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Hazel Mouhidin, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, has introduced her verbal dedication to the applying course of* at Harvard College for the autumn of 2025. The Saugus, Mass., native could have a fast journey of about 10 miles to Harvard’s campus in Cambridge.
The Mystic Valley Regional Constitution Faculty junior advised SwimSwam:
I’m elated to announce my verbal dedication to the admissions course of at Harvard College! Thanks to my mother and father, coaches, associates, academics and teammates for his or her infinite help. A particular thanks to Coach Amanda and Coach Geordie for this wonderful alternative! I can’t wait to start out my subsequent journey! GO CRIMSON!
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Mouhidin has educated year-round with Crimson Aquatics below head coach Mike Spring since she was 12 years outdated.
“Hazel has put within the effort and time within the pool and the classroom, and it exhibits in robust performances in each areas,” mentioned Spring. “She has all the time had excessive targets in swimming and her training and he or she has now achieved each. I’m glad that I could possibly be right here to assist her.”
Final July on the Futures Championship (LCM) in Richmond, Va., Mouhidin earned her first U.S. Open-qualifying time and took house a 2nd-place medal within the 200 fly (2:14.56). She outswam her earlier finest time by greater than a second regardless of simply having set it two months earlier on the identical pool throughout Sectionals.
Additionally at Futures, Mouhidin achieved new finest occasions within the 200 IM (2:20.06) and 200 free (2:05.62), bettering by a few half-second within the IM and eight-tenths within the free.
Mouhidin’s 2023-2024 championship meets are nonetheless forward of her, and he or she has already demonstrated progress this season.
In December at Winter Junior Nationals – East, she dropped greater than two seconds in her 400 IM (4:20.55) and over a second and a half within the 200 fly (1:57.88) to complete in sixth place.
Final weekend on the Area 1 Brief Course Invitational in Schenectady, N.Y., Mouhidin scored {hardware} with top-three finishes in six of her seven occasions, and he or she picked up new finest occasions within the 100 fly (55.06), 100 free (51.78), and 200 free (1:49.86).
Probably the most important of the three drops was Mouhidin’s 100 fly; it was a half-second enchancment over her two-month-young earlier PB from the New England Senior Championships in December.
Prime Occasions
- 100 fly – 55.06 SCY / 1:04.03 LCM
- 200 fly – 1:57.88 SCY / 2:14.56 LCM
- 200 IM – 2:03.26 SCY / 2:20.06 LCM
- 400 IM – 4:20.55 SCY / 4:56.95 LCM
- 50 free – 24.14 SCY / 27.51 LCM
- 100 free – 51.78 SCY / 58.21 LCM
- 200 free – 1:49.86 SCY / 2:05.62 LCM
- 500/400 free – 4:54.89 SCY / 4:24.38 LCM
The 2024 Girls’s Ivy League Championships simply concluded with Harvard College amassing 1317.5 factors and ending 2nd solely to returning champion Princeton’s 1403 factors.
Mouhidin’s finest time within the 200 fly would have taken 4th place at this week’s championship. A Harvard swimmer did take 4th; sophomore Sydney Lu was the Crimson’s prime performer within the occasion, securing 26 factors along with her 1:58.14 4th-place contact.
With a 12 months and a half nonetheless forward of her to enhance, Mouhidin additionally has finest occasions in 400 IM and 200 free that might have certified for the ‘B’ closing – although they’d be powerful back-to-back races on day three – and PBs in 100 fly, 500 free, and 200 IM that might have certified for the ‘C’ closing.
Becoming a member of Mouhidin in verbally committing to the applying course of for Harvard’s class of 2029 are Californians Davina Huang (fly/free) and Sarah Beckman (free/fly).
*Observe: A verbal dedication between an Ivy League coach and a potential student-athlete will not be a proposal of admission, as solely the Admission Workplace has that authority. The coach can solely commit their help within the admission course of. Ivy League Admission Workplaces don’t challenge “Probably Letters” earlier than October 1 of the potential student-athlete’s senior 12 months of highschool. The Probably Letter, whereas issued after an preliminary learn of the scholar’s software, will not be a proposal of admission to the college.
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