ve earned a second swim within the ‘B’ ultimate of the 2024 ASUN Championships, together with her 100 again lifetime greatest taking twelfth and her 100 fly greatest ending 14th.
It makes her a strong recruit for the Eagles; her instances in these occasions would’ve been fourth (100 again) and sixth (100 fly) on the workforce’s depth chart for the 2023-24 season. Plus, she swam these instances with out specializing in swimming year-round and will see huge drops as soon as she begins her collegiate profession this fall. Moreover, her 200 freestyle time would’ve been fifth on the workforce, which implies she might discover herself vying for a spot on one other relay relying on how she develops and what occasions she chooses to concentrate on in school.
The Florida Gulf Coast ladies took third on the 2024 ASUN Championships with 579.5 factors, ending behind champions Liberty College (897.5) and runners-up Queens College, NC (792).
Vecchio is a part of a five-strong recruiting class for Florida Gulf Coast, becoming a member of IMer Easton Glandt, free/backstroker Libby Freeman, and freestylers Ipek Aydiner and Sydney Ringwald
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