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Lauren Lee, a Winter Junior Nationals qualifier, has dedicated to be a Boston Faculty Eagle starting within the fall of 2024. The senior hails from Scarsdale, N.Y., and trains with Badger Swim Membership. She informed SwimSwam:
I’m so excited to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my athletic and tutorial profession at Boston Faculty! I wish to thank everybody for supporting me alongside the way in which. Go Eagles!Â
Lee capped off her 2023 long-course season with a Fifth-place medal and Winter Juniors minimize within the 100 free (57.94) at Futures in Richmond, Va. It was her first time going beneath 58 seconds within the occasion, marking a tenth-of-a-second enchancment over her earlier private better of 58.05.
The enhancements continued into her brief course swims, most just lately by dropping time in most of her mid-season races on the 2023 NCAP Invitational held in Faculty Park, Md., from December 7-10.
Her highest finishes had been third in 200 free (1:49.33), a drop of five-hundredths, and 4th in 500 free (4:59.40), cracking the five-minute mark with a virtually two-second enchancment from her 5:01.29 earlier finest time.
Going into the meet, Lee’s 50 free private finest was 24.18. She reset her PB by swimming a 23.93 lead-off leg of the 200 free relay, then she carried that momentum into her particular person swims, going beneath 24 seconds once more within the 50 free prelims (23.84) and finals (23.89) for a Seventh-place end total.
Lee additionally beat her earlier private finest within the 100 fly (57.32) a number of instances, first in prelims with a barely decrease 57.24 and once more when she stopped the clock in finals at 56.39.
Prime SCY Occasions
- 50 free – 23.84
- 100 free – 50.45
- 200 free – 1:49.33
- 500 free – 4:59.40
- 100 fly – 56.39
Boston Faculty Swimming is led by Joe Brinkman who was employed as head coach simply forward of the 2022-2023 season. In his first season, the Eagles broke three faculty and 15 pool information throughout their rivalry meet in opposition to Boston College.
Then the swim and dive program was indefinitely suspended by the college in September amid an investigation into hazing allegations.
BC has not competed in any meets this season, however Lee’s dedication is a promising signal that Brinkman and his workers are persevering with to construct the crew and sit up for 2024-2025 amid rumors and fears that the suspension would result in this system being minimize.
Lee will deliver to Chestnut Hill instances within the 100 and 200 free which can be second on the roster solely to Adair Sand, at the moment a senior. Lee’s instances in her different occasions are inside the crew’s prime 10 swims from final season.
Although Lee is the primary dedication reported to SwimSwam for 2024, social media posts point out that she will probably be joined on the roster by Lizzie Oliphant, a 22.90 50 free/50.83 100 free sprinter from Columbus, Ohio, in addition to Olivia Brown (IM/fly/breast), Chloe Otten (IM/free), and Courtney Weber (IM/breast).
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