Lake Oswego’s Mara Newman Verbally Commits to UCLA

Photo Courtesy: Lake Oswego Swim Club

NEW COMMIT: Lake Oswego Swim Club’s Mara Newman has verbally committed to swim for the UCLA Bruins beginning in the 2018-2019 season. Newman is a rising senior at Oregon’s Lakeridge High School.

Newman told Swimming World,

“I felt immediately at home at UCLA when I visited. The team was unbelievably welcoming and the school just felt right. The coaching staff is amazing and you really can’t beat sunny Southern California! The campus was beautiful and the academics are top notch. UCLA has a storied tradition of excellence and I can’t wait to be a part of it! Go Bruins!”

Newman is a fairly versatile swimmer though she excels in backstroke. Her best times are:

50 Back 26.26
100 Back 53.78
200 Back 1:56.65
50 Free 23.73
100 Fly 55.34

At the 2017 Oregon High School 6A State Championships Newman finished third in the 100 butterfly (56.36). She also picked up a silver in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.51. The junior also posted a 25.47 butterfly split on the team’s fourth place 200 medley relay. In the 400 freestyle relay Lakeridge finished second, anchored by Newman in 52.13.

At the 2017 Pac-12 Championships Newman would have been a 100 and 200 backstroke B finalist with her best times.

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