{"id":265850,"date":"2017-07-12T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T21:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=265850"},"modified":"2017-07-12T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T22:06:36","slug":"alex-sumner-lends-verbal-commitment-to-cal-class-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alex-sumner-lends-verbal-commitment-to-cal-class-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Sumner Lends Verbal Commitment to Cal Class of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW COMMIT: Alex Sumner<\/strong> of the Suburban Seahawks announced via social media\u00a0that she will be joining the University of Cal, Berkeley&#8217;s program beginning the fall of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Wallingford, Pennsylvania and a rising senior at Episcopal Academy, Sumner is best known for her backstroke abilities. She holds the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming &amp; Diving Championship meet record in the 100 back (53.41), an event that she has won for the last two years, and is a two-time champion in the women&#8217;s 200 IM. She has also earned the honor of Scholastic All-American from USA Swimming and was named\u00a0<em>Swimming World Magazine&#8217;s<\/em> Up &amp; Comer for the July 2016 issue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from EA &#8211; Alex Sumner has given a verbal commitment to the Univ of Cal, Berkeley for 2018-19. So <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/proud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#proud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1B4VkA8nvG\">pic.twitter.com\/1B4VkA8nvG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EA Swimming and Diving (@EA1785_SwimDive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EA1785_SwimDive\/status\/885188032302809089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Sumner&#8217;s top SCY times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 back &#8211; 25.41<\/li>\n<li>100 back &#8211; 53.41<\/li>\n<li>200 back &#8211; 1:52.33<\/li>\n<li>100 fly &#8211; 54.91<\/li>\n<li>200 fly &#8211; 1:59.05<\/li>\n<li>200 IM &#8211; 2:00.82<\/li>\n<li>400 IM &#8211; 4:15.08<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recently, Sumner took her talents to the 2017 U.S. National Championships where she finished an incredible fifth in the 200 LCM back. She also competed in the 100 back, 200 IM, and 400 IM while in Indianapolis. 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