{"id":135257,"date":"2015-06-02T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=135257"},"modified":"2015-06-02T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T21:03:29","slug":"virginia-mens-swimming-and-diving-adds-two-to-signing-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-mens-swimming-and-diving-adds-two-to-signing-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving Adds Two to Signing Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agonswim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agonswim.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.\u2014<\/strong>Virginia swimming and diving head coach Augie Busch announced <span data-term=\"goog_1015896592\">Tuesday<\/span>(June 2) that Alex Albracht (Mission Hills, Kansas) and Murat Yildirim (Istanbul, Turkey) have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Cavalier men for the 2015-16 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so happy to welcome Alex and Murat to our men&#8217;s team,\u201d Busch said. \u201cThese two young men are high in character, great students and gifted swimmers, breaststrokers in particular. Together they will help to fill a huge breaststroke need created by our men&#8217;s graduating class. The future is very bright for these young men. They have shown remarkable and drastic improvement over the last year and a half. 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To reach our audience, contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:newsmaster@swimmingworld.com\" target=\"_blank\">newsmaster@swimmingworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. 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